June 2003 to September 2004
location
Eagle County, Colorado, USA (a small town)
process
On June 30th, 2003, Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant arrived at a hot spring hotel near Edward, Colorado for knee surgery that night 10.
2. On July 1 day, 2003, a girl aged 19 reported to the local sheriff that Kobe had sexually assaulted her. On the same day, Kobe underwent knee surgery.
On July 2, 2003, the local sheriff took Kobe to the hospital for a secret examination.
On July 4th, 2003, Eagle County formally issued an arrest warrant to Kobe Bryant. Bryant, who had returned to Los Angeles, was forced to return to Eagle County and was released on bail after paying $25,000.
5. On July 6th, 2003, Eagle County Sheriff Hoy refused to disclose the files of Kobe's arrest, and the Lakers issued a statement.
6. On July, 2003 1 1, Hoy released photos of Kobe's arrest.
7. On July 8, 2003, KOOC-0, Kobe faced imprisonment. Subsequently, Kobe and his wife Vanessa held a press conference, publicly admitting that they had an affair with the victim, but did not admit that they had committed aggression.
On July 24th, 2003, Kobe bought his wife Vanessa a ring worth $4 million as atonement.
9. On July 3, 2003, KOOC-0, Kobe's testimony was confirmed by the media and the facts were wrong. In addition, the victim was injured in the lower body, and the lawsuit was very unfavorable to Kobe. The judge refused to let Kobe not preside over the preliminary hearing, and Kobe could only shuttle back and forth between Los Angeles and Eagle County (without missing the game).
10, August 2, 20031,a mysterious person threatened to kill the female victim, and then this person was arrested, which was later proved to have nothing to do with Kobe.
1 1. On September, 200311,the staff of Yingxian court mistakenly posted the information of female victims on the Internet, which made the female victims bear unprecedented pressure and almost collapsed.
12, 2003 10 9, the pretrial hearing was held, and the prosecution reported a lot of details about Kobe's crime that night. Experts agree that it is a foregone conclusion that Kobe will go to court.
13, 2003, 10, 14, Nike terminated its huge contract with Kobe.
14, 2003 10, 15, the pre-trial hearing continued, and Kobe's lawyer retorted, pointing out that the female victim's underwear semen did not belong to Kobe, thus overturning the testimony of all previous female victims and describing the whole process of the heroine seducing Kobe. After the trial, the media agreed that it was good for Kobe.
15, on June 26th, 2004, the official opening date of the Kobe case was finalized, and it will be held on August 27th, local time (August 28th, Beijing time).
16, on September 2, 2004, the heroine refused to continue to testify in court, and the case of Kobe rape was dropped.
result
On September 2, 2004, the case was dismissed because the parties were unwilling to testify against Kobe.