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Originally posted by KillarneyRose
Here's the story if you haven't seen it yet:

AP - EAGLE, Colo. (July 18) - Kobe Bryant was charged Friday with sexually assaulting a 19-year-old woman in a case bound to tarnish the career of one of the NBA's biggest superstars.

The 24-year-old Bryant faces four years to life in prison if convicted on the single felony count, Eagle County District Attorney Mark Hurlbert told reporters during a news conference. He said Bryant used ''physical force'' and caused ''sexual penetration or intrusion.''

The Los Angeles Lakers star immediately proclaimed his innocence, but acknowledged that he ''made the mistake of adultery'' with the woman, who worked the front desk at the resort where Bryant was staying while in Colorado for knee surgery.

''Nothing that happened June 30th was against the will of the woman who now falsely accuses me,'' Bryant said in a statement.

His wife, Vanessa, also released a statement, saying she stood by her husband. ''He is not a criminal,'' she said.

Hurlbert refused to talk about the details of the case. He said he reviewed all evidence during the last two weeks and consulted prosecutors around the state before making his decision.

''I have an ethical burden not to prosecute a case unless I can prove it beyond a reasonable doubt,'' he said. ''I feel that after reviewing the evidence after looking at the evidence that I can prove this case beyond a reasonable doubt.''

Bryant, free on $25,000 bail, must return to court in Eagle on Aug. 6 for a hearing.

The case has riveted the sports world for nearly two weeks because it involves one of the NBA's brightest and most magnetic young stars. The recently married father of a baby girl has also used his wholesome image to land multimillion-dollar endorsement deals.

Documents in the case, including the arrest warrant, have been sealed.

Authorities have said Bryant assaulted the woman June 30 at the gated Lodge & Spa at Cordillera in nearby Edwards. He was in Colorado for knee surgery at a Vail clinic, and was booked at the lodge from June 30 to July 2.

Eagle County sheriff's deputies took Bryant to Valley View Hospital in Glenwood Springs for tests early July 2, later letting him leave in a taxi with his bodyguards.

The woman also underwent tests, and Hurlbert has said he needed information from the state crime lab before making his decision.

Bryant surrendered to authorities July 4 and was released an hour later after posting $25,000 bond. The sheriff refused to release Bryant's booking photo for days.

The arrest was announced July 6, prompting a firestorm of media attention on this small mountain town 100 miles west of Denver. Reporters swamped the cul-de-sac where the woman lives with her parents, but she has said nothing publicly. Her family has consulted an attorney.

The woman is well-known in Eagle as a former high school cheerleader and talented musician who auditioned for ''American Idol'' last year.

The news stunned basketball fans: Bryant, a five-time All-Star who has already won three titles with the Lakers, is by most accounts a quiet man who prefers dinner with a few friends to joining teammates for a night on the town.

Sports marketing experts say the case will be a permanent blow to Bryant's image, and could cost him millions in lost endorsements.

Bryant entered the NBA in 1996 at age 18, straight out of high school. He has drawn comparisons to the league's all-time greatest players as he has helped Los Angeles win consecutive titles from 2000-02.

Along with his determination, Bryant has also shown class, something many fans feel are missing from other NBA stars. He wept when the Lakers were eliminated from the playoffs by San Antonio in May, and he wore his hospital ID bracelet in a game the day after his daughter was born.

He married Vanessa Laine in April 2001. The two met on the set of a music video where Laine was working and got engaged while she was still in high school. Vanessa gave birth to their first child, Natalia Diamante Bryant, in January.

I can't believe some of you cannot see right through this. Obviously the guy had sex with her. More than likely it was consensual.

Here's my take on it:

They met, they had sex, he kicked her out right afterwards, she realized Kobe didn't really like her and that she just got used, she went for his image. She's not asking for an out of court settlement because she knows that eventually Kobe will give her millions inorder to keep from going to jail. She will end up being expensive piece of ass.

I've seen this attitude from girls all too often. I got a couple of friends who kick girls out of their apartment right after they finish their buisness with them. One of my friends did something like that a little while back. He had sex with a girl and then snapped right afterwards. He started pouring beer on her head and told her to get the fuck out of there. A few years back another friend did the same thing, only this time they came out of his room and the living room was filled with all of us. My friend grabbed a bag of doritos potatoe chips and started pouring it out over the girl's head in front of all of us. While he was pouring the chips on her head he started going around her in circles, yelling, "Get the fuck out, Get the fuck out bitch, Get the fuck out!!!" It was the worst thing I've ever seen done to a girl inorder to make her leave.
One time it finally caught up with him. One girl told him straight up, " I'm going to fuck your career and life up completely." She told him he was never going to play that sport ever again. No more than two working week days later, rape allegations started poping up all over the place about him. Fortunately, no charges were ever filed against him by the state attoney's office. However, his career did suffer for it.

Honestly, I try to tell people who do that crap that it's not smart to kick a girl out of bed right after sex. And you sure as hell don't degrade her in any way shape or form. Most women are unstable and insecure in the head as it is, they have serious self esteem isuues. You don't how a girl's going to react, as most females have been put through a lot of shit from previous guys. It's not smart to take away the last bit of self worthfulness they have inside by grading her. Unless a girls a slut, girls usually feel bad a few days later after having random sex. Kobe's little slut is just doing what 90% of the other girls out there would do after being used for sex, she's getting him back.

Of course there is always the possiblitly he did rape her. However, he's Kobe Bryant, he can have at least 75% of the women in the world who he wants. He doesn't need to rape girl, think about it. He's married, 24 or 25 yrs old, an NBA superstar- possibly the next Michael Jordan and he has millions upon millions of dollars. It's totally not rape here. I can understand if he was unstable in the head and a freak like Mike Tyson. Kobe Bryant, most would agree, has his head on straight and doesn't fit the profile of a rapist.

Anyhow, thats my input.