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Anonymous wrote:Why is everyone forgetting that he was accused if rape?

Oh please, nobody’s forgetting it. It’s unforgettable. His rape case in Colorado was one of the biggest news stories in recent years and it never fully faded from folks memory. What is forgotten, however, is his apology.

Go back and read it.

Neil Irvin, director of the organization Men Can Stop Rape, said this about Bryant’s apology in 2016 when the Lakers star retired...

”Kobe is the only accused individual who I’ve ever seen provide an apology in writing in my 16 years of doing rape prevention work. I read it and it fits with what I know about rape: survivors don’t lie. I know we’ve been taught to believe they do but that’s a story which only serves to empower rapists. Kobe’s apology actually serves to push against the idea that survivors lie. He’s saying the opposite.”

Ben Roethlisberger, Patrick Kane, Jameison Winston, and numerous other sports icons have been accused of sexual assault and they all took the same stance when charged...the victim is lying. Even beloved player and now Nationwide pitchman Peyton Manning, whom a female trainer at the University of Tennessee once charged with shoving his naked ass in her face, took the all too familiar route of deny, deny, deny.

Go read Kobe’s apology, which if the case had gone to trial most certainly would have been used by prosecutors against him because it’s essentially an admission. You know his attorney’s advised their client against it but he did it anyway. Why? Why risk losing the livelihood and lifelong dream of being a professional athlete, why risk going to prison? Why not just take the routine stance of denial and calling the victim a liar?

Go read his apology and ask yourself is that typical of the one-dimensional monster you so adamantly insist he is.

So if you apologize for raping someone then it's all good?

This is such bullshit.

He's a rapist.

The way I read his apology was that there was enough there that a guilty verdict in court was possible. And he didn’t want to go to court anyway. His apology was part of the settlement. Not a legal expert but I felt like he was forced to say that.

I think you need to do more reading. The forensic evidence strongly suggests that he forcibly raped her. He himself later came as close as possible to admitting that while still maintaining his essential innocence which is bullshit by the way (I'm sorry you're offended. I'm sorry you feel that I raped you).

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

He raped her and the system let him get away with it but because he's a black super star athlete who later had a bunch of daughters and did some nice things for women's basketball, we're racist if we bring that up.

Umm...not exactly. She dropped the case and settled. She also partied and bragged about having sex with him. She even continued to have sex with numerous male partners. And yet, she only claimed rape from him.

Maybe, because only Kobe raped her? I am glad she chose to reclaim her life and move on and enjoy sex. It seems Kobe's wife did the same and continued to make babies with her husband.

No it was that same day.

This is false information per court document. She had sex with someone prior (I think it was 18 hours prior) but the medical examiner report indicated that the trauma she had was more immediate from her involvement with Kobe.

I really didn't want to chime into this debate with "what if he did or did not rape anyone", but at least if you provide info, provide correct ones.

Then link that document.

Why don't you link your document that claimed the girl had sex immediately after having it with Kobe. Gezz.

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Anonymous wrote:Why is everyone forgetting that he was accused if rape?

Oh please, nobody’s forgetting it. It’s unforgettable. His rape case in Colorado was one of the biggest news stories in recent years and it never fully faded from folks memory. What is forgotten, however, is his apology.

Go back and read it.

Neil Irvin, director of the organization Men Can Stop Rape, said this about Bryant’s apology in 2016 when the Lakers star retired...

”Kobe is the only accused individual who I’ve ever seen provide an apology in writing in my 16 years of doing rape prevention work. I read it and it fits with what I know about rape: survivors don’t lie. I know we’ve been taught to believe they do but that’s a story which only serves to empower rapists. Kobe’s apology actually serves to push against the idea that survivors lie. He’s saying the opposite.”

