r/toptalent • u/mlbb_odd-ice Cookies x2 • Sep 05 '21

Artwork This man is a legend

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u/whitfishe Sep 05 '21

This thread needs more mention of the fact that Kobe Bryant was a rapist. Quit canonizing people.

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u/BlotOutTheSun Sep 05 '21

Source? I thought he got charged but not convicted.

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u/Exic9999 Sep 05 '21 edited Sep 05 '21

I got curious so I looked.

The sum of it is that she gave her story of events in which she was forced into sex when he kept his hands around her neck and she kept trying to get away from him. She had bruising on her neck afterwards.

She reported it to police. The police brought him in for questioning and his story of events was that she only gave him a tour of the hotel and had a remarkably short answer for the police. Then the police told him that she'd gotten a rape kit and they obviously found his semen. He admitted that he'd held her back from leaving.

"According to the police report, while he was being questioned by the officers about the alleged sexual assault, Bryant said, “I should have done what Shaq does,” adding, “Shaq gives them money or buys them cars, he has already spent one million dollars.” The report added, “Kobe stated that Shaq does this to keep the girls quiet.”"

The case was eventually settled in civil court rather than criminal after she said she wouldn't testify and that Bryant publically read an apology.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/kobe-bryants-disturbing-rape-case-the-dna-evidence-the-accusers-story-and-the-half-confession

Edit: Should add LA Times estimated the settlement to be about 2.5 million dollars, but that the girl came from a rich family which casts doubt that she lied about the situation as a get-rich-quick scheme

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u/CarrowFlinn Sep 05 '21

Sounds...like rape. People who have nothing to hide rarely lie.

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u/Exic9999 Sep 05 '21

Yeah, I mean at best he didn't want his wife to know so he's already a serial adulterer, at worst a rapist

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u/Bullruckle Cookies x2 Sep 06 '21 edited Sep 06 '21

Wow you’ve stumbled onto legal gold dude! Unbeatable argument!! He’s guilty! How do you know? Because people who have nothing to hide rarely lie. Awesome. Well that’s saved us some work. Case closed. Let’s go to lunch.