Vanessa Bryant Outraged Over Apparent ‘Mambacita’ Shoe Leak, ‘Not Approved To Be Made’

Vanessa Bryant says Nike shoes she designed to honor Kobe and Gianna have been leaked … and she’s outraged over it, claiming they should have NEVER been made.

VB explained the situation early Thursday morning … saying during recent talks with Nike, she helped create a version of the Kobe 6 Protro that was meant to honor her two loved ones who tragically died in a 2020 helicopter crash.

Vanessa says the shoes featured a black and white colorway, Gianna’s #2, and other specific marks like a butterfly, wings and a halo.

The problem? Vanessa says after her split with Nike this spring, approval for the shoes to be made was NOT given — but she claims they’ve somehow been leaked anyway and posted a photo of someone holding the shoe in their hand!

“Nike has NOT sent any of these pairs to me and my girls,” Vanessa said in a statement.

“I do not know how someone else has their hands on shoes I designed in honor of my daughter, Gigi, and we don’t. I hope these shoes did not get sold.”

Vanessa added she wanted the shoes to be sold “to honor my daughter with ALL of the proceeds benefitting our @mambamambacitasports foundation.”

Vanessa then asked her followers to track down the shoes … writing on social media, “If someone can share how they have these shoes in their possession, that would be great because my daughters and I don’t have any of Gigi’s MAMBACITA shoes.”

An Instagram user, brandon1an, who originally posted professional photos of the “Mambacita” shoes nearly 3 weeks ago, claims Nike is the one responsible for the shoe leak.

“I just want to make it clear that I don’t own a pair of those Mambacita Kobes,” the IG user said in a statement Thursday morning.

“The pictures I posted are official product pictures from a Nike authorized retailer.”

The user continued, “Unfortunately for [Vanessa Bryant], Nike clearly sent pairs to this retailer (as well as others) with the intent of selling pairs.”