Kobe and Gigi Bryant Memorial Thread (RIP)
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Trece
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He really said this? At this moment in time?
He didn't say how important Kobe was to people or to him?
If you watch the clip I think he just got caught off guard... he looked emotional and at a loss for words..
Just said some typical dumb Jay shyt..
The man is horrible in interview settings
Kobe Bryant was no rapist
Kobe Bryant was no rapist
By Andrea Peyser
February 10, 2020 | 12:42pm
Kobe BryantGetty Images
Kobe Bryant, star athlete, adored husband, beloved superdad, was no rapist. That should be the end of it. Nothing to see here. Sadly, in this #MeToo era, it isn’t.
So many people who don’t know what they’re talking about have been mewling lately about the “tarnished legacy’’ of the NBA superstar, who died tragically in a helicopter crash along with his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, and seven other people on Jan. 26.
Leading the pack was CBS broadcaster Gayle King, who pointedly asked former women’s basketball player Lisa Leslie in an interview if being loyal to Bryant is “complicated for you as a woman, as a WNBA player?”
Leslie told King forcefully that it was not. “I just never, have ever seen him being the kind of person that would do something to violate a woman or be aggressive in that way,’’ she said.
But King pressed on, suggesting that Leslie may have overlooked questionable behavior because she was Bryant’s friend. She should have let it go.
Instead, King and others in the media continued harping on a long-ago sexual assault allegation against Bryant, which led to no prosecution, no professional penalty and no divorce.
I attended the case’s 2003 preliminary hearing in Eagle, Colorado — a kind of mini-trial to determine if there is to be a real one. I traveled to the altitude sickness-inducing town 6,000 feet above sea level expecting to see Bryant presented as a spoiled testosterone case who didn’t understand the meaning of “no.”
What I found was quite different.
It makes little sense to re-litigate this ugly chapter, but circumstances are making this necessary. At the time she encountered Bryant in the hotel in which she worked, on June 30, 2003, the accuser was 19. Bryant was all of 24, and the married father of an infant.
Kobe Bryant with wife VanessaGetty Images
Soon, we learned more details about the pair’s sexual liaison than we wanted to know. The defense brought up the fact that the accuser had told a friend, excitedly, before getting close to Bryant that she expected the celeb to “put the moves” on her.
She secretly entered Bryant’s hotel room through a back door — so no one would see.
None of this precludes the possibility of sexual assault. However, among the intimate details to emerge in the preliminary hearing was this: Once the pair were having sex — over the back of a chair — the victim felt pain and asked Bryant to stop. And he did.
I don’t know what happened to make the young woman suddenly feel like a victim. Or why, after the case was prepared, she abruptly ended her cooperation with the prosecution. The criminal case against Kobe Bryant was dropped.
He then publicly apologized to the accuser. Not for a rape, but for a misunderstanding.
He concluded with, “Although I truly believe this encounter was consensual, I recognize now that she did not and does not view this incident the same way I did. . . . I now understand she feels that she did not consent to this encounter.”
I think the hoops star’s apology amounted to a classy way to end this mess. That, and the undisclosed sum he paid the woman to prevent a civil suit.
As I see it, this matter was between Bryant and his wife. And she forgave him (reportedly after he presented her with a large diamond).
They remained married and had three more daughters, including basketball-loving Gianna — Gigi — who died with her dad. I would hope we could put this sordid chapter behind us, and remember Kobe Bryant as the good, loyal man he was.
Let the dead rest in peace.
Kobe Bryant was no rapist
By Andrea Peyser
February 10, 2020 | 12:42pm
Kobe BryantGetty Images
Kobe Bryant, star athlete, adored husband, beloved superdad, was no rapist. That should be the end of it. Nothing to see here. Sadly, in this #MeToo era, it isn’t.
So many people who don’t know what they’re talking about have been mewling lately about the “tarnished legacy’’ of the NBA superstar, who died tragically in a helicopter crash along with his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, and seven other people on Jan. 26.
Leading the pack was CBS broadcaster Gayle King, who pointedly asked former women’s basketball player Lisa Leslie in an interview if being loyal to Bryant is “complicated for you as a woman, as a WNBA player?”
Leslie told King forcefully that it was not. “I just never, have ever seen him being the kind of person that would do something to violate a woman or be aggressive in that way,’’ she said.
