Hunter VanDyke

RIP Kobe

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35 minutes ago, gr8owl said:

...  But not a saint as media wants to paint him to be.

Few of are.  We seldom live up to our eulogies.

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11 hours ago, ilovewomen said:

Can’t believe everything you read in Wikipedia since entries can be changed by anybody.

She accused him of rape. He admitted they had sex but said it was consensual.

She refused to testify against him.

They settled out of court for an undisclosed amount of money.

That summarizes what happened.

You are correct in that you can't believe everything you read in Wikipedia. But you cannot believe everything you read, no matter where you read it. Wikipedia is an amazing resource. Looking at multiple sources one can get an idea for what is likely true. And in the Bryant case, it is folly to leave it at the summary you give. You omit, for example, that he denied they had sex. You omit that there are many reasons a young woman may not wish to proceed with a rape trial. Only two people ever knew the whole truth. Now only one person knows the whole truth. We can still discuss the case in greater detail than you provide.

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3 hours ago, oldguy47 said:

Now only one person knows the whole truth. We can still discuss the case in greater detail than you provide.

As you stated, only one person knows the truth.

Discussing it further accomplishes nothing. It would be speculation, and guessing. Completely useless. You certainly have no firsthand information to share. 

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7 hours ago, pfunk said:

As you stated, only one person knows the truth.

Discussing it further accomplishes nothing. It would be speculation, and guessing. Completely useless. You certainly have no firsthand information to share. 

Guess you see no point in discussing much of anything, since you wouldn't have first hand information. Must be fun around the water cooler.  So about Kobe, he was accused of rape, he took lots of shots, he missed the majority of them. Works for me.

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On 2/7/2020 at 9:28 PM, gr8owl said:

You leave out the part of his publicly read statement that was part of her refusal to testify (besides unrelenting harassment by his team) that stated that while he considered the sex consensual he could understand why she did not. As to money, most of the reputable reports indicated little or no money involved.  At the very best a famous, wealthy, charismatic, married man orchestrated sex with a 19 year old hostess.  Perhaps he changed and became a wonderful guy in all ways, and yes of course he was a phenomenal basketball player.  But not a saint as media wants to paint him to be.

I for one, despite the allegations against him..many agreed..He became a very good man and father.

Perhaps he had a second chance at many things in his life. I don't know what he might have done or not done in his past life, but I think all can agree that all of the life's lost in that senseless crash are heart breaking. RIP sigh....All!

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