[mountaineer]

No, I don't have a daughter. I am female, however, and I agree with you that young women frequently exhibit poor judgment, e.g., putting themselves in situations where there's a strong likelihood something like this is going to happen. I've read a lot of court files of rape cases where the girl accepted a ride from a stranger, for example, and ended up sexually assaulted.

It's just common sense, though (perhaps something this girl was lacking), that you shouldn't be surprised when you flirt with a married pro athlete and then go to his hotel room for some "consensual" sexual activity (short of intercourse, presumably) and things get out of hand. If Kobe forced her to do anything she didn't want to do, I'm certainly not saying her lack of judgment excuses him.

[Peach]

Thanks for explaining.

And not to be argumentative, but given the number of extramarital affairs, they have to start somewhere and it usually does start with flirting and kissing.

I've been married for 23 years so unless things have changed drastically (and perhaps they have), I just don't see most young girls thinking they are going to jump right into bed with someone within a FEW MINUTES of meeting them.

[cyncooper]

Yes, kissing is far short of intercourse. Her story is that is all she permitted. Kissing and holding and when his hands started roving she tried to leave and he put his hands around her throat and kept at least one hand around her throat throughout the rest of the event.

I do think the fact that she worked at the hotel mitigates her decision to enter the room, and she was flat out wrong to engage in the kissing. She had just escorted his bodyguards to their room (on a separate floor) before giving him the tour he asked for. She also asked for an autograph before the kissing started. It's not clear from the reports I've heard if she got it.