Which, of course, turned out to be a lie on the part of the police.
Michael Baden and the SARS nurses told the DA that the "evidence" they saw didn't prove rape; of course, Hurlbert "forgot" to share that information with the defense.
I don't know if the police were lying or not (read their statements carefully), but under the circumstances I have no problem with the police lying to try to get Kobe to make admissions which tend to prove a consciousness of guilt rather than the indignancy of a person falsely accused.
Michael Baden and the SARS nurses told the DA that the "evidence" they saw didn't prove rape...
Physical evidence alone would not be likely to prove a rape by threat of force. Nevertheless, they had her blood on Kobe's shirt.