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Charges against Kobe Bryant will be dropped.

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this was expected ever since the decision to file the civil suit. i just hope justice is being served, and right now all signs suggest shes just after the money. such a shame that she would drag his name through the mud, but when her sexual history threatens to be exposed, she backs off. at this point though, her reluctance to go thru with it is just as damning to her story.
 
Originally posted by: DonVito
Originally posted by: jyates
I think Kobe should sick a pack of lawyers on her for defamation of character
and see how she feels sitting in the hot seat for a while.

Take everything away from her but her trashy ****

Just what he needs - spending weeks more in a courtroom, to add a few hundred grand (if he's lucky) to his vast pile of millions . . . :roll:

I think it's premature to draw any conclusions about what happened here, and the motivations involved.

Iono, but if the allegations aren't true, and he really is innocent I'd gladly spend a couple hundred thousand out of my millions to just destroy her. Maybe take all his winnings and donate it to women's shelters or something.
 
Originally posted by: HardcoreRobot
this was expected ever since the decision to file the civil suit. i just hope justice is being served, and right now all signs suggest shes just after the money. such a shame that she would drag his name through the mud, but when her sexual history threatens to be exposed, she backs off. at this point though, her reluctance to go thru with it is just as damning to her story.

What part of her sexual history hasn't already been exposed?

If you weren't in that room, you don't know jack. Claiming that you do, judging her motives, and calling her names says far more about you than about her.
 
Originally posted by: Sureshot324
I'm not convinced that Kobe didn't do it. He strikes me as the kind of guy who has to get what he wants no matter what.

Maybe the you know something the DA doesen't?
 
Originally posted by: spliffstar69
Originally posted by: Sureshot324
I'm not convinced that Kobe didn't do it. He strikes me as the kind of guy who has to get what he wants no matter what.

Maybe the you know something the DA doesen't?

THe dismissal doesn't mean the DA isn't convinced either. It just means he doesn't think its enough to convince the jurors.
 
So i don't get it. Was the prosecution's case based solely on the accusers testimony? so if she backs out all the "hard" evidence they have gathered is useless? They must have had a really weak case if it they thought only the accuser's testimony could convict kobe...
 
Originally posted by: oldirtythao
So i don't get it. Was the prosecution's case based solely on the accusers testimony? so if she backs out all the "hard" evidence they have gathered is useless? They must have had a really weak case if it they thought only the accuser's testimony could convict kobe...

I wouldn't necessarily say that. It's often the case (more often than not, actually, in my experience) that rape cases boil down to the complainant's word against the alleged rapist's.

In this instance, at least there is apparently physical evidence of vaginal trauma that is consistent with rape (though it might also be consistent with consensual sex - it's equivocal in that respect). Also, she apparently made a statement (which would probably be admissible, though it's hearsay, as an excited utterance) to a co-worker saying she had been raped. On the other side of the scales, of course, there is her apparent flakiness and sexual activity around the time of the alleged rape . . .
 
i believe the prosecution were planning to call a forensics expert who's testimony would've sided with kobe on a few points, one of them being the main central point that the alleged injuries sustained seemed to prove that it was indeed consensual.

edit: yeah, what donvito said.
 
the strongest evidence they have is the blood found on Kobe's Tshirt.

I'm thinking why can't the girl comes clean and tell the DA who she slept w/ in +- 72hours of the incident. They can contact those guys and have them testify that they had consensual sex with the alledged victim. Match them up w/ the multiple semen samples found all over her. But I guess she can't because she's just in it for the cash.
 
Originally posted by: Kelvrick
Originally posted by: spliffstar69
Originally posted by: Sureshot324
I'm not convinced that Kobe didn't do it. He strikes me as the kind of guy who has to get what he wants no matter what.

Maybe the you know something the DA doesen't?

THe dismissal doesn't mean the DA isn't convinced either. It just means he doesn't think its enough to convince the jurors.

But he is not asking for a plain dismissal, he is asking for a dismissal with prejudice, which is basically an aquittal. He is closing the door on ever prosecuting even if new evidence comes up. To me that says he is convinced Kobe is innocent, and it's not just lack of evidence.
 
You know what I think, I think kobe didnt sleep with her at all! I think the only reason why he admitted it is because he wanted to be more likely to win the case had he said he NEVER slept with her.
 
