Prosecutors Drop Sex Case Against Bryant

[Lord_of_the_Dense]

EAGLE, Colo. - The criminal case against Kobe Bryant case collapsed Wednesday as prosecutors said they had no choice but to drop the sexual assault charge because the NBA star's accuser no longer wanted to participate.

Bryant, whose trial had been days from opening arguments, responded with an apology to the woman who had accused him and whose civil suit for damages is still pending.

"Although I truly believe this encounter between us was consensual, I recognize now that she did not and does not view this incident the same way I did," Bryant said. "I now understand how she feels that she did not consent to this encounter."

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[Nilly_Chipples]

I'm sorry but....it's about damn time!:clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

[Carrie]

i have to say, it does not look really convincing when the woman yells rape, and then right before it goes to trial, she drops the case and agrees to sign, relinquishing her rights to sue him again. It sounds to me like she was afraid of the Medical examiners testamony about her sleeping with atleast one other person before she was examined. a bit strange.

[Lord_of_the_Dense]

EAGLE, United States (AFP) - The woman who accused Kobe Bryant of rape admitted to investigators that she lied to police about details of what followed her sexual encounter with the NBA star, documents revealed.

But in a letter to investigators written more than a year after she first accused Bryant, she apologized and said she lied because she feared police would not believe her claim.

The stunning revelation emerged in a letter that was among 625 pages of previously-secret prosecution documents released following last month's dramatic collapse of the famed basketballer's criminal trial after the accuser refused to testify against him.

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