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Jury selection is in the sexual assault case pending against NBA superstar Kobe Bryant is slated to begin on August 27. Given the time pressure, you might think prosecutors would be busy lassoing last minute witnesses, marshaling their evidence, and generally making final preparations in such a high profile, high stakes case. After all, the single charge facing Bryant could land this celebrity husband and father behind bars for life. But if you thought that, you'd be wrong. Despite thirteen months of preparation -- which included nearly twenty days of pre-trial hearings, as well as over seven hundred filed court...

Edited transcript of June 22 Bryant case hearing -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Print Friendly Email This Story -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- August 2, 2004 The following is the redacted transcript released Monday from the closed June 22 hearing in the Kobe Bryant case. It contains testimony from a defense DNA expert. The transcript does not contain rebuttal evidence from prosecutors. District Court | County of Eagle | State of Colorado | 885 Chambers Avenue | P.O. Box 597 | Eagle, Colorado 81631 | | Telephone Number:(970)328-6373 | | ** COURT USE ONLY ** ___________________________________|________________________ | Plaintiff: THE PEOPLE OF THE | Case No. 2003 CR 204...

DENVER -- Rejecting a prosecution appeal, the Colorado Supreme Court has cleared the way for Kobe Bryant's attorneys to ask the 19-year-old woman accusing him of rape detailed questions about her sexual past. The court denied the appeal without comment Thursday. That means the woman will testify behind closed doors during a two-day hearing that begins March 24. District Attorney Mark Hurlbert acknowledges the Supreme Court rarely gets involved in such appeals. The defense is expected to ask the woman about previous sexual partners in hopes of backing up their claim that she had a "scheme" to sleep with the...

"Celebrity Justice" has learned that prosecutors in the Kobe Bryant case have contacted a Portland, OR hotel worker. Sources tell "CJ" that this woman says she had a sexual encounter with Kobe Bryant at a hotel where she worked. "CJ" has learned the woman works for room service at the hotel. Sources tell "CJ" the woman disclosed to co-workers that the meeting between her and the NBA superstar was "hot and heavy." Sources close to the woman tell "Celebrity Justice" she and Bryant actually met a few years ago at the hotel and he continued to request her for room...

EAGLE, Colo. -- In an embarrassing admission, the man prosecuting Kobe Bryant said Friday that someone in his office ordered T-shirts that mock the NBA star, including one carrying the words: "I'm not a rapist; I'm just a cheater." Eagle County District Attorney Mark Hurlbert also said he and fellow Bryant prosecutor Greg Crittenden were each given one of the shirts by "an unknown source." Hurlbert said he immediately disposed of the shirt and Crittenden did so later. Neither wore the shirt, the prosecutor said in a prepared statement. Hurlbert said "office support staff" had ordered the shirts without his...

A new bombshell revelation in the Kobe Bryant case threatens to destroy the credibility of the prosecution’s key witness - whose testimony could send the basketball superstar to jail for years. Sources told GLOBE that the 19-year-old woman who has accused Bryant of rape told them she had sex with the prosecution’s star witness Bobby Pietrack - a week before she met Bryant. Pietrack, a 23-year-old bellhop at the resort where the alleged rape took place, is the first person Katelyn Faber told about her encounter with Bryant. He can testify about her emotional state and physical appearance at the...

<p>EAGLE COUNTY, Colo. — Kobe Bryant has not yet entered a plea in the rape case against him, but some people closely involved with the case appear to have already made up their minds.</p> <p>In October, employees of the Eagle County, Colo. (search) sheriff's and district attorney's offices put in orders for a shipment of anti-Kobe Bryant T-shirts.</p>