LOL! Or that idiot Democratic congressman whose staffer disappeared and is presumed murdered. I can't even remember the sap's name now (Condit?), but a lot of the same crew hoisting Kobe on their shoulders here were condemning that politico and accusing him of murder the first three minutes after the woman's disappearance was announced.
In the court of public opinion, guilt or innocence doesn't depend on the evidence. It depends on who you like. On a conservative website, a liberal Democrat congressman is doomed from the outset long before evidence is adduced. But a famous and fabulously popular sports star is excused and sainted by the same mob as the most innocent and pure being since Mother Teresa.