Sports - Kobe Bryant Arrested For Sexual Assault ...?! - Page 13

Jordan23 · 07-31-2003, 07:04 AM

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originally posted by groovygirl:

I'm just saying that what these "friends" do is not in her control.

Ditto.

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Prosecution expected to pursue injuries, inconsistency

The case against Kobe Bryant will focus on injuries suffered by the alleged victim and the prosecution's belief that Bryant intentionally deceived law enforcement officials, sources familiar with the prosecution's case have told ESPN and ABC News.

Those sources claim that Bryant met his alleged victim when she gave him a tour of the Lodge & Spa at Cordillera, during which he extended an invitation for the woman to come to his room later that evening, which she accepted.

The 19-year-old woman did go to Bryant's room the night of June 30, where she spent less than half an hour, according to the sources.

ABC News sources claim that the two engaged in some consensual sexual activity in Bryant's room, but that the intercourse that took place was not consensual. Those same sources say that the alleged victim sustained some physical injuries, which Eagle County District Attorney Mark Hurlbert and his staff will use to prove that the sex was not consensual.

The woman suffered physical trauma in the vaginal area, the Rocky Mountain News reported Thursday, citing law enforcement sources close to the investigation.

According to ESPN's sources, prosecutors also believe that Bryant intentionally deceived police officers and that his statements to them were inconsistent.

The Los Angeles Lakers guard is free on bond pending an Aug. 6 court hearing during which he will be formally advised of the charge against him.

When he filed charges on July 18, prosecutor Mark Hurlbert said he had both physical and testimonial evidence to prove the case. He said Bryant forced the victim into "submission" through physical force but the district attorney refused to disclose other details.

County Judge Frederick Gannett will hear arguments Thursday during a four-hour hearing on whether the records should be made public. He agreed Wednesday to allow cameras in the courtroom for that hearing.

Attorneys for media organizations -- including the Los Angeles Times, Denver Post and NBC -- have argued that many details have been publicized already, some by Bryant and the district attorney. They also contend the public should have the opportunity to determine the veracity of statements made by those involved in the case.

Hurlbert on Wednesday asked the judge to postpone the hearing, saying a 230-page filing from media attorneys he received late Tuesday was "untimely, disorganized and overly lengthy." The judge denied the request.

Hurlbert and defense lawyers want to keep the records sealed, arguing that publicity could affect Bryant's right to a fair trial. Defense attorneys Mackey and Hal Haddon also have asked Gannett to reconsider an earlier order allowing cameras in the courtroom during Bryant's initial appearance.

Gannett has ordered a limit on public comment about the case by attorneys, authorities and others, including Bryant and any witnesses. He said the order was necessary to guarantee a fair trial.

Gannett also warned organizations not to publish or broadcast the name or photograph of any witness, juror, potential juror or the alleged victim and her family on the courthouse grounds. Any organization violating the order could be denied a seat in the courtroom.

Legal experts said some of the sealed documents probably contain information that would not be admissible as evidence and could jeopardize potential jurors' impartiality.

"And frankly, you're dealing with Kobe Bryant, and Kobe Bryant is a celebrity," said New York criminal defense attorney Lawrence Goldman. "The only evidence that's going to come out presumably is going to be negative and will hurt his image personally, commercially and in terms of his stature as one of the great basketball players."

But judges typically have to explain their decisions and have good reasons to keep documents sealed, said Jane Kirtley, professor of media ethics and law at the University of Minnesota.

"Sometimes courts decide to seal everything to be safe, but that's not very sound reasoning from a legal standpoint," said Kirtley, former executive director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. "Courts are supposed to be open and the nature of how courts do justice and how they get to the point of doing justice is supposed to be subject to public scrutiny."

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The Pod Squad CDN · 08-01-2003, 09:30 PM

I find the media coverage of this case funny in a way. Kobe acts all innocent.. like "oh I got caught cheating on my wife on my first time cheating on her" yeah right...

does anyone else kinda think his wife's a whore for standing by her man (after receiving a 4 million dollar ring)

Without any real hard facts to go on, i'll say innocent until proven guilty.

Chi159 · 08-01-2003, 09:45 PM

Standing by your husband is not something I would classify as being a "whore." I think most people associate that term with women constantly sleeping around, especially with married men. I think Vanessa is going through the common stage of shock and denial. Infidelity and charges of rape against your husband is difficult for any woman to deal with, especially someone as young as her. Apparently, she thinks there is something to fight for in their marriage, and so be it. I know that I would be very tempted to kick Kobe to the curb if I was in her shoes. But I'm not.

