[Sabertooth]

Have you absolute PROOF, that Kobe's lawyers are the ones who told THE GLOBE the info in this article ? If not, then stop the libel.

I didn't say they gave the story to Globe, but Team Kobe has been hot to smear the accuser all along, including during the preliminary hearing. No libel here, but if you think there is, e-mail my posts to Kobe's lawyers.

Some women lie about being raped;some don't. The reasons vary, for the liars and sometimes, good liars, with GREAT lawyers, can pull it off. The reverse is true of rapists.

Why, exactly, do YOU believe that Kobe raped this girl ?

Because that's the explanation that best fits the facts, to my eyes. Maybe I'm wrong, and that's why we have trials. However, some things aren't relevant in rape trials, and that's what's bugging the Kobe partisans.

[Indie]

Are we to say that any girl that has had sex can not be raped?? BULL.
Kobe is a large man and she is a small woman.
Even if he is innocent, he is still guilty of being a stupid idiot without a license. I would say no history of rape is a weak argument in his favor considering his history of sex behind his wife's back.
And for someone with this much fame to be making it with strange girls? IMO he deserved the charge just for being a moron and allowing himself to be set up, IF in fact he was.
Personally, I'd say even odds on guilt.

[nopardons]

No, it's what's BUGGING you and those who have decided, for whatever reason/s, that KObe is guilty.

Me ? I'm not a " Kobe partisan "; never even heard of him prior to this case, which I do NOT follow slavishly.

You more than implied, by your previous posts, that Kobe's lawyers had a hand in giving this info to THE GLOBE. And this article, as far as I'm concerned, doesn't lend itself to such. Yet, you keep talking about how Kobe's lawyers are smearing the girl. WHY ?

Today, more and more young women lie about rape; sort of " buyers remorse " in overdrive. Your belief, that Kobe raped her, has no basis in fact, doesn't fill the bill, re as an explination that best fits the facts, and I ask you, yet again: WHY, ON WHAT GROUNDS, ON WHAT PROOF, DO YOU BASE YOUR VISCERAL REACTION OF KOBE'S GUILT AND CONDEMNATION OF OTHERS ?

How much have you ever read about rape cases ? Have you, or anyone you knew/know been involved in a rape case ? Have you ever sat on a jury, during a rape trial ?