dualstow wrote: ↑Sat Nov 08, 2025 5:43 pm
I know that Kobe was on trial for rape and he definitely cheated, but I didn’t think it was a guilty verdict. Was it? I’ll have to look that up.
On Saturday Night Live they had a guy playing him, saying, “I hate this!”
Maya Rudolph, playing his wife, said, “You know what I hate? Going to my husband’s rape trial.”
Now
that’s funny!
How about this. Take your pick. He's either a rapist (which I believe) or an adulterer, which he admitted. You'd want your daughter to marry him?
"Kobe Bryant was accused of sexual assault in July 2003 by a 19-year-old hotel concierge named Katelyn Faber in Colorado. According to Faber, what began as consensual flirtation and kissing escalated into nonconsensual sexual assault, where Bryant physically restrained her and did not stop despite her asking him to. Bryant denied the accusation and claimed the encounter was consensual. The criminal case did not go to trial because the accuser chose not to testify, leading to the charges being dropped. A civil suit was later settled out of court.
At the time of the incident, Kobe Bryant was married to Vanessa Bryant. They had been married since 2001 and had one daughter then, with another daughter born later in 2006. Bryant publicly expressed love for his wife throughout the legal proceedings and admitted guilt only to adultery, not assault.
The case and the surrounding details were highly controversial and impacted Bryant's public image, though he later regained much of his status and continued a successful NBA career until retirement. The evidence and allegations suggested nonconsensual behavior according to the accuser, but legally Bryant was never convicted as the criminal charges were dropped.
Thus, aside from the legal verdict (which was no conviction), the accusation and details presented by the accuser indicate that an act of sexual assault may have occurred, while Bryant maintained it was consensual. Bryant was indeed married at the time of the incident."
He’s just good.