ETA: Kobe buying her a $4 million ring was entirely a public relations move. It reeked of fake insincerity and damage control to me. If anyone's the whore, it's him. That is, a "media whore."

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My question is if this DA wants this to be as normal a case as possible, why does he have to have $2 million to use on this case?

For this high profile of a case, that's not an unordinary amount.

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ursa major · 08-03-2003, 08:20 AM

If this is true, it's not looking good for Kobe.

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Sunday, August 03, 2003

EAGLE, Colo. � Kobe Bryant (search) and his wife attended the 2003 Teen Choice Awards (search) in Los Angeles Saturday as two more witnesses surfaced in the sexual assault case embroiling the basketball star. A co-worker of the 19-year-old hotel employee who accused Bryant of assaulting her June 30 told Fox News the woman was visibly "shocked and upset" after leaving his room.

In addition, Fox News has learned that the woman told another co-worker who drove her home after the alleged assault that she had been "forced to have sex with Kobe Bryant." The co-worker, a bellman at the resort, told friends and fellow employees at the Lodge & Spa at Cordillera (search) that the woman was crying after the alleged attack and her clothing was torn. He also said he drove her home minutes after she emerged from Bryant's hotel room. It had previously been believed that the woman waited until the following day to tell anyone about the alleged incident.

When reached by Fox News, the bellman, also a friend of the accuser, said he had been instructed not to talk about the case.The Los Angeles Lakers (search) guard, who admits having had sex with the accuser but denies sexual assault, appeared with his wife Vanessa at the Universal Amphitheater on Saturday, TV program "Entertainment Tonight" reported. The couple, whose attendance was unexpected, stopped on the red carpet to pose for photos and wave to fans, but did not speak to reporters. Bryant has made few public appearances since being faced with the assault charges.

The Teen Choice Awards is set to air Wednesday on Fox -- the same day Bryant is expected at a hearing in front of a Colorado judge. When Bryant steps into the courtroom for his initial court appearance, TV viewers across the country will watch as a judge advises the NBA superstar of his rights, the sexual assault charge against him and the possible penalty.
But the high-profile nature of the hearing could help Bryant bolster his tarnished image, especially if he brings his wife, said Stan Goldman, professor at Loyola Law School-Los Angeles. "The fact that he is not sloughing this off might be important." Bryant probably will respond with "yes" and "no" answers to the judge's questions and be on his way in under 30 minutes. "In a normal case, this whole matter could take two minutes," said Craig Silverman, a former Denver prosecutor and current defense attorney. "Everybody wants a little show on Aug. 6 and apparently we're going to have one." Bryant, 24, has said he had sex with the resort employee on June 30 but denies her claims of sexual assault. He's free on $25,000 bond.

Bryant's defense lawyers asked Eagle County Judge Frederick Gannett to allow Bryant to skip the hearing, citing it as a common practice in Colorado for out-of-state defendants. Gannett denied the request, saying it's vital for Bryant to appear.
Frank Jackson, a Dallas criminal defense attorney, said celebrity defendants typically skip routine hearings. Of the judge's decision, Jackson said, "I think it's being a little heavy handed." Gannett is likely to schedule a preliminary hearing, during which he'll determine whether there is enough evidence to require a trial in state district court.
Bryant's attorneys could waive the preliminary hearing, even though they could get a hint at the prosecutor's strategy. Such hearings rarely go in favor of a defendant, and Bryant's attorneys are unlikely to want the alleged victim's allegations detailed in open court, Silverman said.

Fox News' Rita Cosby and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Annette · 08-04-2003, 07:33 AM

I thought this was a really good article. I got this from CNN.com

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Former bodyguard: Athletes need protection from selves

Back when Kelly Davis was traveling around the world with the Dennis Rodman Circus, the Chicago police officer and bodyguard extraordinaire became as skilled as the Bulls' rebounding savant in the art of boxing out. Wherever the Worm turned, be it packed club, casino, gay bar or bedroom, Davis was sure to follow, serving as a human buffer against all kinds of potential trouble. Sometimes, that meant getting in the face of the heavily tattooed man who employed him, but Davis had no problem holding his ground.

