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Bryant's accuser files civil lawsuit
« on: Aug 10th, 2004, 6:50pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
Bryant's accuser files civil lawsuit
Woman seeks unspecified damages for 'public scorn,
hatred and ridicule'; criminal trial still set for Aug. 27
 
The Associated Press
Updated: 5:24 p.m. ET Aug. 10, 2004
 
DENVER - The 20-year-old woman accusing Kobe Bryant of rape filed a federal lawsuit against the NBA star Tuesday, seeking unspecified damages for pain, suffering and “public scorn, hatred and ridicule” she has suffered as a result of the alleged attack.
 
The attorneys asked for a jury trial and compensatory damages of at least $75,000, with punitive damages to be determined later. The woman was identified only as Jane Doe.
 
The filing backed up a threat the woman’s attorneys made a week ago. A criminal case requires a higher standard of proof to convict — beyond a reasonable doubt — and punishment can involve prison time. A civil case has a lower standard of proof — a preponderance of evidence — and punishment is usually a monetary award.
 
Prosecution spokeswoman Krista Flannigan said the civil lawsuit changes nothing for the criminal trial.
 
“We are still moving forward,” she said. She declined to comment when asked whether the civil case could complicate the effort to win a conviction.
 
Bryant 25, has pleaded not guilty to felony sexual assault. He has said he had consensual sex with the woman, then 19, at the Vail-area resort where she worked last summer. The Los Angeles Lakers star faces four years to life in prison or 20 years to life on probation, and a fine of up to $750,000 if convicted. Jury selection begins Aug. 27.
 
Bryant’s defense attorney, Pamela Mackey, did not immediately return a message seeking comment and neither did the woman’s attorneys, John Clune and L. Lin Wood. All attorneys in the case were reminded by the judge last week that a sweeping gag order is in place.
 
The lawsuit laid out generally the same case against Bryant as Eagle County prosecutors: That Bryant attacked the woman in his room at the Cordillera resort, causing her lingering emotional and physical problems.
 
“The conduct of defendant Bryant demonstrates willful, reckless and intentional criminal conduct and that entire want of care that raises a conscious indifference to consequences,” the attorneys wrote.
 
They accused Bryant of flirting with the woman, a front desk employee, during a tour of the resort, and said they kissed after they ended up in his room. Investigators have said the encounter turned violent after flirting by both Bryant and his accuser, and that she told Bryant “no” at least twice.
 
The lawsuit alleged that Bryant blocked her exit, grabbed her and forced her over a chair to rape her.
 
Bryant’s hands were around the woman’s neck, the attorneys said, “a perceived threat of potential strangulation if she resisted his advances.”
 
The attorneys also accused Bryant of “attempting to commit similar acts of violent sexual assault on females he has just met,” but they did not elaborate.
 
© 2004 The Associated Press.
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Re: Bryant's accuser files civil lawsuit
« Reply #1 on: Aug 10th, 2004, 6:51pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
How is it exactly that he's financially responsible for how other people treat her?
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« Reply #2 on: Aug 10th, 2004, 11:34pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify

What this tells me is that this case has ALWAYS been about $$$$$ from the getgo.
 
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« Reply #3 on: Aug 11th, 2004, 8:08am »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify Remove Remove
I have to agree Bump when this first started I felt sorry for accusser and many jumped on the Kobe Band wagon and felt she was being made victum all over again, As things progressed I have since changed my view. This has always been about MONEY. Fact that case seems to be going south is what forced accusser into law suit before trial ends in NOT guilty! I have no doubt that is is and was always about money!
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« Reply #4 on: Sep 1st, 2004, 9:20pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify

Well, this drama is complete.  
 
The . . . . victim. . . . (who I suspect is not much of a victim after all) has decided NOT to testify against Mr. Bryant, thus dealing the final death blow to an already shakey case.  The Judge has rightly, dismissed the case.  In my experience within the system, this case surfaced with an odor from the very onset.
 
This case was about a "payday" from the very onset.  This victim is no more a "victim" than I am a flying nun!  Kobe Bryant may not have exercised good judgement, but that didn't make him a rapist.  
 
You can't make chicken salad out of chicken shit and this Judge has acted wisely and justice has prevailed!
 
 
 
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« Reply #5 on: Sep 1st, 2004, 10:07pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
Thankfully this drama is complete and you're so right about it being about money.  
 
I've said it before and I'll say it again, "when a female goes to a man's room/apartment that she's just met and it is a late hour, what in the wazoodle do you expect they want?"
This is a time that common sense SHOULD take over and a female abides by knowing this is not the correct action to take!
 
Oh she'll file a Civil Case and get some money, then write a book, maybe have a few handbags with her name label, then fade off into the sunset, like they all do!
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