{"id":743,"date":"2004-03-29T15:15:19","date_gmt":"2004-03-29T23:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/archives\/2004\/03\/29\/kobe-bryant-fans-continue-to-attack-accuser-court-does-nothing\/"},"modified":"2004-03-29T15:15:19","modified_gmt":"2004-03-29T23:15:19","slug":"kobe-bryant-fans-continue-to-attack-accuser-court-does-nothing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=743","title":{"rendered":"Kobe Bryant fans continue to attack accuser; court does nothing"},"content":{"rendered":"

From The Globe and Mail<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Lawyers employed by Kobe Bryant, the Los Angeles Lakers guard who is accused of raping a 19-year-old woman in a Colorado hotel room last June, have spent weeks bringing intimate details of the woman’s sexual history before the courts in one of the most unscrupulous and closely watched celebrity trials of recent memory.<\/p>\n

Although Colorado’s rape laws are designed to protect alleged victims from publicity and to keep the victim’s sex life from being publicized, the laws appear to have collapsed under the press of high-priced lawyers and inquisitive media outlets, especially tabloid newspapers, consumed by the case.<\/p>\n

While major media outlets have avoided revealing her identity, the woman’s name, photo and biography have been splashed across supermarket tabloids and Internet sites, and talk-radio hosts have made sport of her florid sexual reputation.<\/p>\n

Fans of the basketball player have besieged her with angry phone calls and visits, forcing her to live on the run, moving to four states in the past six months.<\/p><\/div>\n

This is, of course, precisely the kind of intrusion and intimidation that rape shield laws are supposed to head off. Regardless of if Kobe Bryant is guilty or not, imagine what the next woman raped by a sports celebrity will think; she’ll look at the Kobe Bryant case and know that if she presses charges, she’ll be tried, convicted and punished in the court of public opinion. What a great day for sleazy defense lawyers everywhere..<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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