Ben Roethlisberger, Patrick Kane, Jameison Winston, and numerous other sports icons have been accused of sexual assault and they all took the same stance when charged...the victim is lying. Even beloved player and now Nationwide pitchman Peyton Manning, whom a female trainer at the University of Tennessee once charged with shoving his naked ass in her face, took the all too familiar route of deny, deny, deny.

Go read Kobe’s apology, which if the case had gone to trial most certainly would have been used by prosecutors against him because it’s essentially an admission. You know his attorney’s advised their client against it but he did it anyway. Why? Why risk losing the livelihood and lifelong dream of being a professional athlete, why risk going to prison? Why not just take the routine stance of denial and calling the victim a liar?

Go read his apology and ask yourself is that typical of the one-dimensional monster you so adamantly insist he is.

So if you apologize for raping someone then it's all good?

This is such bullshit.

He's a rapist.

The way I read his apology was that there was enough there that a guilty verdict in court was possible. And he didn’t want to go to court anyway. His apology was part of the settlement. Not a legal expert but I felt like he was forced to say that.

I think you need to do more reading. The forensic evidence strongly suggests that he forcibly raped her. He himself later came as close as possible to admitting that while still maintaining his essential innocence which is bullshit by the way (I'm sorry you're offended. I'm sorry you feel that I raped you).

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

He raped her and the system let him get away with it but because he's a black super star athlete who later had a bunch of daughters and did some nice things for women's basketball, we're racist if we bring that up.

Umm...not exactly. She dropped the case and settled. She also partied and bragged about having sex with him. She even continued to have sex with numerous male partners. And yet, she only claimed rape from him.

Maybe, because only Kobe raped her? I am glad she chose to reclaim her life and move on and enjoy sex. It seems Kobe's wife did the same and continued to make babies with her husband.

No it was that same day.

This is false information per court document. She had sex with someone prior (I think it was 18 hours prior) but the medical examiner report indicated that the trauma she had was more immediate from her involvement with Kobe.

I really didn't want to chime into this debate with "what if he did or did not rape anyone", but at least if you provide info, provide correct ones.

Then link that document.

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Anonymous wrote:Why is everyone forgetting that he was accused if rape?

Oh please, nobody’s forgetting it. It’s unforgettable. His rape case in Colorado was one of the biggest news stories in recent years and it never fully faded from folks memory. What is forgotten, however, is his apology.

Go back and read it.

Neil Irvin, director of the organization Men Can Stop Rape, said this about Bryant’s apology in 2016 when the Lakers star retired...

”Kobe is the only accused individual who I’ve ever seen provide an apology in writing in my 16 years of doing rape prevention work. I read it and it fits with what I know about rape: survivors don’t lie. I know we’ve been taught to believe they do but that’s a story which only serves to empower rapists. Kobe’s apology actually serves to push against the idea that survivors lie. He’s saying the opposite.”

Ben Roethlisberger, Patrick Kane, Jameison Winston, and numerous other sports icons have been accused of sexual assault and they all took the same stance when charged...the victim is lying. Even beloved player and now Nationwide pitchman Peyton Manning, whom a female trainer at the University of Tennessee once charged with shoving his naked ass in her face, took the all too familiar route of deny, deny, deny.

Go read Kobe’s apology, which if the case had gone to trial most certainly would have been used by prosecutors against him because it’s essentially an admission. You know his attorney’s advised their client against it but he did it anyway. Why? Why risk losing the livelihood and lifelong dream of being a professional athlete, why risk going to prison? Why not just take the routine stance of denial and calling the victim a liar?

Go read his apology and ask yourself is that typical of the one-dimensional monster you so adamantly insist he is.

So if you apologize for raping someone then it's all good?

This is such bullshit.

He's a rapist.

The way I read his apology was that there was enough there that a guilty verdict in court was possible. And he didn’t want to go to court anyway. His apology was part of the settlement. Not a legal expert but I felt like he was forced to say that.

