xe101 Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 Story Tools: Print Email Associated Press Posted: 3 minutes ago DENVER (AP) - One of the prosecutors in the Kobe Bryant case said the 20-year-old woman who accused the NBA star of rape grew "physically ill" on the eve of the trial, leading her to pull out of the case and forcing the district attorney to drop the charges against Bryant last week. Dana Easter, who has worked on sexual assault cases since 1989, said the "remarkable young lady" had withstood over a year of being followed by Bryant's investigators and the media but had feared what was going to happen during the trial. "She was physically ill. Her anticipation of what was going to be done to her and what was going to be allowed to be done to her was frightening. I don't think any of us will ever experience that kind of awful anticipation," Easter told the Rocky Mountain News in a story published Wednesday. Had the case gone to trial, Easter said prosecutors could have proved the woman had been raped based on the woman's injuries, Bryant's statement to investigators as well as three people who saw her after the alleged assault. Easter, who had been prevented from speaking out before because of a gag order in the case, said experts would have testified about "battering ram" injuries suffered by the woman because of the alleged assault on June 30, 2003 at the Lodge & Spa at Cordillera, where she worked. "It was a physically violent assault. It was a very degrading assault. It was clearly perpetrated by someone who thought he was entitled," she said. Easter also said that there was no truth to the defense's claim that the woman had sex with someone else soon after her encounter with Bryant. In testimony from a closed-door hearing accidentally released to some media outlets, a defense expert said that semen from another man was found on the alleged victim and in her underwear during her rape exam. However, Easter presented another explanation. She said the woman returned home stunned after her encounter with Bryant and changed into a blue tank top and yellow underwear that she had pulled out of an overnight bag in her bedroom. She had worn the underwear after having sex on June 18, her birthday. At the time, Easter said the woman didn't plan to report what had happened even though she had told her friend and bellman Bobby Pietrack and a former boyfriend what had happened that night. When she woke up the next morning, Easter said the woman realized she had to report what happened and called her mother. "We really believed in her and we still do. I can't emphasize that enough," Easter said. "I think because we work in the system we really believe that is a way for victims to say what happened to them." Easter said that the woman didn't know who Bryant was when he made a reservation but went to his room to get an autograph for Pietrack, who plays basketball at Fort Lewis College. Prosecutors dropped charges against Bryant as the final phase of jury selection was set to begin. Still pending is a civil suit filed by the woman seeking an unspecified dollar amount from Bryant. She is seeking unspecified monetary damages for pain and emotional distress she says she has suffered since her accusation became public 14 months ago. Information from: Rocky Mountain News, http:// INSIDEDENVER.COM/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ntotoro Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 Kobe accuser 'physically ill' before trial Must have had some bad meat. Rimshot, please!!! :puke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funkyalligator Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 I thought she was seeking monetary compensation for the pain and emotional distress of the rape....not "monetary damages for pain and emotional distress she says she has suffered since her accusation became public 14 months ago. " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afparent Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 Expect to see more of these types of articles since the gag order is no longer in effect. It looks like her lawyers and friends are coming out! Putting pressure on Kobe to settle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CandaceM23 Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 Without getting into a huge debate about the whole ordeal ... I'll just say that I'm sick of hearing about everything with this case. I'm sick of hearing about Kobe, I'm sick of hearing about the girl ... I'm sick of the whole darn thing. I just wish that it would be over and done with all ready. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonkeySkin Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 So did he do it or what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pr11fan Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 Funny how she was ill and couldn't go through with the criminal case to put the guy that "allegedly" did this to her behind bars, yet she feels good and is ready to go to make him pay monetary damages. Things that make you go hmmmm....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ntotoro Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 Originally posted by MonkeySkin So did he do it or what? Pardon the Clinton-esque response, but it depends on what your definition of "it" is... Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonkeySkin Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 Originally posted by ntotoro Pardon the Clinton-esque response, but it depends on what your definition of "it" is... Nick I know he gave her the donkey punch, but did he rape her? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pr11fan Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 Only the two in the room know for sure, and given the girls previous mental problems it's possible only Kobe knows the truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canyonero! Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 9 stitches! Take from that what you will. Ouch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xe101 Posted September 8, 2004 Author Share Posted September 8, 2004 Originally posted by Canyonero! 9 stitches! Take from that what you will. Ouch. The question at this point is who blew it out for 9 stitches... Kobe, or the next guy... don't know if that have the correct sequence, but there was more then one DNA trail that was found with in her underwear... if she would have been wearing UNDERARMER she would not have had that problem! ha ha ha ha ha I know I was bad!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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