Kobe's accuser had sex right after "rape"


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Report: Lab Results Counter Bryant Accuser's Story

Wed May 26, 8:18 PM ET

DENVER (Reuters) - Crime laboratory evidence shows the 19-year-old woman who has accused Kobe Bryant (news) of rape had consensual sex with another man hours after she said the basketball star raped her, MSNBC reported on Wednesday.

 

The DNA evidence from the prosecution's own laboratory could be introduced in court as early as Thursday when the Los Angeles Laker will be back in an Eagle, Colorado, courtroom for a pre-trial hearing, the cable TV report said.

Bryant's lawyer, Pamela Mackey, laid a bombshell in a prior pre-trial hearing when she suggested the woman had sex within 15 hours after she said she was raped.

Through her attorney, the young woman denied having sex so soon after she said she was raped on June 30 at a Colorado resort where she worked and Bryant was staying for out-patient surgery on his knee.

According to the MSNBC report, fresh sperm and semen samples were found inside the woman's body from samples given during a rape examination and that such evidence would prove she had sex within hours after the incident with Bryant.

Krista Flannigan, a spokeswoman for Eagle County prosecutor Mark Hurlbert, said the office could not comment on the report.

The 25-year-old Bryant, who has pleaded not guilty to raping the woman, has said the two had consensual sex.

If the woman did have consensual sex soon after she said she was raped by Bryant, then she also would have lied to police who were investigating the case.

Prosecutors have said that DNA from someone other than Bryant was found on the underwear the woman wore when she went to the hospital and was the result of mistakenly putting on soiled underwear that had DNA from an earlier sexual episode.

However, the DNA sample taken from her body could refute that line of thinking.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/n...ime_bryant_dc_2

Well she would have lied to the cops, hence making her complete testimony invalid.

Actually, whether her lies determine Kobe to be guilty is in the hands of a jury once the trial has started.

By the way, the testimony doesn't become completely invalid, you can still use it but you run the risk of being grilled during cross examination.

Also, she didn't lie under oath, so any perjury charges are not applicable in this scenario.

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Actually, whether her lies determine her to be guilty is in the hands of a jury once the trial has started.

By the way, the testimony doesn't become completely invalid, you can still use it but you run the risk of being grilled during cross examination.

Also, she didn't lie under oath, so any perjury charges are not applicable in this scenario.

its not a risk of perjury its a credibility thing. and SHE isnt on trial Kobe is but i knew ur intentions. ;)

Kobe's defense has gotten in trouble several times for misbehavior such as "accidentally" mentioning the accuser by name and repeatedly trying to bring up references to the accuser's sexual behaviors pre- and post-rape, neither of which are admissible by law.

What she did with her body before and after the supposed rape is completely irrelevant, the issue is really whether or not she said the word "No" a single time during their encounter and, if she did, whether Bryant stopped. If the evidence is allowed it could cause some serious credibility issues, but in my opinion this could be easily spun by the prosecution if they bring up some sort of psychological problem.

It seems that most people forget that the prosecution bears the burden of proof, so to even get a trial in the first place they must have had a substantial amount of evidence against Kobe. Issues of credibility are not likely to decide this one.

Is it going to be allowed in the case?

It could be used to show that any vaginal tears cannot be attributed to Kobe. Usually, in a rape case, evidence showing the victim had intercourse prior to or immediately after a rape is inadmissible to show her sexual habits, but is admissible to show 1) sperm is not that of rapists and or 2) and physical harm was not caused by alleged rapist.

Kobe's defense has gotten in trouble several times for misbehavior such as "accidentally" mentioning the accuser by name and repeatedly trying to bring up references to the accuser's sexual behaviors pre- and post-rape, neither of which are admissible by law.

What she did with her body before and after the supposed rape is completely irrelevant, the issue is really whether or not she said the word "No" a single time during their encounter and, if she did, whether Bryant stopped. If the evidence is allowed it could cause some serious credibility issues, but in my opinion this could be easily spun by the prosecution if they bring up some sort of psychological problem.

It seems that most people forget that the prosecution bears the burden of proof, so to even get a trial in the first place they must have had a substantial amount of evidence against Kobe. Issues of credibility are not likely to decide this one.

It is completely relevant, see above

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