But King pressed on, suggesting that Leslie may have overlooked questionable behavior because she was Bryant’s friend. She should have let it go.
Instead, King and others in the media continued harping on a long-ago sexual assault allegation against Bryant, which led to no prosecution, no professional penalty and no divorce.
I attended the case’s 2003 preliminary hearing in Eagle, Colorado — a kind of mini-trial to determine if there is to be a real one. I traveled to the altitude sickness-inducing town 6,000 feet above sea level expecting to see Bryant presented as a spoiled testosterone case who didn’t understand the meaning of “no.”
What I found was quite different.
It makes little sense to re-litigate this ugly chapter, but circumstances are making this necessary. At the time she encountered Bryant in the hotel in which she worked, on June 30, 2003, the accuser was 19. Bryant was all of 24, and the married father of an infant.
Kobe Bryant with wife VanessaGetty Images
Soon, we learned more details about the pair’s sexual liaison than we wanted to know. The defense brought up the fact that the accuser had told a friend, excitedly, before getting close to Bryant that she expected the celeb to “put the moves” on her.
She secretly entered Bryant’s hotel room through a back door — so no one would see.
None of this precludes the possibility of sexual assault. However, among the intimate details to emerge in the preliminary hearing was this: Once the pair were having sex — over the back of a chair — the victim felt pain and asked Bryant to stop. And he did.
I don’t know what happened to make the young woman suddenly feel like a victim. Or why, after the case was prepared, she abruptly ended her cooperation with the prosecution. The criminal case against Kobe Bryant was dropped.
He then publicly apologized to the accuser. Not for a rape, but for a misunderstanding.
He concluded with, “Although I truly believe this encounter was consensual, I recognize now that she did not and does not view this incident the same way I did. . . . I now understand she feels that she did not consent to this encounter.”
I think the hoops star’s apology amounted to a classy way to end this mess. That, and the undisclosed sum he paid the woman to prevent a civil suit.
As I see it, this matter was between Bryant and his wife. And she forgave him (reportedly after he presented her with a large diamond).
They remained married and had three more daughters, including basketball-loving Gianna — Gigi — who died with her dad. I would hope we could put this sordid chapter behind us, and remember Kobe Bryant as the good, loyal man he was.
Let the dead rest in peace.
MenacingMonk
Tranquilo
Glad a woman wrote that. 
Vic Damone. Jr
Don't support the phonies, support the real
SteelCitySoldier
TSC Fantasy Football Champion 2016
We know this ain't gonna be stickied for ever but the mods or whoever need to find a way to put it in the Rafters and make it able for posters to respond if there is a way that can happen.
whats crazy is i've had this exact same scenario happen to me before with this white chick. I was hitting it from the back and she yelled out stop you're hurting me, so I did
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Kobe Bryant was no rapist
Kobe Bryant was no rapist
By Andrea Peyser
February 10, 2020 | 12:42pm
Kobe BryantGetty Images
Kobe Bryant, star athlete, adored husband, beloved superdad, was no rapist. That should be the end of it. Nothing to see here. Sadly, in this #MeToo era, it isn’t.
So many people who don’t know what they’re talking about have been mewling lately about the “tarnished legacy’’ of the NBA superstar, who died tragically in a helicopter crash along with his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, and seven other people on Jan. 26.
Leading the pack was CBS broadcaster Gayle King, who pointedly asked former women’s basketball player Lisa Leslie in an interview if being loyal to Bryant is “complicated for you as a woman, as a WNBA player?”
Leslie told King forcefully that it was not. “I just never, have ever seen him being the kind of person that would do something to violate a woman or be aggressive in that way,’’ she said.
But King pressed on, suggesting that Leslie may have overlooked questionable behavior because she was Bryant’s friend. She should have let it go.
Instead, King and others in the media continued harping on a long-ago sexual assault allegation against Bryant, which led to no prosecution, no professional penalty and no divorce.
I attended the case’s 2003 preliminary hearing in Eagle, Colorado — a kind of mini-trial to determine if there is to be a real one. I traveled to the altitude sickness-inducing town 6,000 feet above sea level expecting to see Bryant presented as a spoiled testosterone case who didn’t understand the meaning of “no.”
