Prosecutors DISMISSED Kobe Case - Page 8

Gina1201 · #**106** 07-24-2003, 10:24 AM

It waas reported on the Doug Banks show that Kobe bought Vanessa a $4 million dollar purple diamond ring.

Also another one of Kobe's ex-girls has popped up on TV. She was on Fox TV last night but had nothing bad to say. She said she dated him for 5 years and their relationship ended when he decided to marry Vanessa.

CrimsonTide4 · #**107** 07-24-2003, 10:26 AM

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Originally posted by Gina1201
It waas reported on the Doug Banks show that Kobe bought Vanessa a $4 million dollar purple diamond ring.

Also another one of Kobe's ex-girls has popped up on TV. She was on Fox TV last night but had nothing bad to say. She said she dated him for 5 years and their relationship ended when he decided to marry Vanessa.

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKS!! @ ring

Umm that must be ol girl who was on her way to med school or in med school back in Philly.???

Gina1201 · #**108** 07-24-2003, 10:28 AM

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Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKS!! @ ring

Umm that must be ol girl who was on her way to med school or in med school back in Philly.???

I'm not sure. She didn't say anything about med school, but she did say that she received her BA from Drexel. She looked like she could be Latina.

Gina1201 · #**109** 07-24-2003, 11:03 AM

This morning they had a special "tribute" to Kobe. It was After 7's "Heat of the Moment" mixed in with statements Kobe made during his press conference. Here are the actual words to "Heat of the Moment":

Heat Of The Moment
L.A. Reid and Babyface

There comes a time in every man's life
You're gonna do wrong
I made a mistake girl..Just let me..
Just let me explain

I can't believe it
Although I did it
I've never been that kinda man
I must admit it
I wasn't with it
But you were the best I've ever had

Right now I'm going thru some changes
I've always thought I was
A faithful kind of man
I never thought I would be tempted
Baby you licked my lips
And I said right now...right now

In the heat of the moment**
Baby I lost my head. Lost my mind
Didn't know what to do
In the heat of the moment
Baby I fell in lust with you

Now that I've done it
Oh how I want it
But I've got to be a stronger man
I love my lady
Can't lose my baby
Cause if she knew
I'd lose everything I have

Don't want to go thru no more changes
From now on I promise I will be a better man
But here you are again temptin'
Baby when you lick my lips. I said
Right now, right now

Repeat chorus**2x

Baby Baby you've got to slow down
From now on I promise I will be a better man
Now...Now I know that you know
That we can't carry on like this
Girl stop...just stop
Baby when you kissed my lips, I said
Right now...Right now

Repeat chorus 3x

Lyrics from: http://members.aol.com/kevon247/after7lyrics.html#heat

Steeltrap · #**110** 07-24-2003, 11:56 AM

Identified the Kobe accuser:

http://msnbc.com/news/942322.asp

AKA2D '91 · #**111** 07-24-2003, 12:12 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Gina1201
This morning they had a special "tribute" to Kobe. It was After 7's "Heat of the Moment" mixed in with statements Kobe made during his press conference. Here are the actual words to "Heat of the Moment":

Heat Of The Moment
L.A. Reid and Babyface

There comes a time in every man's life
You're gonna do wrong
I made a mistake girl..Just let me..
Just let me explain

I can't believe it
Although I did it
I've never been that kinda man
I must admit it
I wasn't with it
But you were the best I've ever had

Right now I'm going thru some changes
I've always thought I was
A faithful kind of man
I never thought I would be tempted
Baby you licked my lips
And I said right now...right now

In the heat of the moment**
Baby I lost my head. Lost my mind
Didn't know what to do
In the heat of the moment
Baby I fell in lust with you

Now that I've done it
Oh how I want it
But I've got to be a stronger man
I love my lady
Can't lose my baby
Cause if she knew
I'd lose everything I have

Don't want to go thru no more changes
From now on I promise I will be a better man
But here you are again temptin'
Baby when you lick my lips. I said
Right now, right now

Repeat chorus**2x

Baby Baby you've got to slow down
From now on I promise I will be a better man
Now...Now I know that you know
That we can't carry on like this
Girl stop...just stop
Baby when you kissed my lips, I said
Right now...Right now

Repeat chorus 3x

Lyrics from: http://members.aol.com/kevon247/after7lyrics.html#heat

See, THIS is the only thing I hate about not working. I miss Tom Joyner and all their antics. I heard J. Anthony has really been "cuttin' up".

CrimsonTide4 · #**112** 07-24-2003, 05:21 PM

(Taken from an article written by Ron Borges of NBC Sports)

"We pay more attention to the case of a baby-faced black basketball star with a pristine reputation and a 19-year-old blonde, white cheerleader-turned-hotel concierge who alleges she was sexually assaulted after delivering a very late dinner to Bryant's room than we do to whether or not our President juiced the info he used to start a war."

RedefinedDiva · #**113** 07-24-2003, 05:26 PM

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Originally posted by AKA2D '91
See, THIS is the only thing I hate about not working. I miss Tom Joyner and all their antics. I heard J. Anthony has really been "cuttin' up".

I KNOW!! I am usually in the car in the mornings and now I am damn near 3 months behind on "It's Your World."

*quick hijack* What happened to Red Bone? Did he go to jail? Is Sky still "Danielle?" Is she still alive? Maybe I should check the website....

Wonderful1908 · #**114** 07-24-2003, 05:26 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
(Taken from an article written by Ron Borges of NBC Sports)

"We pay more attention to the case of a baby-faced black basketball star with a pristine reputation and a 19-year-old blonde, white cheerleader-turned-hotel concierge who alleges she was sexually assaulted after delivering a very late dinner to Bryant's room than we do to whether or not our President juiced the info he used to start a war."