As Davis said Wednesday, "You're not employed to kiss your client's ass. If your client is about to do something that could land him in jail or get him sued, and you don't stop it, why are you there? If you're afraid to stand up to him, you're nothing but a lackey."

I tracked down Davis, with whom I shared many an all-nighter during the height of Rodmania -- and who has since started a business, Overtime Inc., designed to provide security and guidance for professional athletes -- for fairly obvious reasons: In the wake of the sexual-assault charges filed in Colorado against Kobe Bryant, the subject of star athletes, poor judgment and the ruinous results that can ensue has never been more topical. And while Davis, like the rest of us, can't pretend to know what actually went down in the Laker star's hotel room on that night in late June, the situational specifics that have been reported by various outlets have provoked some strong opinions.

"My understanding is that Kobe has six bodyguards," Davis said (published reports indicate Bryant was accompanied by three unidentified men when he checked into a Colorado hotel on June 30), "and when I first heard about this incident, I thought, Where were they? Were they there when [the alleged encounter] took place, and if they were there, why didn't they stop this 19-year-old from coming into the room? And if they weren't there, where the hell were they?"

Back in the Rodman days, whenever Davis was on duty, no one ever had to ask ask where he was. Even when the prodigious power forward was enjoying his most tender moments, Davis, if not directly present, was close enough to react to any potential "disturbance" -- to use a word that has surfaced in reports of the alleged incident in Bryant's hotel room. Obviously, this spoke to the trust Rodman placed in Davis (and fellow Chicago cop and bodyguard George Triantafillo) during the three years Rodman spent with the Bulls. However, it also went down this way because Davis insisted it be so.

"We had rules," Davis explained. "The first one was that women we didn't know never entered his hotel room. If Kobe truly answered the door to his room that night, as has been reported, that was the first problem. We never let Dennis answer the door.

"If some concierge came to the room, would we have let her in? Never. Anyone who came to the room would have been interrogated -- What's your purpose? Why are you trying to get to my client? --before we considered letting her in."

Of course, it's possible that the woman's answer would be, "Because he invited me."

Indeed, there are times when an athlete asks a woman he has recently met to his room and insists on being intimate with her. Even then, said Davis, there are logical measures that can be taken to protect a client from trouble -- of his own doing or otherwise.

When Rodman was at a hotel, Davis said he made it a point to stay in an adjoining room -- and though the door between the rooms might have been closed at times, it was never locked. "That way," Davis said, "we had easy access to each other's room if something sounded out of the ordinary."

When Rodman and a woman would leave a club together, it was common for Davis or Triantafillo to drive the player's car back to his residence while Rodman and the woman began their encounter in the backseat. Once at the house, the happy lovers would continue their business, but a bodyguard would be in the next room over -- and, sometimes, would briefly monitor the action in a very discreet fashion.

Late one night at Rodman's house near the Bulls' practice facility in Northbrook, Ill., the Worm and a woman he'd met earlier that evening were doing their thing in his bedroom, with Davis in the next room. "I heard the woman say, 'No, no,' and I immediately jumped up and barged into the room," Davis said. "I said, 'Hey, here are your clothes; you have to go. Now.' Of course Dennis was furious. I said, 'I don't want to hear it.' The woman said, 'How am I going to get back?' I told her to get her clothes on, and I drove her home.

"Dennis was on fire, totally pissed off. But you know what? The next day, he thanked me -- not because he had done anything wrong at that point, but because it prevented a potential misunderstanding or situation."

Most of the time, at least when I was in their company, Davis was far less obtrusive. Amid the frothing-at-the-mouth throngs that descended upon Rodman in public places, Davis was the nearly invisible companion who stayed cooler than a wintry Chicago gust of wind. With confusion all around him, Davis seemed to have the pulse rate of a guy watching C-SPAN after popping a Xanax.

At the time Davis, now a patrol officer, was working deep cover in such grisly locales as the notorious Cabrini-Green housing project on Chicago's North Side. The 15-year force veteran has been fired at on numerous occasions, once was shot in the hand by a drug dealer while the two wrestled for his gun, and has been in crack houses, posing as a drug buyer, in which one slip of the tongue or errant facial expression could have meant instant death.

The Chicago police brass were extremely accommodating toward Davis and Triantafillo, allowing them to alter their schedules to accompany Rodman for long stretches. Davis went with him to Europe and Tokyo, as well as numerous domestic locales, serving as a designated driver, registered-firearm carrier and conflict curber.