What I found was quite different.
It makes little sense to re-litigate this ugly chapter, but circumstances are making this necessary. At the time she encountered Bryant in the hotel in which she worked, on June 30, 2003, the accuser was 19. Bryant was all of 24, and the married father of an infant.
Kobe Bryant with wife VanessaGetty Images
Soon, we learned more details about the pair’s sexual liaison than we wanted to know. The defense brought up the fact that the accuser had told a friend, excitedly, before getting close to Bryant that she expected the celeb to “put the moves” on her.
She secretly entered Bryant’s hotel room through a back door — so no one would see.
None of this precludes the possibility of sexual assault. However, among the intimate details to emerge in the preliminary hearing was this: Once the pair were having sex — over the back of a chair — the victim felt pain and asked Bryant to stop. And he did.
I don’t know what happened to make the young woman suddenly feel like a victim. Or why, after the case was prepared, she abruptly ended her cooperation with the prosecution. The criminal case against Kobe Bryant was dropped.
He then publicly apologized to the accuser. Not for a rape, but for a misunderstanding.
He concluded with, “Although I truly believe this encounter was consensual, I recognize now that she did not and does not view this incident the same way I did. . . . I now understand she feels that she did not consent to this encounter.”
I think the hoops star’s apology amounted to a classy way to end this mess. That, and the undisclosed sum he paid the woman to prevent a civil suit.
As I see it, this matter was between Bryant and his wife. And she forgave him (reportedly after he presented her with a large diamond).
They remained married and had three more daughters, including basketball-loving Gianna — Gigi — who died with her dad. I would hope we could put this sordid chapter behind us, and remember Kobe Bryant as the good, loyal man he was.
Let the dead rest in peace.
Even though the article didn't go far enough its still better than nothing. There's a lot more evidence that would have exonerated Kobe that the author failed to mention. In particular the fact that the accuser's own high school classmates were going to testify against her. They were quoted in a Colorado newspaper saying that the accuser bragged to them about having sex with Kobe the day after. Then we have the semen of multiple other men in her panties when she went to have her rape kit done. And one of those men whose semen was on her happened to have come hours after the alleged encounter with Kobe.
She not only came onto Kobe by sneaking into his hotel room. She had sex with another man hours later. Then bragged about having sex with Kobe to her high school classmates who were prepared to testify against her. There's a reason the skank refused to testify. bytch knew she was gonna be exposed as a liar.
the thing is as well you have never heard a peep from any other woman in the universe that kobe has treated her poorly.
but people believe the words of a skank?
Honestly man, just sticky it forever.
I've been thinking about Kobe every day for 20 years.
Promise you I'll think about him every day for the next 20, and the 20 after that, and god willing, 20 more after that.
It's about more than just making a shot into a trash can from 15 feet, it's about his swagger, his demeanor, his excellence.
Not many human beings master a domain of life as completely as he did, with the grace and "it" factor with which he did it.
And if this shyt isn't on the front page, I'll just up it. We all will.
There's never been an athlete that passed like this in the internet age. Keeping a thread glued to the top to always remember him and what he did is waaay more important than the last thread on the bottom of the page at any given time.
Just rename the thread "Kobe Bryant Memorial Thread: Rembering his passing and legacy" and keep it going forever.
Trece
Superstar
Trece
Superstar
Trece
Superstar
I remember the trial brehs..
I followed it closely.. I remember the prosecutor Mark Hulbert from Eagle Colorado rushing this trash ass indictment to make a name for himself. I remember prosecutors from major cities saying they would have never brought this to trial. I remember Kobes attorney Pamela Mackey -who was described as a pitbull in a skirt-stun the courtroom in opening by revealing that the accuser was walking around with a whole sport team semen in her panties.
I remember the prosecution and even police hedging because they expected Kobe to pay off the accuser but he was stubborn and displaying some mamba mentality when he said he wasn't gonna give her a penny.
The cops were sloppy on this and leaked evidence and abused power by releasing some.of his statements. The whole town of Vail Colorado seemed racist AF.
I always felt like there was a residual Emmet Till whistling at a white woman type vibe to the entire scandal and to make it worse white sports writers held this over Kobe and his legacy and used it to slight him in everything from MVP awards to all time rankings..