Bryant Case Could Chill Rape Reports
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In the 1970s, rape crisis counselors celebrated when states began to pass laws designed to stop lawyers from discrediting victims with salacious details about their sex lives.
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Attorneys for Kobe Bryant asked a federal judge Wednesday to uphold their arguments that other sources were at least partially responsible for emotional injuries allegedly suffered by the woman accusing the NBA star of rape.
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EAGLE, Colo.  - Attorneys for basketball star Kobe  Bryant asked a judge to dismiss a rape charge against their  client, arguing prosecutors did not disclose that one of their  expert witnesses had information that could help Bryant.
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Two days before the start of jury selection in Kobe Bryant's rape case, prosecutors charged that crucial DNA evidence the defense had hoped to use to prove the NBA star's innocence might have been contaminated.
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The trial of America&#39;s top basketball star Kobe Bryant will proceed next week despite a court ruling to allow the defence to bring evidence about the sexual activity of the woman who has accused him of rape.
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Authorities once had no choice but to drop rape cases if they weren't able to catch a suspect before the statute of limitations expired. But prosecutors across the country increasingly are buying themselves time, keeping cold cases alive by indicting unidentified rapists using their DNA profiles.
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EAGLE, Colo. - Attorneys for NBA star Kobe Bryant asked the judge to dismiss the sexual assault charge against him, saying prosecutors have refused to turn over details that could suggest he is innocent...
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Criminal charges against National Basketball Association star Kobe Bryant were dropped, clearing him in the alleged rape last year of a 19-year-old woman at a Colorado resort.
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Prosecutors in the rape case against U.S. basketball star Kobe Bryant are questioning the validity of DNA evidence crucial to the defense's case, saying data appeared to have been manipulated and might have to be thrown out.
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Prospective jurors in the Kobe Bryant rape case were asked their feelings on racial prejudice, interracial relationships, marital infidelity and justice for the rich and famous in an 82-item questionnaire released Monday.
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BOSTON - In the 1970s, rape crisis counselors celebrated when states began to pass laws designed to stop lawyers from discrediting victims with salacious details about their sex lives.    But three decades later, after all 50 states approved such rape shield laws, the Kobe Bryant case has shown that even those protections are not enough to prevent the most intimate details of an alleged victim's life from becoming public and sometimes even fair game for prosecutors...
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On the eve of Kobe Bryant's rape trial, a frustrated judge chastised prosecutors Thursday for waiting until the last minute to challenge DNA evidence the defense says shows the accuser had sex with someone else hours after her encounter with the NBA star.
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Prosecutors say they still plan to try Kobe Bryant on a sexual assault charge despite losing a last-ditch attempt to keep his lawyers from telling jurors about the alleged victim&#39;s sex life.
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EAGLE, Colo. -- Attorneys for NBA star Kobe Bryant have asked the judge to dismiss the sexual assault charges against him with opening statements less than a week away, a courts official said Wednesday.
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EAGLE, Colo. Sept. 2, 2004 - The sexual assault charge against Kobe Bryant has been dropped, but his accuser whose reluctance to participate derailed the criminal trial before it ever really got started isn&#39;t letting the NBA star off the hook just yet.
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EAGLE, Colo. -- The rape case against Kobe Bryant finally fell to pieces shortly after 11 a.m. Wednesday, when his accuser called District Attorney Mark Hurlbert to say she had had enough and would no longer cooperate. The call set in motion a series of events that ended with the charges being thrown out little more than eight hours later.
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DENVER - Call it the sensational trial that wasn&#39;t. Just days before the Kobe Bryant rape case was set to go before a jury, the charges against him have been dismissed at the request of the prosecution.