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We aren't Kobe worshippers. There is talk among lawyer-pundits of an out-of-court settlement. That's the payola for this woman. Even if money isn't her bag, she may do it because she's crazy. Why do terrorists do what they do? They're just crazy and crazy people do crazy things for reasons no reasonable person can wrap their minds around.

Following are some of the high-profile athletes who have in the last several years been linked to -- and in most cases exonerated from -- allegations of sexual misconduct.

Kirby Puckett
Oct. 18, 2002: Charged with false imprisonment, fifth-degree criminal sexual conduct and fifth-degree assault
April 10, 2003: Found not guilty on all counts

Jerome Bettis
Aug. 21, 2002: Accused of sexual assault
Oct. 16, 2002: Prosecutors say Bettis will not be charged

Darrell Russell
Feb. 1, 2002: Arrested on suspicion of participating in the gang rape of a woman he dated
Sept. 12, 2002: All charges dropped

Mike Tyson
Sept. 26, 2001 and Dec. 28, 2001: Investigated on two separate sexual assault claims
Feb. 21, 2002: Prosecutors announce Tyson will not be charged

Mark Chmura
May 15, 2000: Charged with third-degree sexual assault; on June 22, 2000, a child enticement charge was added
Feb. 4, 2001: Found not guilty on both charges

Len Dykstra
Oct. 1, 1999: Charged with sexual battery
Nov. 30, 1999: Charges dropped

Curtis Enis
May 30, 1998: Named in a sexual assault complaint filed in Irving, Texas
Aug. 17, 1998: Complaint dropped (he was never arrested or charged)

Juwan Howard and Chris Webber
April 1998: Accused of sexual assault
May 22, 1998: A grand jury decides not to indict either man; Howard countersued, won $100,000 in damages and donated the award to a rape crisis center in Washington

Dave Meggett
Feb. 27, 1998: Charged with sexual assault
June 26, 1998: Charges withdrawn

Cornelius Bennett
Sept. 9, 1997: Pleaded guilty to misdemeanor count of sexual misconduct stemming from a May 18, 1997 incident in the Hyatt Regency Buffalo; served 35 days in jail and later received counseling under the NFL's program

Jake Plummer
May 28, 1997: Charged with felony sexual abuse
June 27, 1997: Struck a plea bargain and received two years probation; also fined $1,020 and ordered to perform 100 hours of community service

Michael Irvin and Erik Williams
Dec. 29, 1996: Accused of aggrevated sexual assault
Jan. 10, 1997: Police say that the accuser had recanted her story and that no charges would be filed

Jose Mesa
Dec. 27, 1996: Charged with rape, gross sexual imposition and felonious assault
April 9, 1997: Acquitted of all charges

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You're not allowed to post stuff that would lend credibility to us wicked "Kobots!" That's wrong and it's smearing the accuser!

Jesus, some of you folks are desperate to see this guy get "his." I know why SOME of the women refuse to even entertain skepticism, and I have a feeling that there are others who have hard-ons for athletes, especially black athletes, but damn!

Oh, don't forget other names! David Cone, CLYDE FRIGGIN DREXLER(that case went nowhere) and Derrick Coleman also.
All exonerated, as far as I know.

You forgot to mention Mike Tyson's rape CONVICTION.

The Bettis case was even worse. The accuser had conspired with her uncle, a comm. college professor who earlier bragged to a class about how to extort money through blackmail. All very bizarre, but it was quite clear that Bettis was being set up.

I don't recall if anything happened to the accuser. This does explain why Kobe got the benefit of the doubt, however.