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Eagle County Detective Doug Winters testified at a preliminary hearing last week that the encounter between an unnamed 19-year-old hotel worker and Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant, who is charged with raping her, started out innocently enough: a chat in the basketball star's room and some consensual kissing. It was only as the alleged victim prepared to leave, the detective said, that Bryant's behavior turned ugly...
Allen Iverson, Stephon Marbury, Kobe Bryant, Jermaine O’Neal. Ray Allen, Peja Stojakovic, Antoine Walker, Steve Nash, Shareef Abdur-Rahim...
...Colorado resort worker over the summer. He claims the two had consensual sex. She claims otherwise. But the outcome in this case is ultimately less relevant than the overarching impact of the trial, which will extend far beyond Eagle County and the Lakers’ line-up. The Kobe Bryant case has made headlines across the country and millions of people—for better or worse—will be following it closely. What actually happened inside that Colorado hotel room may never be known—but thanks to how this case has been handled, one thing...
...credibility for the rest of his life. Allegations should always be handled with utmost sensitivity. But this must extend to both sides. Defendants deserve a fair trial, and the alleged victims deserve to be treated considerately. Unfortunately, this necessary level of prudence has been conspicuously absent from the Bryant trial...
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...