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"&lt;img hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\" alt=\"Kobe Bryant\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2009/06/08/0509_kobe_ex-1.jpg\" /&gt; As &lt;strong&gt;Kobe Bryant&lt;/strong&gt; is poised to win an NBA title, his attorneys are gunning for a legal victory that would prevent his former maid from blabbing to the media.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kobe and his wife are locked in a legal battle with &lt;strong&gt;Maria Jimenez&lt;/strong&gt; -- who just filed papers essentially asking for the green light so she can spill secrets about the Bryants to the media ... despite the fact she signed a confidentiality agreement with them when she was hired.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jimenez is suing the Bryants, claiming Kobe's wife Vanessa was abusive, even ordering her to dig deep into &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2009/03/25/kobe-maid-it-was-the-crappiest-job-ever/\"&gt;dog poop&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But Kobe's attorney tells us Jimenez is dreaming if she thinks the confidentiality agreement isn't binding. Attorney Doug Mirell says the agreement is solid as a rock.\n&lt;div class=\"clear\"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;\n&lt;br /&gt;\n&lt;div class=\"related\"&gt;\n&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span&gt;See Also&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;\n&lt;ul&gt;\n    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2009/03/25/kobe-maid-it-was-the-crappiest-job-ever/\"&gt;Kobe's Maid Sues: It Was the Crappiest Job Ever&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;/ul&gt;\n&lt;/div&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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