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KOBE: MANIC SEX FUELED MY ACCUSER
nypost ^ | 1-14-04 | BARRY BORTNICK

Posted on 01/14/2004 5:39:40 AM PST by Jimmyclyde

Edited on 05/26/2004 5:18:33 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

January 14, 2004 -- DENVER, Colo. - Kobe Bryant's accuser allegedly suffers from bipolar disorder - and may have been in such a "manic state" at the time of the reputed attack that it boosted her sex drive and willingness to bed someone, the defense is charging. The basketball star's legal team, in court papers released yesterday, quotes John Ray Strickland, one of the accuser's ex-love as saying she is bipolar.


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To: KellyAdmirer
Was she drugged up and sexually out of control?

No

Or was she a coldly calculating, vicious gold-digging schemer who concocted a wild rape-charge plan in the half hour after she learned the guy was staying in her hotel?

Not that either. Shs is manic depressive, she was off her meds, and cycling through a manic phase. Mania is very often associated with implusive (though completely 100% voluntary) sexual conduct. Manics tend to fixate on something they want and then go get it.

IF this is all true, Bryant has a good point and a good defense. If you were familiar with manic-depressives, you'd understand why.

121 posted on 01/14/2004 8:40:23 AM PST by realpatriot71 (legalize freedom!)
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To: KellyAdmirer
I don't have an argument; I'm saying that her word shouldn't be taken as the truth until they see her medical records.

Btw, if his defense is that she was mentally incompetent, and this means she was unable to give valid consent, he goes straight to jail, do not pass go, do not collect $200.

You cannot possibly be that dumb.

I will wait for the trial before drawing any final conclusions, that is what having an open mind is all about. Obsessing over this thing isn't going to solve it.

I've been reading these threads since this case started; and I have been witness to your "waiting to draw a final conclusion." Tell it to somebody who doesn't know what you've been saying.

122 posted on 01/14/2004 8:41:05 AM PST by Howlin (WARNING: If you post to me, Tard and Buttie Fred are gonna copy & paste it to LP!!!!!!!)
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To: wardaddy
It was a real eye opener for me; if I was a guy, I'd think twice about being around women......LOL.
123 posted on 01/14/2004 8:42:33 AM PST by Howlin (WARNING: If you post to me, Tard and Buttie Fred are gonna copy & paste it to LP!!!!!!!)
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To: cb
If any of you ever knew a bipolar you would immediately realize that NOTHING this woman says can be taken at face value and that she will likely do or say anything....even when medicated. Case closed, if true.

I'm speechless... are you a doctor by any chance? Your ignorance is blinding me...

124 posted on 01/14/2004 8:43:59 AM PST by booann777 (I know bipolar... honestly...)
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To: KellyAdmirer; Howlin
I'm no longer sure what your argument is. Was she drugged up and sexually out of control? Or was she a coldly calculating, vicious gold-digging schemer who concocted a wild rape-charge plan in the half hour after she learned the guy was staying in her hotel?

Apparently she is being treated for schizophrenia, at least that's what Seroquel is for the treatment of. If she was bi-polar I assume she would be on Lithium. Since symptoms of schizophrenia include hallucinations, delusions, and paranoia, this is quite a revelation, and I must say unexpected. Hell! I thought the initial report was that she tried to overdoes on over the counter cold medicene. At least that's what we were all led to believe.

If Kobe could diagnose her as having a personality disorder within an hour of meeting her he should take up practicing medicene on the side.

125 posted on 01/14/2004 8:45:39 AM PST by Smogger
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To: realpatriot71
Shs is manic depressive, she was off her meds, and cycling through a manic phase. Mania is very often associated with implusive (though completely 100% voluntary) sexual conduct. Manics tend to fixate on something they want and then go get it.

I see, and if she is so manic, she then jumps through all the hoops of supposedly getting him a hotel room isolated from all the others and creeping up back hallways because she knows that she can entice him into a sexual situation where she can cry rape?

I see inconsistencies in all this, the supposed irrationality versus the supposed planning to set up the situation in the first place. You may not. I see it almost as arguing in the alternative, the stories just don't jibe. Obviously, the defense is going to make arguments that, if completely as stated, would make it all sound perfectly innocent. How believable and supportable that is, well, that's always the big question, that's why we have trials and don't try things in the press, as the defense would like. The prosecution will do its talking in court.

126 posted on 01/14/2004 8:47:51 AM PST by KellyAdmirer
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To: Motherbear
Just because many conservatives believed that BC had a pattern of behavior that precluded being fit for office (including possible rape), doesn't mean that conservatives also believe that every jerk deserves to go to jail on flimsy evidence.

