Because if that were the case, then we would really have to relitigate the whole thing and that involves going into the facts about the accuser. Facts like:

1. The accuser was on medication for schizophrenia who had tried to commit suicide twice six months prior to the incident which speaks to her credibility as a witness.

2. Or that she admitted to changing her story to make her more believable to the police.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7jYN-q07uzM/XjCnWqVm_iI/AAAAAAADIVQ/jPV7nxEDhOkujtVBlfjuBHjXWvgFTYqQACK8BGAsYHg/s0/2020-01-28.png

3. Or that a witness claimed that the accuser was bragging about Kobe's johnson at a party after the incident.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-JyLtR14Kcyk/XjG7DHmoYlI/AAAAAAADIWI/hUGqgC1u5GETHLAj8Q0Cpvbn4W37mdsUACK8BGAsYHg/s0/2020-01-29.png

4. Or that she had sex with someone else before going to the police about Kobe.

https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/04/us/papers-reveal-new-details-in-kobe-bryant-rape-case.html

Now of course, I think it's terrible to dredge up all this stuff about an accuser decades after she agreed to settle the matter and I don't think any one of these items I mention prove that she lied, but if anyone who says Kobe's whole story should be told, these parts of the story should be told and discuss.

We aren't talking about some crime that was buried and gone unacknowledged. This was something that was discussed extensively in the media, charges were brought, and the details came to light. Nowhere are we seeing that the accuser wants to relitigate this matter. The thing about it that drives me a little crazy is that if you take Kobe's apology at face value, then its clear he knows he didn't something wrong (even though the two of them could have walked away from the situation with two different takes on what just happened). We don't know whether this apology, and the settlement payments, were enough to satisify the accuser and whether drudging this all up is something that she would even want.

Also, you know a factoid that I thought speaks to Kobe's frame of mind (and is also very Kobe like), is the comment he made to police during the investigation when he told them "Do the best invesitation that you have ever done in your career please"

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xvCP4zabyv4/XjFzLqjfxEI/AAAAAAADIVk/MbaJcokEtIctZUnpnkw3qT7yUK4Idc5LwCK8BGAsYHg/s0/2020-01-29.jpg






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