Deep.

RedefinedDiva · #**115** 07-24-2003, 05:27 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
(Taken from an article written by Ron Borges of NBC Sports)

"We pay more attention to the case of a baby-faced black basketball star with a pristine reputation and a 19-year-old blonde, white cheerleader-turned-hotel concierge who alleges she was sexually assaulted after delivering a very late dinner to Bryant's room than we do to whether or not our President juiced the info he used to start a war."

SO TRUE, SO TRUE!!!

Steeltrap · #**116** 07-24-2003, 05:36 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
(Taken from an article written by Ron Borges of NBC Sports)

"We pay more attention to the case of a baby-faced black basketball star with a pristine reputation and a 19-year-old blonde, white cheerleader-turned-hotel concierge who alleges she was sexually assaulted after delivering a very late dinner to Bryant's room than we do to whether or not our President juiced the info he used to start a war."

We pay more attention because as a society, we're fixated on sex, particularly interracial sex. Back in the 1950s, magazines that featured Sammy Davis Jr. allegedly dropping hammer on Ava Gardner and the like were hot sellers.

AKA2D '91 · #**117** 07-24-2003, 05:38 PM

RD,
I never have a chance to hear IYW, because I'm in the classroom then.

CrimsonTide4 · #**118** 07-25-2003, 08:49 AM

Yesterday on another message board, the question was raised:

How many of yall would turn down a 4Million Dollar Ring?

My response to that:

I couldn't turn it down but damn where would i wear it? I couldn't stay with him, though, because what if this is not the first or the last time? PRetty soon you will have a lot of real jewels but a fake marriage. I want the marriage, not the guilt gifts.

So if you were Kobe's wife, would you accept the ring?

Wonderful1908 · #**119** 07-25-2003, 02:44 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
Yesterday on another message board, the question was raised:

How many of yall would turn down a 4Million Dollar Ring?

My response to that:

I couldn't turn it down but damn where would i wear it? I couldn't stay with him, though, because what if this is not the first or the last time? PRetty soon you will have a lot of real jewels but a fake marriage. I want the marriage, not the guilt gifts.

So if you were Kobe's wife, would you accept the ring?

HE** Yea! I would accept that along with the 50% of everything else he owns combined with a divorce attorney. He put her out there bad and he didn't even use a condom. I would need some time and healing to get over all my suffering and a $4 million dollar ring might jumpstart my recovery!

FeeFee · #**120** 07-25-2003, 05:02 PM

Gag order comes after police report made public

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Associated Press

EAGLE, Colo. -- A judge, seeking to quell rumors and reports that could affect a trial in the Kobe Bryant case, Thursday issued a gag order on attorneys, witnesses and others involved in the case.

The move came after scrutiny of Bryant's accuser intensified after police said she was hospitalized as a "danger to herself'' four months before the alleged sexual assault.

University of Northern Colorado police chief Terry Urista said campus police received a call about 9 p.m. on Feb. 25 regarding a woman in a dormitory room.

"An officer determined she was a danger to herself,'' he said. "It's classified as a mental health issue.''

The woman was transported by ambulance to North Colorado Medical Center of Greeley, Urista said. He refused to say whether it was a suicide attempt.

Prosecutors and an attorney for Bryant's 19-year-old accuser have declined to discuss details of the case or the background of the woman. Records relating to the case were sealed.

Robert Pugsley, a criminal law professor at Southwestern University in Los Angeles, said if the two incidents turn out to be suicide attempts it could weaken the prosecution's case.

"The more these indications of instability emerge, the more difficult it might prove for the prosecutor to persuade the jury beyond a reasonable doubt that this young woman did not misinterpret the event,'' he said.

Another legal expert said the suicide attempt claims may never be heard at trial.

Christopher Mueller, a law professor at the University of Colorado in Boulder, said judges can exclude evidence that exposes a witness to undue embarrassment if it isn't essential to the charges.

"When there is no connection proven, that argument becomes pretty difficult,'' he said. "A court may very well bar it.''

Mueller also said the defense will think "long and hard'' about whether to label Bryant's accuser unstable and suicidal. "To attack a person who comes into a court as a victim is always a tricky thing,'' he said.

Bryant was charged with felony sexual assault after his accuser told authorities he attacked her at an Edwards resort June 30. Bryant said the sex was consensual.

Meanwhile, Eagle County Judge Fred Gannett issued an order limiting public comment about the case by attorneys, authorities and others involved in the case, including Bryant and any witnesses.

Citing concern about pretrial news coverage, the judge said it was his duty to try to guarantee a fair trial.

"Where the case is a notorious one, that burden on the court is heavy,'' Gannett wrote.

Before the judge's ruling, Eagle County Sheriff Joe Hoy dismissed speculation by at least one of the woman's friends that she is having second thoughts about going forward with the case.

"As far as I've heard, that is just plain rumor,'' Hoy said. "That is just off-board.''

Prosecutors met with the woman at length at her lawyer's office this week and interviewed other young women at the district attorney's office in Eagle. Friends say the woman is strong enough to withstand the media attention.

Krista Flannigan, a spokeswoman for District Attorney Mark Hurlbert, said the final decision about pursuing the case rests with prosecutors, who represent the public and not just the victim.

"It's not her complaint against him. It's the people of Colorado against him,'' she said.

Prosecutors have sometimes decided to continue cases, including sexual assault and domestic violence ones, without the cooperation of victims, she said.

Hoy, who was accused by defense attorneys of rushing the case against Hurlbert's wishes, also said it was up to the prosecutor whether to go to trial.

"It wouldn't be her choice,'' Hoy said.