It's Over

wolf · 09-01-2004, 11:42 PM

Accuser Refuses to Continue with Trial.

Anybody surprised?

Cyber Wolf · 09-02-2004, 06:42 AM

With the way the procesution's case has been falling apart in the past months, no. Her lawyers jumped the gun and went to trial before they had a clear idea of what happened and a solid way to prove it. I have the feeling they wanted to go to trial solely because it was a trial against a sports celebrity. High profile trial against a big sports celebrity. Good for career, regardless of outcome.

Trilby · 09-02-2004, 07:33 AM

No wonder the woman quit...her name and medical history "accidentally" released? I'd quit, too, if that happened to me. She was getting death threats. I'm not surprised that she quit, I'm just surprised that she hung in there as long as she did.

Clodfobble · 09-02-2004, 09:35 AM

Ok, armchair jury member here I know, but I've always thought she would eventually drop it because it was obvious he was innocent.

jdbutler · 09-02-2004, 10:05 AM

Ten to one the civil suit settlement check has been deposited already.

Griff · 09-02-2004, 10:08 AM

That's not out of the question. He made some kind of public apology.

Trilby · 09-02-2004, 10:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Ok, armchair jury member here I know, but I've always thought she would eventually drop it because it was obvious he was innocent.

Obvious, how? Just wondering how you know.

Clodfobble · 09-02-2004, 11:33 AM

Obvious, how? Just wondering how you know.

Mostly it was her character that caused me to not buy her story. I know, I know, she could be a prostitute and still be "raped" if that one time happened to be against her will, but I'm one of those old-fashioned people who feels you CAN make character judgments about people.

After a week that included sex with something like 9 guys in the last three days, she voluntarily comes up to his room, knocks on the door, goes inside willingly--is raped, although no one heard any screaming and she never claimed he had a weapon to keep her quiet--then she sends a text-message to her friend about it, the contents of which the prosecution bent over backwards to keep secret (the judge ruled it would have been in, had they ever gone to trial)--then she has sex with, if I remember correctly, at least a couple other people before going to the doctor a few days later and reporting that she was "raped" three guys ago.

And it's not like we're talking about Mike Tyson, with a history of complaints from different women. Kobe Bryant has never had a complaint against him before, and I strongly suspect he never will again.

Elspode · 09-02-2004, 12:16 PM

Well, if all that is true (and it is now hard to say, since there will be no criminal trial), and she has in fact accepted a settlement (the last I heard, the civil trial was still simmering ala OJ Simpson's case, so that, too is hard to say), then if she wasn't a prostitute before she met Kobe, she's surely one now.

russotto · 09-02-2004, 01:31 PM

So, does this mean Lower Merion High School is going to go through with the Nike deal (something about Kobe Bryant high school jerseys)?

xoxoxoBruce · 09-02-2004, 07:21 PM

Just for the girls.

09-01-2004, 11:42 PM	#1
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	It's Over Accuser Refuses to Continue with Trial. Anybody surprised? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

09-02-2004, 06:42 AM	#2
Cyber Wolf As stable as a ring of PU-239 Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: On a huge rock covered in water, highly advanced moss and 7 billion parasites Posts: 1,264	With the way the procesution's case has been falling apart in the past months, no. Her lawyers jumped the gun and went to trial before they had a clear idea of what happened and a solid way to prove it. I have the feeling they wanted to go to trial solely because it was a trial against a sports celebrity. High profile trial against a big sports celebrity. Good for career, regardless of outcome. __________________ "I don't see what's so triffic about creating people as people and then getting' upset 'cos they act like people." ~Adam Young, Good Omens "I don't see why it matters what is written. Not when it's about people. It can always be crossed out." ~Adam Young, Good Omens

09-02-2004, 10:05 AM	#5
jdbutler If ya cant take a joke, Effya! Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 288	Ten to one the civil suit settlement check has been deposited already. __________________ Phineas J. Twunt

09-02-2004, 10:08 AM	#6
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	That's not out of the question. He made some kind of public apology. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

09-02-2004, 12:16 PM	#9
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Well, if all that is true (and it is now hard to say, since there will be no criminal trial), and she has in fact accepted a settlement (the last I heard, the civil trial was still simmering ala OJ Simpson's case, so that, too is hard to say), then if she wasn't a prostitute before she met Kobe, she's surely one now. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

09-02-2004, 07:33 AM	#3
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	No wonder the woman quit...her name and medical history "accidentally" released? I'd quit, too, if that happened to me. She was getting death threats. I'm not surprised that she quit, I'm just surprised that she hung in there as long as she did.

09-02-2004, 09:35 AM	#4
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Ok, armchair jury member here I know, but I've always thought she would eventually drop it because it was obvious he was innocent.

09-02-2004, 11:33 AM	#8
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Obvious, how? Just wondering how you know. Mostly it was her character that caused me to not buy her story. I know, I know, she could be a prostitute and still be "raped" if that one time happened to be against her will, but I'm one of those old-fashioned people who feels you CAN make character judgments about people. After a week that included sex with something like 9 guys in the last three days, she voluntarily comes up to his room, knocks on the door, goes inside willingly--is raped, although no one heard any screaming and she never claimed he had a weapon to keep her quiet--then she sends a text-message to her friend about it, the contents of which the prosecution bent over backwards to keep secret (the judge ruled it would have been in, had they ever gone to trial)--then she has sex with, if I remember correctly, at least a couple other people before going to the doctor a few days later and reporting that she was "raped" three guys ago. And it's not like we're talking about Mike Tyson, with a history of complaints from different women. Kobe Bryant has never had a complaint against him before, and I strongly suspect he never will again.

09-02-2004, 01:31 PM	#10
russotto Professor Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,788	So, does this mean Lower Merion High School is going to go through with the Nike deal (something about Kobe Bryant high school jerseys)?

09-02-2004, 07:21 PM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Just for the girls. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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