Expect acquittal for Bryant because of lousy evidence

Rocky Mountain News ^ | 06/21/2004 | Scott Robinson

[Hawk44]

The judge should spare the taxpayers the cost of this circus.

[jammer]

And hotel room or not, consensual kissing, hugging and even a little exploratory groping is not equivalent to consent.

What is, then? Should males carry a three-page contract around so that it might be executed in duplicate originals? Perhaps have a notary on call?

Kobe is different from Mike Tyson, but the cases are parallel here: if someone goes to Mike Tyson's hotel room at 2:00 AM, be it man, woman, or beast, that someone WILL have sex. That's expected. And I consider it consent.

[aardvark1]

Judge spare from this? What, and miss having his name go down in history with the likes of Ito and Cochrane? He will have his own show on court TV after this.

[bitt]

they're both pigs. The End.

[Thebaddog]

I've heard from insiders that the girl is a goof and that indeed Kobe will get off. My hunch is that she is stoopid enough to believe her own jive and will insist on testifying with the blue dot over her face. That prosecutor will probably be doing closings in a couple of years.

But that defense attorney is a total turn-off. She has to go to smile school to learn how to look happy while she's burying the shiv in someones back to be a really great lawyer.

[AppyPappy]

Let's see. We have Bryant's DNA evidence, a victim who is willing to testify and medical evidence of rape.

Yup. Too little to convict a star basketball player.

Have they found Nicole Simpson's killer yet?

[lainde]

bttt

[Carolinamom]

There was no "Bryant's DNA evidence."

[OldFriend]

For once in a criminal trial the defense has money..............

That's where I stopped reading.

Every athlete on trial has money, lots of money and for the most part they all escape a guilty verdict.

[doug9732]

"What is, then? Should males carry a three-page contract around so that it might be executed in duplicate originals? Perhaps have a notary on call?"

Great idea! And I guess impartial witnesses would help also.

Men are the last opressed minority in America.

[MizSterious]

I think so too. If he did it, they sure haven't come up with the proof.

On the other hand, maybe they can prosecute him for being an unmitigated jerk? There's ample proof of that.

[Houmatt]

Will Kobe walk because Eagle County detectives botched or slanted the investigation?

Not hardly.

Nope. If he is acquitted, it will be because he is a famous sports star.

And because of the antics of a judge who has spit on the rights of a crime victim and should be removed from the bench as soon as possible.

[sharktrager]

The "victim" in the Tyson case had also asked several other women how much they thought she would get out of Tyson...before the "rape".

[sharktrager]

There is no Bryant DNA evidence.

The semen and pubic hairs found weren't his.

[sharktrager]

No, he'll be acquitted because the only DNA they've found wasn't his.

The girl had another guys semen and pubic hair in her panties, but nothing at all from Kobe.

[jimt]

We have Bryant's DNA evidence, a victim who is willing to testify and medical evidence of rape.

We also have someone else's DNA, supposedly explained by putting on dirty underwear, we have a "victim" who has tried numerous weird means of getting attention, and we have medical evidence of sexual intercourse.

I don't know whether he raped her or not, but neither do you.

If the dirty underwear story is a lie, and she was active immediately afterward, her allegations are false and she belongs in jail - not Kobe.

[IamConservative]

I think what brought Mikey down was an univited excursion in the "back door". The charge was sexual deivate conduct.

As I was reading this article, I couldn't help but think "tort prositution." Not passing judgement either way, I think they were both stupid.

[fooman]

Yes the 'ole three flavors panties.

[happygrl]

I feel dirty just reading this thread.

Shower time!

[agarrett]

And because of the antics of a judge who has spit on the rights of a crime victim and should be removed from the bench as soon as possible.

  I've been meaning to ask you this one for a while, since you seem to think the judge is doing a lot wrong here...

  Assume, strictly for the sake of argument, that Kobe is telling the truth. He had consensual sex with this woman, and she is now crying rape. What evidence should he be allowed to bring into court in order to prove his case?

Drew Garrett