Please don't refer to random Internet site operators as reporters. Us legitimate journalists get sort of upset.
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I think it's interesting that no one has mentioned this: out of all rape cases reported, I think something like 9% or something are made up....can't remember the exact # but I know its extremely low.
My best friend is a peer rape educator and i've kind of absorbed a lot of her facts. There IS a study on binary report saying that they now think it's more like 50%, but there's way more information to back up the earlier claim.

My point is, she had serious injuries, the odds are in her favor, who knows??? She totally could have given herself the injuries, but if there were any lab tests for sexual assault that came back positive, its kind of hard to fake that.....

I just wanted to bump this up b/c I heard on the news tonight that Nike is thinking about breaking it's contract with Kobe solely b/c he admitted to adultery. I think that's really sad b/c that contract is worth $45 million! To him yea maybe that's not the end of the world, but it just makes me really sad. He made a mistake, he deserves to be punished. But it just goes to show that everything is so much bigger when you're famous, you lose big too. Whether or not he's guilty I'm just starting to feel real bad for him b/c his whole image is just ruined now. :(

Well, there is no way he isn't getting some money from them if they break the contract. Trust me. Somewhere in that contract it says that if either one of them breaks the contract, money is to be paid.

It looks like Nike has already decided that he is a rapist. What happened to innocent until proven guilty? :( :confused:

I know most major corporations (like nike) include a morality clause in their contracts with big names (like kobe).

to them it doesn't matter if he'd found innocent or guilty - he's already broken that morality clause by admitting to adultery...

Oh so true. . . .I don't understand how Nike can put something like that in a contract. Wouldn't it be put to better use if he killed someone? Adultery is wrong, but not enough to lose a contract over. There is more behind that. People have kept contracts for stuff that was way worse than adultery.

Did anyone see the ring he bought his wife? OMG. That was great PR on his part. . .buying his wife that ring was like renewing his vows. . .showing the world that he does love his wife. . .unless you think that he did it because she threatened to divorce him and take his child. . .:rolleyes:. . . that would be brutal. . .

Okay, what about Micheal Jordan? He has a huge contract with Nike. When he cheated on his wife they didn't try to break their contract with him.
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LOL!!! I was thinking the same thing...Is the ring supposed to be her consolation prize? :D

I think that the adultery is between him and his wife. I also have no clue what went on in that hotel room. I feel really bad for the alleged victim and for Mrs. Bryant and her children.

If that's the case then that would mean a double standard to me. But then again, Mike hasn't been accused of sexual assault neither.

On "The View" (yes, I admit it, I have way too much free time right now...) this morning, they said that the Kobe Bryant trial is going to be on camera.

Yes, that, too. I also heard that the judge announced it, to the surprize of the attorneys. Generally, the judge is the hardest to convince to allow a TV camera to invade the sanctity of her/his courtroom.

Why do I feel that this little mountain town is a tad publicy happy?