Whatever the media did, does not negate the DNA evidence.
No, but if you were a 19- or 20-year-old girl who believes your encounter with a famous celebrity turned to rape and then the media starts leaking your name everywhere and implying that you're a slut and a psycho, you might not feel like you would be given a fair trail. You heard **the defense's** characterization of the DNA evidence. You didn't hear the **prosecution's** characterization of the DNA evidence because it would have been illegal to produce this before trial and the case never went to trial.
Essentially, you bought the Adam Schiff version of the evidence. Who knows what the truth really was because the "victim" decided it wasn't worth being trashed in the media for months while "Saint Kobe" was genuflected on ESPN. She took the money to settle and return to anonymity. I'm not sure how many young girls wouldn't.