<div class="quote_poster">Quoting notMuchgame:</div><div class="quote_post">I don't think it matters, i heard they don't even have pre-nuptuals (sp?)</div> Irrelevant. In California the wife takes half in a divorce. Automatically. She's milking him now, and when she gets bored she'll get half of his $$ due to silly state divorce laws.
Mrs. Laine Sr. helped her daughter spend a lot of Kobe's money on Rodeo Drive before they were even married, btw.
This is what I can't stand. When people all of a sudden come out of nowhere and accuse somebody else of more trouble. Isn't Kobe going through enough hell right now? So why bring up more dirt when it's all alleged stuff? Kobe and his family are already suffering enough with this Colorado crisis, it's about time we put other alleged details to rest.
I kind of agree Laker_Fever. There's a strength-in-numbers sydrome that comes with rape cases. Once one woman accuses a celeb, other women are likely to do the same. The same thing happened when Clinton cheated with Lewinski. The Paula Jones issue became more widely publicised (although I think Jones might have actually accused him before the Lewinski scandal). I don't really care about Kobe's feelings in this case, but I am a big fan of the criminal justice system. There are many arguements about outside sources that will influence the case. Increased accusations only add to that list.
What I don't like about this latest allegation is they don't mention the time line. Was Kobe even married when this was taking place? Also if it was consensual by both, what relevance does it have to the case? Kobe is on trial for rape, not on trial for cheating. He has already admitted to it and he will have to sort it out with his wife.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting ANiMuS:</div><div class="quote_post">Maybe she just finds it extremely convenient to stay married to a rich man?</div>she doesn't need to stay married to him to stay rich. She files for divorce papers, she wins, keeps the kid, keeps the house, keeps the car, and gets paid oh so nicely on top of that.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Trail_Blazer76:</div><div class="quote_post">I kind of agree Laker_Fever. There's a strength-in-numbers sydrome that comes with rape cases. Once one woman accuses a celeb, other women are likely to do the same. The same thing happened when Clinton cheated with Lewinski. The Paula Jones issue became more widely publicised (although I think Jones might have actually accused him before the Lewinski scandal). I don't really care about Kobe's feelings in this case, but I am a big fan of the criminal justice system. There are many arguements about outside sources that will influence the case. Increased accusations only add to that list.</div>I would agree with the first paragraph if this chick in Portland was accusing him of rape. But she's not. She even says they didn't even have intercourse. She stated the fact that she had a boyfriend and he was married as the reason. She also stated that while it was obvious he wanted the encounters to lead to more, when she said stop, he stopped. She even considers him a friend and hopes he gets through this as unscathed as possible.
omg. leave kobe alone. i'm not even a fan of the guy, but i feel bad for him. i hate it when as soon as one woman makes an accusation, there's suddenly a long line of accusations following her. if you had a problem with something kobe did to you, come out with it immediately. women who come out with something only after there's already an accusation have no credibility with me and quite frankly make me sick
yea leave him alone, but you guys are acting like his suffering all this and he has done nothing.... keep this in mind Rape or No-Rape he decided to choice to have sex when he was married
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting TheHitman:</div><div class="quote_post">yea leave him alone, but you guys are acting like his suffering all this and he has done nothing.... keep this in mind Rape or No-Rape he decided to choice to have sex when he was married</div> That's the reason I don't really feel bad for Kobe on this case. Yes Kobe is my favorite player, and I do hope he is innocent, but any tough times he is going through is the punishment on his poor dicision making in my opinion. Like I said though, I do hope he is innocent. Hearing this news on the morning of July 4th was one of the biggest surprises of the year for me.
i completely agree that kobe brought a lot of the suffering onto himself, but at some point, the criticism and punishment becomes excessive.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Phreeze:</div><div class="quote_post">That's the reason I don't really feel bad for Kobe on this case. Yes Kobe is my favorite player, and I do hope he is innocent, but any tough times he is going through is the punishment on his poor dicision making in my opinion. Like I said though, I do hope he is innocent. Hearing this news on the morning of July 4th was one of the biggest surprises of the year for me.</div> what do you hope he's innocent of because we all know he's guilty of adultery. he admitted it.
boo freakin' hoo, cry me a river. I don't feel bad for Kobe, nor do I think he isn't deserving of the criticsm coming his way. He did it to himself. I remember the old saying, 'you make your bed hard, you have to sleep in it' Sleep tight Kobe!!!!!!
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting 3-pt.-gunner:</div><div class="quote_post">what do you hope he's innocent of because we all know he's guilty of adultery. he admitted it.</div> Innocent of rape. That's what this whole thing is about. Yes, he is guilty of adultery, but that is not what the girl accused him of.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting AIFan:</div><div class="quote_post">boo freakin' hoo, cry me a river. I don't feel bad for Kobe, nor do I think he isn't deserving of the criticsm coming his way. He did it to himself. I remember the old saying, 'you make your bed hard, you have to sleep in it' Sleep tight Kobe!!!!!!</div> haha i always hated kobe too, but then at one point i felt bad for him cuz i guess i just didnt want that katlyn faber to get money from him... but i dont like him once again cuz he truly is a violent player... and a jordan wannabe... he hurt my kings and insulted my bulls... =( i should stop feeling pity for the enemy...
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting shapecity:</div><div class="quote_post">Also if it was consensual by both, what relevance does it have to the case? Kobe is on trial for rape, not on trial for cheating. He has already admitted to it and he will have to sort it out with his wife.</div> I think the relevance to the case is that Kobe's defense team might use this woman as a character witness to show that Kobe is respectful to women when it comes to sex (i.e. not a rapist)... <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">The report by "Celebrity Justice" also states that the worker describes Bryant as "a perfect gentleman" </div>
My dad kept telling me that from this same hotel there was also another employee who said Kobe was trying to get with her even after she said no several times, and that she had to run away to get him to stop... Anyone hear about this? I've never heard about anything on this person and if someone would have accused him for this I think i would have heard it by now...
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Phreeze:</div><div class="quote_post">My dad kept telling me that from this same hotel there was also another employee who said Kobe was trying to get with her even after she said no several times, and that she had to run away to get him to stop... Anyone hear about this? I've never heard about anything on this person and if someone would have accused him for this I think i would have heard it by now...</div> No, can't say I've heard that before...could just be a rumor...
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Laker_Fever_834:</div><div class="quote_post">This is what I can't stand. When people all of a sudden come out of nowhere and accuse somebody else of more trouble. Isn't Kobe going through enough hell right now? So why bring up more dirt when it's all alleged stuff? Kobe and his family are already suffering enough with this Colorado crisis, it's about time we put other alleged details to rest.</div> Who are you to say that it's all alledged? When that encounter took place, the only two people in that room was Kobe and that chick. It's wrong for people to just write her off, just because they think Kobe is such a nice guy and is incapable of doing something like that. And the funny thing is, none of these people know Kobe personally and they have no idea if he's capable or incapable of raping a woman. And why not? He already admitted that he committed adultery. And it's a crying shame that that part is overlooked.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting sactown_dyme:</div><div class="quote_post">Who are you to say that it's all alledged? When that encounter took place, the only two people in that room was Kobe and that chick. It's wrong for people to just write her off, just because they think Kobe is such a nice guy and is incapable of doing something like that. </div> Do you know what 'alleged' means? It means that it hasn't been proven yet, which is true.
