Yep, Kobe did it. It cost him a few million, but he successfully raped a woman, and then used his lawyers and the judicial system to settle an out of court monetary agreement. Its undisclosed how much he had to pay her for her not following through with the rape trial/charges and civil suits, but I suspect several million.
Ahhhhhhhhh, you gotta love how great this country it getting.
It's funny how people say Kobe "raped" her yet she had no problem going out and have sex later that night. Hmmmmm. She got exactly what she wanted. She didn't care if he was found guilty or not as long as she got that check with all those zeroes on it.
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if i recall correctly, the reason the criminal case was dropped was because SHE didn't want to testify and have her past opened up to the world.
SHE had the opportunity to see justice...but dropped the criminal case...."coincidentally" filing a civil suit at the same time.
Yep.
Apparently justice wasn't as important to her as money. Her accusations were questionable from the very beginning, and she didn't bring forth sufficient evidence to prove them, so I'm not going to lose much sleep over Kobe's lack of conviction.
Data was there didn't you know.He knows exactly what happened and how many times she said NO!
You have no problem with Bill Cosby how come? He said about the same thing as Kobe.But that's all behind me now, and I'm looking only toward a bright future. I'm not saying that what I did was wrong, but I apologize to my loving wife, who has stood by my side for all these years, for any pain I have caused her.
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02/03/2005 17:56
Bill Cosby has finally broken his silence about drugging and groping allegations levied against him by a former Temple University employee.
And he did it an exclusive interview with the National Enquirer, offering a vague, sort-of apology to the 31-year-old Canadian woman.
"Looking back on it, I realize that words and actions can be misinterpreted by another person, and unless you're a supreme being, you can't predict what another individual will do," Cosby said in an interview with Enquirer Editor Barry Levine, in the March 14 issue, which hits newsstands on Friday.While Cosby at first said he did not want to speculate whether the woman's motive was financial gain - "I don't want to go there" - he all but went there, anyway.
"I am not going to give in to people who try to exploit me because of my celebrity status," said Cosby, 67, who did not deny that he had been the woman's mentor.
"Sometimes you try to help people and it backfires on you and then they try to take advantage of you," Cosby said. "People can soil you by taking advantage."
Although Cosby has been cleared of any criminal charges, he said he was speaking out in anticipation of a civil suit the Canadian woman is expected to file against him shortly.
Cosby also commented on Tamara Green, a 57-year-old California lawyer who said Cosby had drugged and groped her more than 30 years ago. She told her story first to the Philadelphia Daily News.
"My problem is with some media and how it appeared that Miss Green was allowed to be a `wrecking ball,' " he told the Enquirer, admitting that her allegations intensified the scandal.
David Brokaw, Cosby's publicist, confirmed that Cosby's interview was legitimate.
Dolores Troiani and Bebe Kivitz, the Canadian woman's attorneys, issued a brief statement.
"We are pleased that after Mr. Cosby's camp initially characterized our client's allegations as bizarre and utterly proposterous, he has acknowledged that it was his conduct after all that formed the basis for her allegations," they said.
Troiani and Kivitz denied their client was motivated by money. The attorneys have taped conversations that Cosby had with the alleged victim's mother, which occurred after her daughter had gone to police, in which Cosby offered the alleged victim financial compensation. She did not take him up on his offer. However, since Montgomery County (Pa.) District Attorney Bruce Castor two weeks ago decided not to file criminal charges against Cosby, a civil suit is her only recourse, they said.
Cosby's decision to speak to the supermarket tabloid, with which he has had a contentious relationship over the years, was unusual for a number of reasons. Five years ago, he threatened a $250 million lawsuit against the Enquirer and demanded a retraction of a story that claimed a then-20-year-old actress had accused him of sexual misconduct. Stuart Zakim, a spokesman for the Enquirer, declined to comment on whether Cosby had filed suit or whether the tab had retracted its story.
Brokaw, Cosby's spokesman, also declined to comment on his client's history with the tabloid or why Cosby had chosen to talk exclusively to the Enquirer. During the five weeks that D.A. Castor was investigating the Cosby case, Cosby's representatives declined numerous requests for interviews from the Daily News and other news organizations.
Zakim, the Enquirer spokesman, said the tab has a circulation of about 1.5 million. He said he believes that Cosby's interview vindicates the newspaper.
"It just validates the credibility of our reporting," he said. "People make jokes about the Enquirer all the time, but this positions it as a credible source of news."
In the Enquirer interview, Cosby also defends his attorneys' digging up of negative information about Tamara Green, his second accuser, and passing it along to the media.
"I guess that a celebrity trying to protect himself is not supposed to use every ounce of protection," he said.
Tamara Green said she was amused that Cosby had referred to her in the Enquirer interview as a "wrecking ball."
"I've been called a lot of things in my life, but this is my absolute favorite," she said, laughing, on Wednesday. "I'm going to find a way to get it on my license plate. I swear to God."
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You want Cosby to be your appointed leader of the black race.
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As much as I dislike Kobe, I don't think he raped that girl. She went up to his room for areason and then went out and had sex again that night or the next day. She is a little trooup that just wanted the money. If she was interested in justice she wouldn't have dropped the criminal case. IMO she hsould have been charged all the money that it cost the prosecution to prepare the case. But she didn't want the whole world to know what a little trollup she really was, she way afraid they wouldn't belive her little story JMO
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"First, I want to apologize directly to the young woman involved in this incident. I want to apologize want to her for my behavior that night and for the consequences she has suffered in the past year. Although this year has been incredibly difficult for me personally, I can only imagine the pain she has had to endure. I also want to apologize to her parents and family members, and to my family and friends and supporters, and to the citizens of Eagle, Colo.
I also want to make it clear that I do not question the motives of this young woman. No money has been paid to this woman. She has agreed that this statement will not be used against me in the civil case.
Although I truly believe this encounter between us was consensual, I recognize now that she did not and does not view this incident the same way I did. After months of reviewing discovery, listening to her attorney, and even her testimony in person, I now understand how she feels that she did not consent to this encounter.
I issue this statement today fully aware that while one part of this case ends today, another remains. I understand that the civil case against me will go forward. That part of this case will be decided by and between the parties directly involved in the incident and will no longer be a financial or emotional drain on the citizens of the state of Colorado."
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Kobe issued that and it was worded in agreement from the Prosecution. There was sex, and he thought it was consentual and she didn't. HELLO MCFLY ! If the woman says "no" it means no Kobe, what part of that didn't you understand at the time ? Just another wealthy athelete who gets what he wants because he can. He wanted a little strange, got in a situation that presented itsself and there was nobody going to stop him, even the woman saying no. Now, I personally think the woman got herself into that position and should accpet some responsibility, but at the same time, the charges of rape were dropped for one reason only - $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
you CAN rape a woman and get away with it
