Newsweek ^ | Monday, July 21, 2003 | Allison Samuels
July 28 issue — When Kobe Bryant was arrested two weeks ago after a 19-year-old Colorado woman accused him of sexual assault, the reaction from friends and fans was almost universal: that’s just not like Kobe.
<p>His money, fame and power place much of the focus on Bryant, not his accuser, whose life has been invaded.</p>
<p>Her privacy, which was nearly impossible to protect in a town of 3,000 residents and one main public high school, is gone.</p>