Sanaa Lathan Responds To Reports That She Was Backing It Up For Kobe

Sanaa Lathan found herself thrown in the hoopla of the whole Kobe Bryant and Vanessa divorce this past weekend when the New York Daily News published that she was backing it up for the NBA Star last Tuesday (before the divorce was filed) at the Watch The Throne Concert. An eye witness told the newspaper, that ‘She touched his face, and she was shaking her a– in front of him to the music’ throughout the night.

According to our source, Lathan, 40, who’s the voice of Donna Tubbs on “The Cleveland Show,” came to the concert with a girlfriend, and Bryant, 33, who was with teammate Matt Barnes and a bodyguard, were initially seated on adjacent couches in the club-like friends-and-family VIP area behind center stage. Kim Kardashian , Beyoncé and Jake Gyllenhaal were among the other celebs in attendance.

Eventually, Lathan and Bryant ended up standing next to each other, and that’s when our source said the actress, who was drinking champagne, became progressively more flirtatious with the NBA star, who stuck to soft drinks, presumably because he’s in training. Lathan, attired in a sexy white-chiffon dress over what appeared to be a black bra, was “whispering in his ear” and at one point stroked the ballplayer’s face. “It seemed like a pretty intimate gesture,” says the source.

At one point she left her seat and when she came back, she made sure she was standing next to Kobe again,” says the source She also danced to Jay-Z and West’s performance in front of Bryant.

“She was throwing her head everywhere. Her hair was like slapping him in the face,” laughs the source, who adds that at one point, one of the straps of Lathan’s dressed slipped enticingly off her shoulder. When West performed “All of the Lights,” Bryant and Lathan danced together.

Despite all of Sanaa’s seductive gestures that the witness allegedly saw, they revealed that Kobe seemed extremely “moody” and “down,” and the two went their separate ways after the concert.

Sanaa Lathan, hopped on twitter earlier today and admitted that she was at the Watch The Throne concert having fun (ie. dancing it up) but she’s not involved with Kobe.

Can a girl have some fun at a jayz/kanye concert w/out being linked 2 a breakup? I AM NOT, NEVER HAVE BEEN, INVOVLED W/KOBE IN ANY WAY.

Anybody who pays attention knows I’m not his type… Blank stare. #blackgirlsrock #dontbelievethelies