Yeah, maybe 30 seconds.
and to make many other incriminating statements.
There're not incriminating unless they prove something; and they sure didn't.
According to whom?
According to the judge, that's who.
No DA worth his salt would ever ignore witness statements
Well, you have finally found the problem; he's NOT worth his salt -- in fact, he's been lying.
and they also had her blood on Kobe's shirt, which corroborated her statement.
And proved nothing except they had sex, period.
and there was credible evidence of both force and threat of force.
Yeah? List some then.
I'm not saying that the prosecution could have easily gotten a conviction under the circumstances
Well, then you agree with us: it has to be proven without a shadow of a doubt.
And this case is FULL of doubt -- all on her part.
If he raped her he raped her, whether he was convictable or not -- just like O.J. obviously murdered his wife even though he got off. Our criminal system is set up to err on the side of the defendant, but the civil system is supposed to be about simply weighing the evidence, and I think the weight of the evidence is against Kobe, and I am sure that any decent defense attorney would be very dismayed about their client saying what Kobe said to the police. He had consciousness of guilt suggestions running all through that statement.