I think you need to do more reading. The forensic evidence strongly suggests that he forcibly raped her. He himself later came as close as possible to admitting that while still maintaining his essential innocence which is bullshit by the way (I'm sorry you're offended. I'm sorry you feel that I raped you).

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

He raped her and the system let him get away with it but because he's a black super star athlete who later had a bunch of daughters and did some nice things for women's basketball, we're racist if we bring that up.

Umm...not exactly. She dropped the case and settled. She also partied and bragged about having sex with him. She even continued to have sex with numerous male partners. And yet, she only claimed rape from him.

Maybe, because only Kobe raped her? I am glad she chose to reclaim her life and move on and enjoy sex. It seems Kobe's wife did the same and continued to make babies with her husband.

No it was that same day.

This is false information per court document. She had sex with someone prior (I think it was 18 hours prior) but the medical examiner report indicated that the trauma she had was more immediate from her involvement with Kobe.

I really didn't want to chime into this debate with "what if he did or did not rape anyone", but at least if you provide info, provide correct ones.

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Anonymous wrote:Why is everyone forgetting that he was accused if rape?

Oh please, nobody’s forgetting it. It’s unforgettable. His rape case in Colorado was one of the biggest news stories in recent years and it never fully faded from folks memory. What is forgotten, however, is his apology.

Go back and read it.

Neil Irvin, director of the organization Men Can Stop Rape, said this about Bryant’s apology in 2016 when the Lakers star retired...

”Kobe is the only accused individual who I’ve ever seen provide an apology in writing in my 16 years of doing rape prevention work. I read it and it fits with what I know about rape: survivors don’t lie. I know we’ve been taught to believe they do but that’s a story which only serves to empower rapists. Kobe’s apology actually serves to push against the idea that survivors lie. He’s saying the opposite.”

Ben Roethlisberger, Patrick Kane, Jameison Winston, and numerous other sports icons have been accused of sexual assault and they all took the same stance when charged...the victim is lying. Even beloved player and now Nationwide pitchman Peyton Manning, whom a female trainer at the University of Tennessee once charged with shoving his naked ass in her face, took the all too familiar route of deny, deny, deny.

Go read Kobe’s apology, which if the case had gone to trial most certainly would have been used by prosecutors against him because it’s essentially an admission. You know his attorney’s advised their client against it but he did it anyway. Why? Why risk losing the livelihood and lifelong dream of being a professional athlete, why risk going to prison? Why not just take the routine stance of denial and calling the victim a liar?

Go read his apology and ask yourself is that typical of the one-dimensional monster you so adamantly insist he is.

So if you apologize for raping someone then it's all good?

This is such bullshit.

He's a rapist.

The way I read his apology was that there was enough there that a guilty verdict in court was possible. And he didn’t want to go to court anyway. His apology was part of the settlement. Not a legal expert but I felt like he was forced to say that.

I think you need to do more reading. The forensic evidence strongly suggests that he forcibly raped her. He himself later came as close as possible to admitting that while still maintaining his essential innocence which is bullshit by the way (I'm sorry you're offended. I'm sorry you feel that I raped you).

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

He raped her and the system let him get away with it but because he's a black super star athlete who later had a bunch of daughters and did some nice things for women's basketball, we're racist if we bring that up.

Umm...not exactly. She dropped the case and settled. She also partied and bragged about having sex with him. She even continued to have sex with numerous male partners. And yet, she only claimed rape from him.

Maybe, because only Kobe raped her? I am glad she chose to reclaim her life and move on and enjoy sex. It seems Kobe's wife did the same and continued to make babies with her husband.

No it was that same day.

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Anonymous wrote:Just because we watched him on TV shooting hoops does not mean that we know him and his personal life. I don't want to say that he was a great dad and husband. That is for his kids and wife to say. He was a very successful basketball player and had a lot of privilege that money, celebrity and connections get you.

