Kobe Bryant's wife has filed for divorce ... TMZ has learned.
Vanessa Bryant filed legal docs Friday afternoon, citing "irreconcilable variations."
Sources connected with the couple tell TMZ ... Vanessa -- who stuck by Kobe once he was charged with sexually assaulting a Colorado girl in 2003 -- determined to finish the wedding as a result of she believes Kobe has been unfaithful ... again.
As one supply puts it, "She's been coping with these incidents for a protracted time and has been a devoted wife, however she's finally had enough," adding, "This one is that the straw that broke the camel's back."
And our sources say ... Kobe "desperately" desires to win Vanessa back and can do "whatever it takes" to save lots of their ten 1/2 year wedding.
According to the legal docs, Vanessa is posing for joint custody of their a pair of daughters -- 8-year-old Natalia and 5-year-old Gianna -- however Vanessa is asking that Kobe get visitation rights, which implies she desires the youngsters in her care most of the time.
We've learned the couple has NO PRENUP, therefore 29-year-old Vanessa is entitled to 1/2 the empire Kobe designed over the last decade.
She's conjointly requesting spousal support ... that is typical in divorce cases. Kobe, who filed his response to the divorce minutes once Vanessa filed her petition, says he pays her spousal support.
According to the docs, Vanessa is being repped by disso-queen Laura Wasser and attorney Samantha Klein. Wasser reps oodles of celebs, as well as Britney Spears, Angelina Jolie, Maria Shriver and Kim Kardashian.
Kobe visited the Jay-Z concert Tuesday night in L.A. while not Vanessa, and folks who saw him there say he looked miserable.
