[Charles H. (The_r0nin)]

Only because your thinking is clouded by the assumption that the woman must be lying. The simplest explanation for the facts we have is that he assaulted her. That's why there is an indictment.

Notice I emphasized the "we have." Quite frankly, I don't think we have anywhere near enough evidence to declare either Kobe guilty or her a liar. We just don't know enough. But I find it very interesting the lengths that some people will go to to pidgeon-hole what little we do know of this case into whatever prejudices they have...

[ernie pantuso]

There is no indictment. There is only a complaint filed by the prosecutor. There is a sealed record that is being dribbled out by people associated with the cops, the prosecutor's office, and the accuser's acquaintances. So, Bryant's folks are dribbling out information that casts the accuser's credibility in a negative light.

I believe that most of the confusion from this case started because the sheriff jumped the gun with the arrest warrant. Early on, there were alleged details that have been subsequently refuted(one example is the "disturbance" coming from the room). The sheriff needed to swear out a few "facts" to get a judge to find probable cause to issue the arrest warrant. Oftentimes, early in investigations, cops will embellish what they have to obtain that warrant. I hazard a guess that is what happened here; thus, when certain details leaked from early in the investigation, they had to be retracted later as the investigation developed.

This will be an interesting case to follow. I have been following many of the threads and I am disappointed at the name-calling from some of the posters with opposing viewpoints--and I am not accusing you of doing so. I don't know what happened and I await the public release of the evidence from both sides. I will give the accused the presumption of innocence until evidence proves otherwise.