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I gotta say (like someone on the board before me said) that I think Kobe Bryant wouldn't need to rape anyone if he didn't want to... I think he could probably get sex from many willing attractive, nubile, young (insert adjective's of choice here) women, so as to motive, I don't think he has much of one, but rape is usually not about sex, it's about power. Maybe he is using the assumption that "why would he bother raping her?" to his advantage? Maybe he feels like he can have any woman he wants so he is used to trying to try to impose himself on women and this particular woman didn't go for it, so he pushed the issue and took things too far. Or maybe they were flirting or doing more but when it came to intercourse she turned him down in front of his friends so he took what he wanted with his size and strength? Or maybe she wanted some sex and he did something she wasn't expecting / didn't want (anal, violence, etc.?).
Then again, there have been many false accusations in the past against famous sports celebrities. Let's face it, most of our famous athletes aren't the most well educated often skipping all or part of higher education to pursue the big money. And They HAVE the big money which makes them easy targets for women who are trying to get rich quick.
Does this mean she falls into this category? Maybe, maybe not. She doesn't have a pristine past, but we can't let that cloud our judgement. If a hooker (and I am not implying that she is a hooker, it's just a for instance) get's raped, it is still rape regardless of the fact that she has sex for a living with strangers.
I have no way of knowing, and that is why we have a court system. I don't think ANYONE on this board right now could say with ANY kind of certainity that she is or is not lying or that he did or did not rape her.
It easily could have started off consensual and gone south. All it takes is one "no" at any time and something consensual quickly turns to rape. Maybe she had second thoughts, maybe she sobered up or the effects of the drugs cleared (at which point it would have been rape to begin with). Maybe the glamor of "I'm f*ing a celebtrity" wore off. Maybe nothing happend and she is faking the whole thing. How can any of us know for certain?
Now to my opinion... I tend to waffle on this. Sometimes he seems more guilty then others. Right now, I am probably slightly in favor of him not being guilty, but without any kind of evidence I can't say one way or another. I don't have any really good reason or fact to say "he's innocent" nor do I have one to say "he's guilty" so I just don't know.
The bad part is that now matter what the verdict is, nobody is going to let it rest. If he "get's off" (no pun intended) all those who think he is guilty will claim that his power / money / status helped him beat the charge. If he is found guilty, plenty of people will claim that "they" were trying to make an example out of him.
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