A couple of years ago Davis and partner Ed Johnson started Overtime Inc., and in the wake of the charge against Bryant, they hope athletes and their employers will feel compelled to sample their services. They say their goal is to have at least one moonlighting police officer on staff in every city with a pro franchise, reasoning that men entrusted with enforcing the law are much more valuable to a prominent athlete than, say, one of his cousins.

"That would eliminate a player hiring his boys as bodyguards," Johnson explained. "Your boy's not normally going to tell you, 'No'; he's just happy to be on your payroll. I talked to one NBA coach who told me, 'Incidents like that don't apply to our team, because we've got model citizens.' Unfortunately, the Kobe situation has changed that whole line of thinking. Anytime a player is prominent, no matter how clean his behavior has been, you need to think in terms of preventing trouble."

Johnson noted that Rodman, the ultimate NBA bad boy, didn't get into any serious off-court trouble during the years he employed Davis. "When Kelly told me the stories," Johnson said, "my first take was that he provided some leadership for this guy. He taught him how to prevent putting himself in bad situations, and even though Dennis didn't like it, it clearly had an impact."

Now, as he tries to build a business, Davis reads about athletes being arrested, from Bryant to Trail Blazers guard Damon (Foiled Again) Stoudamire, and winces. He believes "90 to 95 percent" of off-the-court transgressions involving pro athletes, from DUIs to bar fights to far more serious altercations, can be avoided with improved personal security.

Said Davis, "Athletes will spend $4 million on a house, $300,000 on a car, $150,000 on a necklace or a platinum Rolex -- and they'll insure all of those things. But they won't insure themselves: by getting the right kind of security, by trusting someone who has the guts to stand up to them and make a judgment call about what's best for their well-being. And I can't understand why."

At the moment, it's a very valid question -- and you have to wonder whether a certain fallen star is wondering the same thing.

Jordan23 · 08-04-2003, 07:58 AM

Annette, thanks for posting that article, it was indeed very interesting.

Here's another one...

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911 call made a day before Kobe turned himself in

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- Kobe Bryant called 911 the day before he surrendered to authorities on a sexual assault accusation and medics later treated a female at his home, officials said Friday.

The Los Angeles Lakers' star hung up the phone without talking, but a dispatcher called back, speaking to three people, including Bryant, before sending police and paramedics, Newport Beach Police Lt. Tom Gazsi told the Los Angeles Times.

"The need for medical assistance was for someone other than Mr. Bryant. It was evident that no crime occurred and no police assistance was needed," Gazsi told the newspaper in Saturday's edition.

Bryant made the call the day before he returned to Colorado to surrender to authorities after being accused of sexually assaulting a woman at an exclusive spa. He is free on $25,000 bail.

Shortly after he called 911, medics treated a female at the house but did not need to take her to the hospital, said Vickie Cleary, emergency services manager for the Newport Beach Fire Department.

No further details were immediately available, and it was unclear whether the medics treated a woman or child. Bryant and his wife, Vanessa, had a baby girl in January.

Paramedics were summoned to the house for a similar medical emergency on March 5, Cleary said. During that call, paramedics took a female to the hospital after evaluating and treating her at the home.

The March 5 call also involved a medical issue that did not involve criminal conduct, Gazsi said to the Times.

- ESPN.com

Chi159 · 08-04-2003, 12:51 PM

As the days pass, more and more bad news comes out of both camps. Apparently, one of the investigators helping the DA in this case was involved in a racial profiling case that went against the Colorado police force he worked for back in the mid-90�s. Can you say Mark Fuhrman? I have no doubt that the defense will make a point of using this info. against the prosecution. The article Pat just posted insinuates that Kobe probably told Vanessa about his infidelity the night before he turned himself in, leading to some kind of problem. The fact that Kobe and his wife have a history of calling 911 in the past doesn�t look very good, considering that you�re only supposed to call in times of emergency. It makes you wonder what the hell is going on.

Here�s the latest to support the alleged victim�s case:

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ACCUSER CRIED RAPE TO BELLHOP JUST AFTER INCIDENT

August 4, 2003 -- The woman accusing Kobe Bryant of rape tearfully told a bellhop minutes after the alleged attack that that she had just been "forced to have sex" with the NBA superstar, according to a new report.

