Re: Kobe Trial Gets Down And Dirty

["Dan Forant" <dforant1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

So What?? If she had relations with a platoon what's the difference if in
Kobe's case she said *NO*. No matter the end, this guy is getting what he
deserves, he should have been smart enough to avoid this situation entirely.
When this trials over he won't even get paid from a condom company. This
man's season is in ruins along with maybe a career. Furthermore, this girl
is going to own a lot of Kobe's $$ in the end whether he is found guilty or
not. Remember OJ ????? Innocent but nearly broke. I have no sympathy for
these guys be it Kobe or Bias.

DanF

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <wayray@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <celtics@xxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2003 2:50 PM
Subject: Kobe Trial Gets Down And Dirty


> http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/125779p-112756c.html
> Team Kobe's bomb: Proof of other man
>
> By GREG GITTRICH in Eagle, Colo.
> and CORKY SIEMASZKO in New York
> DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS
>
>
> Kobe Bryant's defense team believes it has proof that the woman who
accused him of rape had sex with at least one other man shortly before the
alleged attack, the Daily News learned yesterday.
> The revelation came a day after Bryant's lead defense lawyer, Pamela
Mackey, caused an uproar at a court hearing by asking whether the woman's
vaginal tearing was the result of "sex with three different men in three
days."
> Retired Eagle County District Court Judge William Jones said Mackey asked
the question because she has physical evidence suggesting the tearing could
have happened during an earlier sexual encounter.
> "There was more than one man's semen found in her panties," Jones said.
"That's what's behind all of this."
> Jones said he learned of this from Mackey's co-counsel, Hal Haddon.
> "I have known him for 40 years," Jones said. "He was doing some work for
me and he mentioned it to me. It will come out in due course."
> He does not account for Mackey's suggestion that the woman had sex with a
third man.
> Citing the gag order that Judge Frederick Gannett imposed on the case, a
spokeswoman for District Attorney Mark Hurlbert declined to comment.
Bryant's defenders also declined to discuss the case.
> Veteran Denver criminal defense attorney Jeralyn Merritt said she's
convinced Mackey has something up her sleeve.
> "By her asking that question, it's clear they have evidence about the
accuser," she said. "Pamela Mackey would not have brought this up out of
thin air."
> Mackey, a lawyer known as a pit bull in pearls, dropped her bomb after
Eagle County Sheriff's Detective Doug Winters recounted in graphic detail
the alleged victim's version of what happened on June 30 at the posh hotel
near Vail, Colo.
> The 19-year-old woman told cops she and Bryant kissed. But when she tried
to leave, Bryant bent her over a chair and raped her, Winters said.
> The accuser's blood was found on Bryant's clothes, Winters said.
> But Mackey's surprise question brought the proceeding to an abrupt halt.
The hearing resumes on Wednesday.
> Crossed a legal line?
> Former Denver District Attorney Norm Early said Mackey "blatantly smeared"
Bryant's accuser and possibly violated Colorado's Rape Shield law, which
bars lawyers from delving into the sex lives of assault victims.
> "I don't care what evidence they could have, three nights of consensual
sex with three different partners would not lead to a vaginal tear," Early
said.
> Karen Steinhauser, another former Denver prosecutor and an expert on sex
assault cases, disagreed. She said vaginal tearing also occurs during
consensual sex and that Mackey's question was "proper."
> "There is an exception under the Rape Shield that allows her to ask about
the injuries if there is evidence they could have been caused before," she
said.
> Mackey is no stranger to high-profile cases. Among others, Mackey got a
domestic violence charge against Colorado Avalanche goalie Patrick Roy
dropped. She also avoided jail time for Jeane Newmaker, who smothered her
10-year-old adopted daughter in a highly publicized "rebirthing" case three
years ago.
> Haddon represented JonBenet Ramsey's parents and got sex assault charges
against gonzo journalist Hunter Thompson dropped for lack of evidence.
> With Dan Luzadder in Eagle, Colo.