Possible rape ? I'll put you down in the Clinton camp.

Conservatives--more than anyone--should not allow political correctness to stand in the way of getting a fair trial.

He has a right to a fair trial, and a fast hanging if convicted. No one should take that from him or any other defendant. Unfortunately he has alot of money and fans who want to buy an outcome. None of them are interested in the truth, not a single one. He could have ended this the first week with the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

127 posted on 01/14/2004 8:48:11 AM PST by af_vet_1981
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To: Howlin
I wonder whatever happened to the idea of equality --- one isn't seen as guilty right off the bat because of gender. In a case like that --- if the woman would threaten to claim abuse to prevent the man from leaving, they should get the divorce and he be ordered to stay away from her. If a woman is really being beaten a divorce should be what she is seeking. I hope your friend doesn't allow this kind of intimidation to go on. It would seem a good lawyer or judge could determine that if she's making a claim like that, she should be glad for a divorce.
128 posted on 01/14/2004 8:48:48 AM PST by FITZ
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To: Howlin
People go to jail all the time for having sex with someone who does not have the capacity to consent. If that is a dumb thing to say, color me dumb.
129 posted on 01/14/2004 8:49:20 AM PST by KellyAdmirer
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To: booann777; cb
I don't know why the court-filing refers to her has manic-depressive. Wouldn't she be on Lithium in that case? Seroquel's website says it's for the treatment of schizophrenia which is not the same as bi-polar.
131 posted on 01/14/2004 8:49:49 AM PST by Smogger
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To: KellyAdmirer
Being manic does not make one incapable of saying no, so even if she was manic at the time of the incident she could still have said no, and that would be rape. My point was that a manic person is so much more likely to have YES to sex, then after coming down from the mania in dpression felt so bad about it that they said it was rape. this explanation is most consistant with people with bi-polar, but that doesn't mean it wasn't rape.

You're right. We have trials for a reason.

133 posted on 01/14/2004 8:54:23 AM PST by realpatriot71 (legalize freedom!)
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To: FITZ
You know what happened: feminism.
134 posted on 01/14/2004 8:54:40 AM PST by Howlin (WARNING: If you post to me, Tard and Buttie Fred are gonna copy & paste it to LP!!!!!!!)
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To: #3Fan
There are a number of reasons why I tend to believe Kobe is guilty. Among them, his lawyer Mackey's acts such as the way she insisted on bringing up the victim's name. Mackey has no credibility and his hurting Kobe's case.

In that press conference not once did his wife say, "He's innocent." Instead, she did not say a single word, glared at him. Obviously she did not think he was innocent. Then there was the ring -- a very stupid PR move.

This seems to be a rerun of the Willie Kennedy Smith case.

135 posted on 01/14/2004 8:55:12 AM PST by Dante3
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To: KellyAdmirer
You're throwing in a strawman.

Nobody has said she didn't have the capacity to consent.
136 posted on 01/14/2004 8:55:33 AM PST by Howlin (WARNING: If you post to me, Tard and Buttie Fred are gonna copy & paste it to LP!!!!!!!)
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To: sinkspur
I really don't get the argument. Whether she was a slut that had sex with 50 people, 3 hours prior is irrelevant. The question is "was the sex consensual?" If not he raped her. The issue of her being crazy is smoke and mirrors. It may help get Kobe off the hook, but it does not mean he is or is not a rapist. What do the facts say? The only fact I heard was she had signs of forced sex which the defense says is because the had rough sex. Let the jury decide and rest assured that when they find him innocent he will still have to answer for his deeds at a later date, as will we all.
137 posted on 01/14/2004 8:56:14 AM PST by MPJackal (Is it being paranoid if people really are out to get you?)
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To: af_vet_1981
None of them are interested in the truth, not a single one.

And that would include you.


138 posted on 01/14/2004 8:57:11 AM PST by rdb3 (Never enough muscle to stop a tertiary hustle.)
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To: Dante3
Mackey has a lot of credibility. That seems to bother all of those who want Kobe sent to the gallows.

He's entitled to a defense, whether you think so or not; he may have gotten himself into this situation, but so did the girl and they have every right to question her motives.

And to compare this to William Kennedy Smith is ridiculous; if that were true, there would be four women lined up to testify that he did the same thing to him. And there aren't.
140 posted on 01/14/2004 8:58:35 AM PST by Howlin (WARNING: If you post to me, Tard and Buttie Fred are gonna copy & paste it to LP!!!!!!!)
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