Friends and co-workers of the accuser told Fox News correspondent Rita Cosby that the 19-year- old hotel worker's clothing was torn when she spoke with the bellhop.
The claims could significantly bolster the charge levied by the alleged victim. It also is apparently the first time that someone has said the woman reported the alleged rape to another person immediately after her June 30 encounter with Bryant in his hotel room - instead of revealing it the next day, as had been previously believed.

That would support the idea that she did not concoct the story.

Judges in rape cases often allow testimony by third parties about so-called "excited utterances" made by an accuser right after an attack. Fox reported that Bryant's accuser, after leaving his room the night of June 30, looked "shocked and upset" when she went to the lobby of Lodge & Spa at Cordillera, according to a woman who, like the accuser, is a hotel employee.

The accuser's friends and other workers at the Edwards, Colo., hotel told Fox the accuser was driven home by the bellhop minutes later.

Friends and colleagues said the bellhop "was told immediately by the accuser that she was . . . 'forced to have sex with Kobe Bryant,' " according to Fox's Cosby.

The accuser's friends said the bellhop saw the woman crying and wearing "visibly torn" clothes, according to Fox.

Bryant, 24, has denied raping the woman, although the married Los Angeles Laker guard admits to having had consensual sex with her. He was arrested July 4 - three days after undergoing knee surgery in Vail - and two weeks later was formally charged with sexual assault.

Meanwhile, Bryant was named favorite male athlete at the 2003 Teen Choice Awards, which he attended in L.A. with wife Vanessa on Saturday.

In accepting the award, he paraphrased the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

"An injustice anywhere is an injustice everywhere," Bryant said at the show, which will be broadcast Wednesday, the same day he is due in an Eagle courtroom for a hearing in the rape case.

NY Post

Jordan23 · 08-04-2003, 02:23 PM

Kathie, I hadn't thought about that but you got a good point there about maybe Kobe telling his wife before he turned himself in. Therefore something must have happend to have him call 911 before...and the plot thickens.... [img]smilies/look.gif[/img]

twoods · 08-04-2003, 06:52 PM

do you think she hypervenilated and fainted or something? I dont know why else that would have anythin to do with Kobe telling his wife what happened. Cause the police said that there was no "crime" that was committed. If that is the case, then at least he told her before instead of hearing it from the media days later.

twoods · 08-04-2003, 07:03 PM

Just another interesting article I came across that kinda shows how their parents reacted to them getting married, as well as the financial trouble vanessa's parents were in.

Bryants faced hurdles long before sexual assault case
Aug. 4, 2003
SportsLine.com wire reports

LOS ANGELES -- They met at a music video shoot. She was an 18-year-old high school student working as a background model. He was 21, living in wealthy Pacific Palisades with a huge NBA contract and millions of dollars in endorsement deals.

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Six months later, Kobe Bryant and Vanessa Laine were engaged. A year later, in April 2001, they walked over red rose petals to begin their life together.

Even before the accusations of sexual assault against the Los Angeles Lakers superstar, their marriage had already endured many hurdles.

About a dozen people attended their private wedding ceremony, but the basketball player's parents -- Joe and Pam Bryant -- weren't among them.

Kobe's parents had already moved back East after living with their only son during his first couple years in the NBA. A rift developed because his parents objected to his marriage to Vanessa.

"I had taken matters into my own hands, marrying my wife so young, they didn't know her," Kobe told ABC Sports in June.

After the marriage, his father rarely attended Lakers games and the two reportedly didn't speak to each other for nearly two years.

"Twenty years from now, when his own child grows up, he'll understand what I'm doing," Joe Bryant told the Los Angeles Times in an interview in April.

Vanessa's mother, Sofia Laine, also had misgivings.

"Although I was happy for Vanessa, particularly since Kobe is a very kind and respectful young man, their relationship caused a great deal of stress for me," she said in court documents filed in her divorce case.

Lakers coach Phil Jackson also questioned the wisdom of such a young person getting married.

Since their marriage, Kobe and Vanessa Bryant led their lives out of the limelight -- as much as possible for a celebrity couple.

Their marriage license is a special type covered by confidentiality laws. And it is not known, for example, whether the couple has a prenuptial agreement. Such agreements are private contracts and typically don't become public unless there is a divorce filing.

Kobe Bryant usually keeps to himself when on road trips with the team; and Vanessa rarely attends Lakers games or Hollywood events.

But when her husband was charged with sexual assault, she appeared at a news conference, holding his hand and stroking it tenderly as the NBA star admitted he was guilty of adultery -- but nothing else. Earlier, she had issued her own statement to the media, vowing to stand by her husband.