Personally I dont wanna here anything more about Kobe Bryant for the rest of my life. I'm sick of it all.
 
Oh well that sucks but atleast he will have to answer to GOD for being unfaithful to his wife.

I still say he raped her.
 
I knew him in high school -- he was a really nice guy, and not the type to rape a girl in the least. So I'm glad to see this 🙂
 
I'd like to know why anyone would think Kobe was guilty. All of the evidence in the case says otherwise.

Hurlburt's press conference was an embarrassment.
 
Originally posted by: Epoman
Oh well that sucks but atleast he will have to answer to GOD for being unfaithful to his wife.
No, he doesn't. According to any version of the bible, all he has to do is ask for forgiveness.

I still say he raped her.
So why is she dropping the case and pursuing a civil case? Answer: $$$$$$$$$

 
LOL. He was innocent from the get go. Well Don V I guess all that iceberg evidence never got melted, huh 😛. The only sad thing is the idiots who'll walk around and still accuse him of being guilty or the same old tired line of "we'll never know" bs. But he did bring this on himself, hopefully he learned something. As far as the civil trial I would just pay her some cash and jet. No need for anymore commotion. Besides the young bucks got 140 beans to spend. He can afford to pay the hoe a lil something.
 
it's pretty obvious kobe raped her, then lied to everyone and to his wife that he never even slept with her. then once he was forced to admit it with dna evidence he of course gave in and plees to a lesser charge. well now he still conveniently denies the rape charge though until he is forced to admit that. it never had to come to that though because he bullied her in and her imcompitent (sp?) lawyers into submission.

famous people and anyone who gets lots of coverage (and thereby get a bigname lawyer for cheap, like scott petterson) do this all the time. and they also throw out as many made up garbage stories as they can because they don't have to prove innocence, they have to instill any amount of doubt in the jurors. one moron juror may fall for one crappy story while another moron falls for another one. and i hope you all know how jurors are selected, the lawyers are allowed to select and reject them based on whatever reason they want.

the girl is obviously a nut job too and has little self value or morals and a drug problem etc, so she is really messed up, but so is kobe. he is guilty. he raped a girl. a crazy girl. throw them both in jail for all i care, but punish the guilty!

and don't forget trials and the law are so convoluted that it's not about who is right and wrong or what really happened... it's about who can put on the best show or create the most doubt (in the case of defense). all lawyers are not equal, just like any other job all the people are not equal in their particular field. there are good, bad and average types. kobe had better lawyers and they played dirty and smeared her relentlessly. what would happen if kobe was found guilty? what does that mean about their smears then? what kind of people does that make them to do that?

you are all messed up and should be ashamed with the names you use too. sickening.
 
Originally posted by: rubix
it's pretty obvious kobe raped her, then lied to everyone and to his wife that he never even slept with her. then once he was forced to admit it with dna evidence he of course gave in and plees to a lesser charge. well now he still conveniently denies the rape charge though until he is forced to admit that. it never had to come to that though because he bullied her in and her imcompitent (sp?) lawyers into submission.

famous people and anyone who gets lots of coverage (and thereby get a bigname lawyer for cheap, like scott petterson) do this all the time. and they also throw out as many made up garbage stories as they can because they don't have to prove innocence, they have to instill any amount of doubt in the jurors. one moron juror may fall for one crappy story while another moron falls for another one. and i hope you all know how jurors are selected, the lawyers are allowed to select and reject them based on whatever reason they want.

the girl is obviously a nut job too and has little self value or morals and a drug problem etc, so she is really messed up, but so is kobe. he is guilty. he raped a girl. a crazy girl. throw them both in jail for all i care, but punish the guilty!

and don't forget trials and the law are so convoluted that it's not about who is right and wrong or what really happened... it's about who can put on the best show or create the most doubt (in the case of defense). all lawyers are not equal, just like any other job all the people are not equal in their particular field. there are good, bad and average types. kobe had better lawyers and they played dirty and smeared her relentlessly. what would happen if kobe was found guilty? what does that mean about their smears then? what kind of people does that make them to do that?

you are all messed up and should be ashamed with the names you use too. sickening.

We have a winnar! Or at least someone who has divine insight on how Kobe thinks.
 
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