Posted on 01/27/2020 3:15:13 AM PST by SkyPilot
Washington Post journalist has been suspended by the newspaper after she tweeted a link on Sunday to a years-old story about the Kobe Bryant rape case just hours after the basketball legend and his daughter were killed in a helicopter crash.
Felicia Sonmez, who covers national politics for the Post, took to Twitter shortly after the world learned of Bryant’s death along with eight others aboard his private helicopter which crashed outside of Los Angeles.
She posted a link to an April 2016 story from the news site The Daily Beast which carried the headline: ‘Kobe Bryant’s Disturbing Rape Case: The DNA Evidence, the Accuser’s Story, and the Half-Confession.’
The tweet generated hundreds of shares and thousands of likes as well as many comments.
Sonmez says she has received death threats after posting the tweets.
In follow-up tweets, Sonmez wrote: ‘Well, THAT was eye-opening.
Bryant was arrested and charged with sexual assault and false imprisonment after a 19-year-old woman alleged he raped her in a local hotel room
‘To the 10,000 people (literally) who have commented and emailed me with abuse and death threats, please take a moment and read the story - which was written 3+ years ago, and not by me.
‘Any public figure is worth remembering in their totality even if that public figure is beloved and that totality unsettling.’
Sonmez continued: ‘That folks are responding with rage and threats toward me (someone who didn’t even write the piece but found it well-reported) speaks volumes about the pressure people come under to stay silent in these cases.’
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Can’t say I blame her. I’m sure there will be thousands of references to Monica Lewinsky here on FR when Bill Clinton kicks the bucket.
The S-76 is supposed to have two pilots unless flying under VFR.
Thank you. Have a great week yourself too. We do go back as far as the screwup about who killed Fredo at least. At least that is as far as my memory goes. :)
I find it interesting Kobe sort of grew up in Italy and spoke Italian and there is some video of him speaking Spanish as well. My dad used to say how many languages one spoke was how many persons one was. My dad could speak fluent Italian since as a boy he used to vacation in Trieste. Anyway sad as this tragedy is it does make one appreciate life and each day we are blessed with. Continued blessings to all of us.
“Wasn’t that “innocent” 19 year old in a hotel room alone with him?”
Didn’t she work at that hotel as a maid?
that was the first thing i thought “ the rapist?” when i heard he died.
Just cause he’s dead does not make him sainted.
Bye Felicia
Agreed!
And your pop spoke fluent Italian!!!???
That’s awesome :)
Didn’t know that about Kobe.
My and half my friends speak Italian. The other half speaks none. All are of Italian descent.
Well maybe she asked him if he wanted her to make the bed and he misunderstood :)
Their identities were trickling out - another couple and their daughter was all I’ve heard so far.
God bless Vanessa Bryant.
I remember the case and I have no doubt in my mind that he raped her. He got off by paying her a big settlement.
A very detailed Report of Kobe Bryant Rape
(In his earlier days apparently he was quite scummy. Police report says he admitted to wanting to cum on her face.)
A hero to the black community’......... wow.
She was a hotel employee
He got off by her ACCEPTING a bit settlement.
Guess money was worth more to her than preventing another woman from getting raped.
The demon in these people want to watch his incarnation on TV, which is Kibe. As a result, when the incarnation dies, they freak out and teeth are gnashing.
You would think that by now white women would know where they stand against black men on the protected class ladder: lower. They got the vote before us, they got a president before us... do they not remember the OJ trial? Have they not seen the new worship of the Central Park 5? Do they not take notice of how crimes by black perpetrators on white victims go down the memory hole? Wise up, girl.
She was a hostess, I believe, and she was showing him to his suite.
May he RIH.
There simply are some utterly cancerous people that inhabit and suck breath in and on this planet......
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