"I know that my husband has made a mistake -- the mistake of adultery," she said. "He and I will have to deal with that within our marriage, and we will do so. He is not a criminal."

The Bryants' representatives will not answer questions, instead referring calls to Kobe's criminal defense attorney, Pamela Mackey. Her office said the couple isn't accepting interview requests. Attorneys in the case are now also under a gag order.

Before they married, court documents show Vanessa's family life was already in turmoil. Her mother and stepfather filed for bankruptcy in 2000, and Vanessa and Kobe helped them out with cash and gifts worth more than $500,000, according to documents filed in the Laines' pending divorce case.

Kobe also paid off a $230,000 mortgage on his in-laws' Garden Grove house, according to the court filings, as well as phone, dental and credit card bills and two car loans.

Then in July 2002, Sofia Laine filed for divorce, claiming in court documents that husband Stephen Laine was "involved in another relationship." They had been married for 12 years.

About a month before the divorce filing, Sofia Laine, who wasn't working because of debilitating back pain, told the court she was no longer receiving cash gifts from Vanessa and Kobe.

The financial support is at issue because Stephen Laine's filings show he believes he should pay less than standard alimony.

"I never represented to my mother that I would `take care of her' financially if she stopped working," Vanessa Bryant told the court last September.

Stephen Laine's attorney, Glen Rabenn, said his client would not comment on his stepdaughter, who took his last name in 2000 even though he never adopted her.

"He does not want to offend Vanessa. He loves Vanessa as his own daughter," Rabenn said. And he "thinks the world of Kobe."

One of Sofia Laine's attorneys, Doreen Olson, didn't return messages.

Kobe and Vanessa Bryant made a rare public appearance Saturday night, attending the 2003 Teen Choice Awards, where he was honored as favorite male athlete. Bryant made a peace sign with his fingers and a thumbs-up gesture, and waved to fans. He also kissed his wife's hand.

Three days after he was charged with sexually assaulting a 19-year-old woman in Colorado, Bryant surprised his wife with a $4 million, eight-carat purple diamond ring while at a Santa Monica jewelry store, according to People magazine. The ring had been commissioned two weeks earlier.

"They looked very happy together," jeweler Raffi Kouyoumjin told the magazine.

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Chi159 · 08-04-2003, 09:55 PM

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do you think she hypervenilated and fainted or something? I dont know why else that would have anythin to do with Kobe telling his wife what happened.

I don�t know. Maybe things escalated into a verbal altercation with possible threats. From there, who knows? Something must have occurred for Kobe to feel compelled to call 911.

Thanks for posting that article. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] I knew that Kobe�s parent disapproved of his marriage to Vanessa, but it�s interesting to read the background info. of her mother�s financial problems. A lot of different stuff can be taken from that. Anytime $ is involved, it makes you wonder.

And, like Will has said many times, Kobe probably shouldn't have married so young.

SuperDeluxe · 08-05-2003, 06:11 AM

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Originally posted by ursa major:
If this is true, it's not looking good for Kobe.

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Why? Either if she was raped or it was consensual, she could still be upset after the fact. Thats why she reported it anyways.

This changes nothing really..

ursa major · 08-05-2003, 07:06 AM

SuperDeluxe - You must've missed the part of the article that said the following...

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In addition, Fox News has learned that the woman told another co-worker who drove her home after the alleged assault that she had been "forced to have sex with Kobe Bryant." The co-worker, a bellman at the resort, told friends and fellow employees at the Lodge & Spa at Cordillera that the woman was crying after the alleged attack and her clothing was torn. He also said he drove her home minutes after she emerged from Bryant's hotel room.

Two people allegdely seeing this girl crying and upset after her encounter with Kobe, one drives her home and see that her clothes are torn. Then on top of that the alledgedly documentation of bruises on the girl, Like I said, if these co-workers give strong testimony at the trial to what they alledgedly saw, it won't bode well for Kobe.

Milt Palacio · 08-05-2003, 10:48 AM

I still don't see anyway Kobe is convicted, even if he is guilty.

-Will

twoods · 08-05-2003, 10:50 AM

I still dont understand why she didnt go straight to the police instead of going home...usually people dont go to the police until the next day because they are in denial. but the fact that she was already telling people that Kobe raped her directly after that, didnt it occur to her to go to the police or hospital right after that to show them the evidence?


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