I do agree with the WaPo columnist that his life work felt incomplete. He won fame and fortune in basketball and at least his professional basketball life was complete. I would like to believe that if he had lived, he would have reinvented himself as a philanthropist or women's right advocate mainly because he was the dad of 4 girls and he was also atoning. We will never know now.

For me, a woman who is not into sports, he will always be the person who raped a young girl, a teenager, and got away with it because of his money and intimidation of the accuser, that meant that I could never watch him or admire him. As for his wife? You can call her complicit in accepting the rape rock, or brave for salvaging her family, but curious minds want to know, how can you trust a husband after such a huge betrayal?

The problem with Kobe Bryant is that while he settled with the victim and saved himself legal problems, he never won true forgiveness for that act. His subsequent actions (support for WNBA, Mamba academy etc) may be interpreted as supporting women or could be interpreted as self-serving in expanding his business interests and furthering Gigi's career. He did not live long for us to know.

As for the rest - he was a great basketball player, and he made his fortune and fame in the game. That part was not left unresolved and unfinished.

Well the millions of people mourning will disagree with you.

Yes. What cAn you do? Millions voted for dotard because they thought they knew him from apprentice. Commercially successful basketball player, rapist and adulterer. How much did we know them?

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Anonymous wrote:Just because we watched him on TV shooting hoops does not mean that we know him and his personal life. I don't want to say that he was a great dad and husband. That is for his kids and wife to say. He was a very successful basketball player and had a lot of privilege that money, celebrity and connections get you.

I do agree with the WaPo columnist that his life work felt incomplete. He won fame and fortune in basketball and at least his professional basketball life was complete. I would like to believe that if he had lived, he would have reinvented himself as a philanthropist or women's right advocate mainly because he was the dad of 4 girls and he was also atoning. We will never know now.

For me, a woman who is not into sports, he will always be the person who raped a young girl, a teenager, and got away with it because of his money and intimidation of the accuser, that meant that I could never watch him or admire him. As for his wife? You can call her complicit in accepting the rape rock, or brave for salvaging her family, but curious minds want to know, how can you trust a husband after such a huge betrayal?

The problem with Kobe Bryant is that while he settled with the victim and saved himself legal problems, he never won true forgiveness for that act. His subsequent actions (support for WNBA, Mamba academy etc) may be interpreted as supporting women or could be interpreted as self-serving in expanding his business interests and furthering Gigi's career. He did not live long for us to know.

As for the rest - he was a great basketball player, and he made his fortune and fame in the game. That part was not left unresolved and unfinished.

Well the millions of people mourning will disagree with you.

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Anonymous wrote:Ok if you're cool with defending a known SELF-ADMITTED rapist, be my guest. Just know you're on the wrong side!

I mean if you’re cool with defending your stance without actually researching then know you’re missed informed. He never admitted to raping anyone. He admitted to having sex with her.

Well, then that makes Vanssa a money- hungry doormat then, right? What an irony for a mother of 4 daughters.

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Anonymous wrote:Ok if you're cool with defending a known SELF-ADMITTED rapist, be my guest. Just know you're on the wrong side!

I mean if you’re cool with defending your stance without actually researching then know you’re missed informed. He never admitted to raping anyone. He admitted to having sex with her.

Well, then that makes Vanssa a money- hungry doormat then, right? What an irony for a mother of 4 daughters.

Anonymous wrote:It's pretty well known in LA that Kobe (along with most other NBA players) regularly cheat on their wives. He had a separate apartment/space IN the Staples Center for these activities. Vanessa was completely complicit. I guess it was worth it for all the money.

Anonymous wrote:Ok if you're cool with defending a known SELF-ADMITTED rapist, be my guest. Just know you're on the wrong side!

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Anonymous wrote:Ok if you're cool with defending a known SELF-ADMITTED rapist, be my guest. Just know you're on the wrong side!

I mean if you’re cool with defending your stance without actually researching then know you’re missed informed. He never admitted to raping anyone. He admitted to having sex with her.