Overview

• The downtown Los Angeles mural honoring Kobe and Gianna Bryant at 14th and Main streets was vandalized again on June 4 with white spray paint.
• The latest vandalism occurred just days after the mural’s May 30 restoration, which was funded by a $5,000 donation from Lakers guard Luka Doncic.
• Artist Louie “Sloe” Motions created the “Mambas Forever” tribute depicting Kobe kissing his daughter and organized a GoFundMe for its initial repair.
• The mural was first vandalized on April 29 with black-and-white spray paint and profanity scrawls, prompting an outpouring of support for its repair.
• Motions now plans to relocate the artwork to a more secure site in collaboration with a business or foundation at no cost to the new host.