Judge: Kobe's Mom Can't Sell His Stuff, Yet

Kobe Bryant's mom wants to sell some stuff she says her son left at her house years ago. Kobe doesn't want her to. A handful of lawyers, and several different courts, are now involved in the mess.

Oh, and the "stuff" in question is worth an estimated $1.5 million.

And you thought your Mother's Day was contentious.

On Thursday, the bizarre and increasingly public dispute between Kobe and mom Pamela Bryant took another turn when, according to multiple outlets, a district judge in California ruled that the scheduled auction of old Kobe merchandise—including game-worn jerseys from his time at Lower Merion High School—would have to halted until the judge in question decides what court should handle the case.

According to ESPN.com, Judge Andrew Guilford of Santa Ana, California will hold a hearing on Monday where he'll listen to arguments about what court, in which state, the dispute will be settled.

Kobe, for his part, claims he never told his mother the property was hers. According to Philly.com, he maintains:

"I never told my mother that she could have my personal property, let alone consign it for sale by public auction," Bryant, 34, said in a court papers filed Wednesday in Santa Ana.

"Several years ago, while visiting my parents' home in Philadelphia, my wife and I specifically requested that my mother return the property to me so that I may give it to my own children," Bryant said in the declaration. "My mother never returned those items to me."

Pamela Bryant, as well as Kobe's father Joe Bryant and Mildred Cox, the All-Star's maternal grandmother, say that Bryant made clear to them that he had no interest in the items.

According to ESPN.com, via an affidavit filed by the New Jersey-based auction house the memorabilia was to be sold through, Joe Bryant said that the family has paid "about $80,000 over the last five years to store and insure the memorabilia."