>to pursue a criminal case, and there was absolute evidence
>that Ben raped
>that woman. However, the woman was so traumatized over what
>happened to her, she
>just wanted it to all go away. Plus she didn’t want to bring
>attention to her family. That was her main reason.
>

Roethlisberger had established a pattern of such conduct, whereas Kobe was accused in one incident, yet only one of them ever went to trial. I mean white man black man this is America, but that Ben's happened after Kobe with such latitude to create some new image, was so...American.

It should not be lost on any the problematic history of white women accusing Black men of rape, and that were it not someone with the resources of Kobe Bryant in THAT town, a Black man would have likely gone to jail, whether or not he was guilty of the accusation.