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To: Tall_Texan
Aren't you one of the ones decrying the supposed trashing of the accuser?

I guess in your eyes if it trashes Kobe, it's fine, right? Just not the girl.

And I am trashing Rita Cosby because she is a HORRIBLE reporter; she had no business NAMING the witness -- which is exactly what she did, for all intents and purposes; in a town of 3,000, it will take about 15 minutes to find out this guy's name.
15 posted on 08/04/2003 10:14:36 AM PDT by Howlin
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To: Howlin
When Rita first breathlessly reported this, she stated that the bellhop told her this story (gag order?) Now, it seems, this was related to Rita by a friend of the accuser. She also reported that Kobe had been in Eagle on June 11th, possibly for a consult on his upcoming surgery.
23 posted on 08/04/2003 10:32:09 AM PDT by Jrabbit
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To: Howlin
Aren't you one of the ones decrying the supposed trashing of the accuser?

Yes, I am. But now we are talking about something germane to the case, not who she slept with six months ago or what she may or may not have said at a party days/weeks after the event. There's a difference between gossip and relevant facts.

BTW, if I were a judge, I wouldn't allow the "forced sex with Kobe Bryant" comment to be said in front of the jury (it's hearsay and it's prejudicial - it concludes guilt or innocense in its very utterance when the bellhop was not there to conclude if the statement was true or false). What's relevant is not what she said to the bellhop but what the bellhop can verify in terms of the state of the accused right after she left his room - the condition of her clothes, her emotional state, etc.

Bryant doesn't deny he had sex with her and it will be the physical evidence that will be critical in determining whether it was forced. What the bellhop does is narrow the timeline to refute claims that the woman faked her injuries or made up her story within the 12 hours between the event and going to the police.

It still doesn't prove the case but, if it stands, it eliminates some alternate theories the defense might otherwise use to claim that she "made it up" after the fact.

As for Rita naming the bellhop, don't you think most of these reporters already know the identities of every hotel staff working that night and have been trying to dig up information from them? These folks still have jobs and have to show up at the hotel so it would be pretty easy to find them, follow them and start peppering them with questions. Perhaps reporters have become much more lazy than in my day (sometimes it sure seems so) but I can't imagine a resourceful reporter not being able to find this out if they can get somebody to talk.

52 posted on 08/04/2003 12:15:30 PM PDT by Tall_Texan (http://righteverytime.blogspot.com - home to Tall_Texan's new column.)
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