Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: 1smallVoice
Here is the bottom line a rich athlete can do whatever he wants and then can hire the best attorneys to make his problems go away and just like Bill Clinton people will line up to kiss his ass.

Nice use of the Bill Clinton card, the conservative equivalent of the liberal's Nazi card, but completely irrelevant here. The "Bottom Line" as you put it is that in a criminal trial for rape under the American "innocent until proven guilty/reasonable doubt" system, if all of the physical evidence can be thrown into doubt, it boils down to a he said-she said case, and that's more than reasonable doubt, especially given other behavior of the alleged victim.

Let's recap:
1)No semen evidence from Kobe, but from others.
2)Slight physical injuries, but since she's apparently had sex with others between incident and examination, they can't be linked to Kobe
3)Odd behavior of victim after alleged incident. You can try to spin it anyway you want. "She was so traumatized by the rape she just wanted to have sex with two other guys before going to the cops" but it still seems odd.
4)Alleged victim's odd behavior before incident, separating Kobe from his bodyguards, then sneaking up to his room

270 posted on 07/27/2004 2:17:27 PM PDT by Heyworth
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 264 | View Replies ]


To: Heyworth

More importantly, sworn testimony on behalf of the witness. Last I heard in a court of law, sworn testimony was still considered evidence.


272 posted on 07/27/2004 2:20:06 PM PDT by marajade
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 270 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson