Something smells fishy here.</>
Yeah, everybody in this case (judge included) needs a good dose of:
Posted on 08/10/2004 12:20:59 PM PDT by Howlin
Court TV reporting that the accuser has today filed a lawsuit against Kobe Bryant in FEDERAL court.
Kobe Bryant Accuser Sues, Seeks Monetary Damages
DENVER (Reuters) - The woman who accuses basketball star Kobe Bryant (news) of rape sued the Los Angeles Laker in federal court on Tuesday for an unspecified amount of monetary damages.
In the lawsuit filed in federal court in Denver, the woman under the name of "Jane Doe" claimed Bryant raped her when she was bent over a chair in his hotel room in a Vail-area resort last year -- a claim that matches the criminal charge against him.
Bryant, 25, who is scheduled to go on trial in criminal court in Eagle, Colorado, later this month, has pleaded not guilty and said the two had consensual sex on June 30, 2003.
Bryant's criminal attorney Pamela Mackey was not available to comment. The judge in the criminal case last week expanded a gag order on everyone involved in the case after the accuser's lawyers, John Clune and Lin Wood, said on national television that mistakes by court staff that identified the women meant that she may need to reconsider testifying at the upcoming criminal trial.
In the civil lawsuit, the woman who is now 20, claims that when "she was bent over the chair and forced by defendant Bryant to remain in that position, defendant Bryant sexually assaulted and raped plaintiff, by unlawfully and knowingly inflicting sexual intrusion and penetration of her vagina against her will and without her consent."
Is this the civil suit everyone has been anticipating?
Prequel to: CRIMINAL CHARGES DROPPED - CIVIL SETTLEMENT PAID
Yep.
Notice she went to the federal court; Colorado has a cap on awards.
And who said she wasn't in it just for the money.....
Something smells fishy here. What is it with the in's and out's of this case?
Bingo, here it is. Didn't she say that this wasn't about money?
Liar, liar......
I don't think he will pay.
Yep.
Maybe he can offer her a couple of season tickets to the Lakers games.....
Now, a middle aged man, I read about a brainless skank bent over a hotel room chair, upending the constitution for money.
This girl has no idea what she's in for, in a civil lawsuit.
If Kobe fights this, all of her background, including her mental problems and previous sexual history, will come in. All of it.
In fact, he's now got a vested interest in seeing to it that the criminal case goes down in flames.
He should immediately file a counter suit for defamation of character.
Something smells fishy here.</>
Yeah, everybody in this case (judge included) needs a good dose of:
Exactly.
And why should he pay now?
I know that Pamela Mackey will be thinking of that.
Heh heh heh. And the rape shield law will not apply in federal court.
She's toast.
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