[MineralMan]

"Kobe is known for NOT drinking and partying with the rest of his teammates."

Yup. He has a very clean reputation in that regard. Such an assault would be way, way out of character for him, which is why I doubt it happened. Why would he risk his career to sexually assault a hotel employee? No doubt he could have found a willing groupie if he wanted some action. But he doesn't do that, by all reports.

[TXBubba]

Why would he risk his career to sexually assault a hotel employee?

I'm not saying he is guilty here. But there are many people who risk everything...family, career etc. by doing something really stupid. It happens all the time. The question can be asked with each incident..why would you risk it?

[FreedomSurge]

"an assault would be way, way out of character for him, which is why I doubt it happened. "

And people are forgetting that he just had knee surgery. He still would have been in pain and would have been taking strong pain medication. I doubt his libido would have been strong at that point in time, even for a white woman (for all you racists out there).

I wonder how many "Woman's Studies" courses this girl took at UNC. She might be convinced that any behaviour warrants acusations of sexual assult. Maybe he tripped because of his bad knee and touched her arm.