HORRIFYING ACCOUNT BARES ACCUSER'S 'RAPE ORDEAL'

New York Post ^ | 10/10/03 | DAN MANGAN and BARRY BORTNICK

[kattracks]

October 10, 2003 -- EAGLE, Colo. - The woman who accused NBA superstar Kobe Bryant of rape said he attacked her from behind - grabbing her around the neck with both hands, leaning her over a chair, pulling down her panties and raping her, a detective testified yesterday.

[Wright is right!]

"After all, they were in a hotel full of people and it appears his bodyguards were in an approximate room. It's not like they were in the middle of a remote desert somewhere where screams would go unnoticed."

Actually, Kobe's room was at the end of a first-floor hallway. His bodyguards were in rooms on the third floor. There were no people in rooms near Kobe's.

Michael

[Palladin]

How disgusting!

If Kobe Bryant had done this to my daughter, he wouldn't be alive to stand trial.

[najida]

See my next post...I misread.

[cyncooper]

I am not a supporter of Kobe in any way, but could blood have come from her being on her menstrual cycle? Or just recently?

I think logic dictates the blood came from the numerous lacerations (see the excerpt I posted at #75) she suffered. There was no testimony that she was having her period, and she did get examined, so I would think that possibility must be discarded (plus it would be unlikely she would consent to intercourse if she was). In fact, Mackey would have used that if there was any evidence indicating it was menstrual blood.

[mikegi]

I am not a supporter of Kobe in any way, but could blood have come from her being on her menstrual cycle? Or just recently?

I bet there's a way to tell if blood was from the cycle or from an injury. It's not just blood in a cycle, there's a sloughing off of tissue, too. And don't forget the vaginal tearing involved. Finally, if there was an issue of the victim's cycle being involved in the bloodstains I'm sure Kobe's lawyer would have brought it up. Since she didn't, I'd assume the defense isn't disputing that the blood came from sexual activity.

[It's me]

Where's his wife? It doesn't seem to me that she is standing by her man. Maybe she doesn't believe him? Maybe it sounds just a bit too familiar?

Hmmmm.

[GYPSY286]

Could it be because of his size, not necessarily the force?

[Hildy]

There is physical evidence...Blood? Lacerations? That's not normal in consensual sex.

[Hildy]

I think she was wearing a skirt.

[Hildy]

I don't know why everyone is ragging on the Defense attorney. This is a man's life we're talking about. I know it's difficult to listen to, but she would be neglect in her duties if she didn't use the woman's background to her advantage. It's the only thing they have.

[STFrancis]

Size really doesn't matter if it's well lubricated... Okay, maybe it does matter when you are talking Stallion size... but we do not know YET how hung Kobe really is...

[CollegeRepublican]

Think jonnie cockran rhymes.......If the glove does not fit.....

[gathersnomoss]

"At one point, the woman said, Bryant bizarrely leaned down in front of her face and told her he liked Vail, Colo., which is near the resort."

Hey, now there is a line that makes chicks hot.

[najida]

What I find very strange is that his wife wasn't with him on his first trip to Colorado.

New mom, not working....Dad is going somewhere...
I would be with him for a bit of a family holiday with the darlin' new baby girl. To take care of hubby after his surgery etc.

My guess is that his wife is totally into Mommy mode with the baby and not paying attention to him. Being ignored is not something he is used to.

So he takes it out on the first chick through the door.

[Shooter 2.5]

I know several women who have been raped because of something stupid they did (their own words) and they didn't report it....Opened a door, got in a car, got alone, went somewhere...whatever.

You just explained the problem. These women think they were raped because they think they did something to start it and it's their fault it happened. It's also why they don't report it. Reality is these women should be able to be naked and spread eagled in front of a topless bar and still not be expected to be raped.

[honeygrl]

I've heard of even married ladies crying rape these days. Better get you one of those condom packets those people were giving out. :)

[BigBobber]

Just curious question for Freeper legal types. How is the investigator able to testify about what the accuser told him? Isn't this all hearsay?

[najida]

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
You get it!

But with rape,
The actions of the victim give validity to the crime (in societies twerked mind).
While we would come off as just plain silly if we did it with another crime
(ie, my 'stupid man wearing a Rolex in a ghetto bar' analogy).

Sadly, every one of these women, when they told the story, knew they had been raped, but thought they wouldn't be believed because of their bad judgement.

[EllaMinnow]

This is the preliminary hearing.

At the trial, she'll have to testify to all this herself, but having one person, usually a detective, lay out prosecution evidence is SOP at a preliminary hearing.

[Merovingian]

More on the Rape Shield Law:
This Rule declares that evidence offered to prove the victim engaged in other sexual behavior, or evidence offered to prove any victim's sexual predisposition, is generally inadmissable in any civil or criminal proceeding involving alleged sexual misconduct.