Bryant Accuser's Name Posted by Mistake

Yahoo News ^ | 9/16/03 | Jon Sarche - AP

[NormsRevenge]

DENVER - The name of Kobe Bryant's accuser was mistakenly posted on a state court Web site on Tuesday as part of a legal filing in the case.

The subpoena showing the 19-year-old Eagle woman's name and address was left up for about an hour. Court staffers then removed the filing from the site and reposted it with the personal information blacked out.

State courts spokeswoman Karen Salaz said it was unclear how the error was made, but said court staffers are responsible for blacking out such information in public filings.

The alleged victim's identity has been previously disclosed on various Internet sites and on a radio talk show heard in 60 cities.

In another filing Tuesday, the Vail police department balked at turning over 911 records to Bryant's attorneys Tuesday, saying it would be violating a court order issued in the sexual assault case against the NBA star.

An attorney for the department asked Eagle County Judge Frederick Gannett to quash a subpoena served by Bryant's attorneys seeking the sealed records.

The judge, who has a number of motions before him in the case against the NBA superstar, did not immediately issue a ruling.

Earlier this month, a state judge rejected a Vail Daily newspaper request to release the 911 records, saying the "intensely personal" material would subject the 19-year-old accuser to harassment and abuse.

The Vail paper wanted any 911 records made from the accuser's home this year. Vail police handle emergency calls for the Eagle County sheriff's office and Eagle police.

Bryant, 25, is charged with raping the woman June 30 in his suite at a mountain resort where she worked and he was a guest. Bryant has said the two had consensual sex.

Bryant is scheduled to appear for an Oct. 9 preliminary hearing at which Gannett will decide whether the Los Angeles Lakers (news) guard will stand trial.

An attorney for the accuser asked Gannett to deny a defense request for a hearing before Oct. 9 on whether she has waived her privacy rights on medical records.

Attorney John Clune said the material could be used only to attack the woman's credibility, which is not relevant at a preliminary hearing unless other testimony is determined "wholly implausible."

Defense attorneys Pamela Mackey and Hal Haddon are seeking medical records from a clinic in Eagle, a hospital in Greeley and the student health service at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, where the woman was a freshman last year. They say the documents would help the judge evaluate the accuser's credibility.

Prosecutors and Clune are fighting that request, along with a defense attempt to force the accuser to testify in person Oct. 9.

Meanwhile, Gannett set a Monday deadline for written arguments on:

_A prosecution request to quash the subpoena seeking the woman's appearance at the preliminary hearing.

_A media request to authorize internal audio and video transmissions of the preliminary hearing to an "overflow" courtroom.

[NormsRevenge]

Is there a Lakers fan on the staff 8-?

[billorites]

If someone named me in an assault I'd name them in a heartbeat.

[Savage Beast]

If the man's name is disclosed, the woman's should be also. If the name of the accuser is withheld, the name of the defendant should be withheld also. This is a no-brainer.

[randog]

If the man's name is disclosed, the woman's should be also.

I agree. With bogus rape charges running around 40%, there's a good chance that the victim is the accused. A rape charge is a stain that never leaves regardless of guilt.

[AppyPappy]

With bogus rape charges running around 40%

Link please.

[over3Owithabrain]

This woman has already received death threats, one man was already arrested. Now thanks to a Kobot or moron in the courthouse, her home address is public knowledge. This is not an ordinary case, there are sick sycophantic Kobe fans who will use that info to threaten and perhaps murder her.

[Quilla]

I heard about the victim's name appearing on the Eagle County's website this morning on Fox & Friends. They reported that her name was first noticed and reported by the folks at thesmokinggun.com. The guys at the gun sure are on top of things on the www.

[randog]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/950669/posts

[AppyPappy]

Ah.....the 40% number is not a statistic. It was based on a small segment of data in a midwest town from 78-84. There are no statistics on "false rape" as best I can tell.

[mhking]

SmokingGun.com?

[AppyPappy]

According to a study conducted by Eugene Kanin (search) of Purdue University, the correct figure may rise to the 40 percent range. Kanin examined 109 rape complaints registered in a Midwestern city from 1978 to 1987. Of these, 45 were ultimately classified by the police as "false." Also based on police records, Kanin determined that 50 percent of the rapes reported at two major universities were "false."

Some universities have "hardship" exemptions for exams.

[HurkinMcGurkin]

If the man's name is disclosed, the woman's should be also. If the name of the accuser is withheld, the name of the defendant should be withheld also. This is a no-brainer.

The name of the accuser is known by who is supposed to know it - the accused. There is no legal or constitutional provision that says me, you or a dog named Blue should know.

[HurkinMcGurkin]

Its also apples and oranges to compare incidents of false reports of rapes on college campuses to those in the general population.

[AppyPappy]

I know of two "false charges" here last year. In both cases, the women could not name an attacker and it was obvious they weren't telling the truth.

Most "false charges" don't get as far as the Bryant case. That's why I think it is real.

[HurkinMcGurkin]

Most "false charges" don't get as far as the Bryant case. That's why I think it is real.

That's part of the reason why I too tend to (unfortunately) believe its real.

[NormsRevenge]

SmokingGun.com?

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Yup.

You expected Judicial Watch to catch it? ;-) LOL

[Savage Beast]

In that case, her identity should not have been disclosed--but his should not have been disclosed either.

[Savage Beast]

Fine. But I repeat: If the identity of the accuser is withheld, the identity of the accused should be also. If the identity of the accused is disclosed, the identity of the accuser should be also. It's that simple.

[Let's Roll]

"Is there a Lakers fan on the staff 8-?"

Or someone with a fatter bank account?

[HurkinMcGurkin]

What is this big deal with YOU having to know who the accuser is? The court knows, Bryant(the accused) knows and the community knows. Why do YOU, or anyone else across this country just have to know?