Kobe Bryant's parents have turned their backs on their son -- claiming Kobe was LYING when he accused his mother of stealing more than a million dollars worth of his basketball memorabilia ... and putting it up for auction, TMZ has learned.

Kobe's mom and dad -- Pamela and Joe -- both filed sworn declarations in the legal dispute between Kobe and Goldin Auctions, the auction house planning to sell off the valuable stuff ... insisting Kobe willingly gave his mother the items in question ... and it's her right to sell them.

According to Kobe's dad, Kobe gave his mother the memorabilia over the years, telling her, "Here mom, these are for you." Kobe's mom insists she never took anything from him without permission.

Even Kobe's grandma has filed a declaration in support of Pamela.

Kobe's sister Sharia Washington, on the other hand, filed a declaration claiming their mother has been conspiring to sell Kobe's stuff for years ... telling her the family could profit greatly from Kobe's stardom.

As we reported, Kobe has countersued, claiming his mother stole the memorabilia from his house.

He wants to stop Goldin from selling the items and to have them returned to him. A judge has blocked the auction, but only for now.

Gucci Mane just pled NOT GUILTY to aggravated assault in Atlanta for allegedly bashing a U.S. soldier over the head with a champagne bottle.

Gucci (real name Radric Davis) allegedly bottled the Afghanistan vet back in March in an Atlanta nightclub ... the man said he approached the rapper's security to ask about getting a photograph when he was attacked, leaving a huge gash on his dome.

Mane was indicted April 9, arrested four days later and went to jail for nearly three weeks before being released on bond May 2nd.

Is Alicia Keys pregnant with her second child?

MediaTakeout claims that Alicia attracted attention at the recent Met gala when she appeared to have a bit of a belly and also conspicuously refused all of the alcohol offered to her. And then the site got confirmation from a source close to her.

Alicia and Swizz Beatz already have a son, two-and-a-half-year-old Egypt Dean.

Let's hope Mathew Knowles has kept up a good relationship with Beyonce -- he might need a little help, because he owes the IRS more than a million bucks.

The feds say that Mathew owes taxes on his earnings from 2010 and 2011 -- presumably most of it from when he was still managing Bey's career. She let him go in the middle of 2011. 

Uncle Sam has field a lien against Mathew to try and recoup some of what he owes.

We've heard it before, but it sounds like Rihanna is done with Chris Brown for good.

A source tells the Chicago Sun-Times that RiRi recently picked up her phone and chewed out her ex. The snitch says, “She really blasted him, using language that made it sound like she never will get back with him again — no matter what people think,

Apparently she was particularly upset with Chris's comment that he wasn't ready to "wife" her. “She really thought that was a sexist, degrading thing for him to say. Especially after all Rihanna endured after he beat her and all that.”