When District Attorney Mark Hurlbert weighed all the factors in the case against Kobe Bryant, he was aware the Eagle County woman accusing Kobe Bryant of sexual assault had been under emotional stress and had ingested too much medication, losing consciousness.Last Friday, he charged Bryant anyway.
Hurlbert, who Sunday and Monday again declined comment about the case, learned at least a week before of the problems the alleged victim had gone through, but still felt strongly enough about the evidence to charge Bryant with Class-3 felony sexual assault.
Hurlbert huddled with the alleged victim's family the morning after he learned of the incident with pills, which friends said Monday were nonprescription.
A spokeswoman for the DA who is directly quoted claimed the opposite. Nice spin control by the DA, though. I guess he should keep his staffers up to date. He would have to be a complete idiot not to have known.