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She is an accuser, not a victim, not until KB is proven guilty in a court of law.

Yes, in a court of law. But not in the court of public opinion.

If she were more believeable, it's likely she wouldn't have been as exposed as she has been.

Hogwash. Tom Leykis was mentioning this woman by name the first weekday after the story broke. Credibility had nothing to do with it. It had to do with protecting another popular sports star accused to committing a violent crime.

And revealing that woman's name is uncalled for whatever the circumstance. That's why Colorado has something called a Rape Shield law. That's why Congressman Billybob got comepletely ticked off when Bryant's attorney attempted about a half-dozen times to get that woman's name out in the open knowing there were cameras inside the courtroom.

That's why Congressman Billybob got comepletely ticked off when Bryant's attorney attempted about a half-dozen times to get that woman's name out in the open knowing there were cameras inside the courtroom.

There were no cameras in the courtroom. None.

Every reporter knows who she is, and her name was on the internet (and on this website) 48 hours after charges were filed. If you want to know who she is, you can find out.

As well, her friends were blabbing about her "reputation" to the press for a week before a gag order was imposed. And not all of it was good.

No rape accuser of a celebrity is going to remain anonymous in the internet age.

That may not be a good thing, but that's just the way it is.

Why did the accuser make extroardinary efforts to meet Kobe (including assigning bodyguards to a different part of the hotel - when the hotel was almost empty, etc.) if she was not trying to either set Kobe up or just get in his pants ? Maybe she was raped but I doubt it. I think the intercourse was consensual and perhaps she felt disrespected when he told her to clean up and leave afterwards. In any event, maybe Kobe isn't a nice guy but when you play with fire, sometimes you get burnt. I would suggest that the young lady would profit from becoming more discriminating in her choice of bedmates.

"And revealing that woman's name is uncalled for whatever the circumstance. That's why Colorado has something called a Rape Shield law. That's why Congressman Billybob got comepletely ticked off when Bryant's attorney attempted about a half-dozen times to get that woman's name out in the open knowing there were cameras inside the courtroom."

Rape shield laws are BULLSH*T. If Kobe Bryant can have his name, reputation, and intimate details of his life bandied about for public fodder, why should the same benefit not be extended to his accuser ? And why should the intimate details of the accuser's lifestyle not be admissable in a court of law. These are very serious charges leveled against Kobe and the veracity of the accuser must be established. I am unwilling to assume that she is telling the truth in light of her slutty lifestyle. I am sympathetic to real rape victims but in this case, I find it difficult to have sympathy for this so-called victim.