Word: bryantã
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Dates: during 2003-2003
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What else do you want the man to do? Sit on his butt at home? In addition to robbing his team of his considerable talents, not playing would probably hinder Bryant??€™s case. Rumors and speculation would abound about Bryant in hiding, shameful of his crime and shamed by the public...
Just what form his life takes is a separate issue. For now, he is right to play the game that he loves. Basketball is Bryant??€™s job, his livelihood...
...Bryant??€™s defense team has shown signs of a similarly perverted tactic—focusing their efforts on publicly disparaging Bryant??€™s accuser. His lawyers have asked a judge for access to medical records of the woman, who was treated for a psychological breakdown last January. Of course, if evidence is relevant to the credibility of the accuser, then perhaps it should be admissible. But that matter should be decided in the courtroom—not on the pages of a newspaper. In this particular case, the records have absolutely no relation to the night...
Beyond the conniving tactics of the defense lawyers, the Internet has contributed equally, if not more so, to the belittling of Bryant??€™s accuser. A representative of Lycos.com confirmed that besides the War in Iraq and the 2000 Presidential Election, the Kobe Bryant case is the most popular web search in the history of the Internet. Websites have already revealed the woman’s identity—along with her address, her high school yearbook picture, phone number, and tax information on her parents’ home. Some websites lambaste her as a whore. Others gossip about...
Unfortunately the real losers in this media circus are the victims of less publicized assaults. Regardless of whether Bryant??€™s accuser is telling the truth, her sour experience will leave an enduring impression. Rape survivors nationwide are watching as this young woman’s credibility is publicly scrutinized. Every minute detail of her life has been put on display for critique and criticism—and she is not the one on trial. After what this 19-year-old woman has gone through, and the public’s reaction to her charges, sexual assault victims will...