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Some of the friends have supported the woman, saying they believed her allegation. Others said they

didn't think she was telling the truth and was just trying to grab her 15 minutes of fame.

early as Friday on at least three websites.

victim, said the photo is of another girl with the same first name.

Internet user "Dudemac" posted what he claimed are three pictures of Bryant's accuser on two

cheerleading and dance team of which the woman was a member.

"She is 19, and I really do not think it's cool for her to accuse him and not be in the news herself,"

Dudemac wrote.

While mainstream media outlets do not generally name victims of sex crimes, posting the woman's

name or picture on the Internet does not violate the law, said Chris Beall, a Denver lawyer

specializing in media law.

David Feingold, creator of the Boston-based website Freekobe.com, said he knows the woman's

name and has seen pictures of her but chose not to publish them. Since Friday, he also has tried to

immediately take down messages from bulletin boards if they include any reference to her name, her

"I do believe that it's in wide circulation, but we try to take it down," Feingold said. "I don't want to

have any part of that."

people, knows who she is.

Meanwhile, the Eagle County District Attorney's Office declined to comment Monday about

revelations that the woman suffered a drug overdose in the months before the incident.

Bryant is due back in Colorado for an advisement hearing Aug. 6.

Denver Post staff writers Joey Bunch and Gwen Florio contributed to this report.

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"Sexual-assault cases are extremely complex. It sometimes takes a

while to get through everything," the prosecutor said.

"Our overriding goal in this case is justice."

The allegations stem from Bryant's stay last week at The Lodge &

Spa at Cordillera, a luxurious mountain spa and resort in Edwards,

about 100 miles west of Denver. The Lakers star was in town from

Steadman Hawkins Clinic at Vail Valley Regional Medical Center. The

surgery was performed July 1.

Eagle County sheriff's officials said an adult woman contacted them

July 1 to report "sexual misconduct" by Bryant the previous night.

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Bryant spent less than an hour at the sheriff's office, where he was

fingerprinted and posted $25,000 bail. He then returned to Los

Angeles, sheriff's officials said. He is expected to appear in court in

tagle County on Aug. 6, if charges are filed.

The arrest warrant has been sealed by the court at the request of

the district attorney, and officials refused Monday to release Bryant's

booking mug.

Bryant's attorney, Pamela Robillard Mackey, said Sunday she is

convinced her client is innocent. Mackey expressed outrage at

Bryant's arrest before the holiday weekend, saying she had been

assured by the District Attorney's Office that no action would be

taken until Monday at the earliest.

Mackey called the sheriff's decision "shocking" and questioned

whether investigators will be able to proceed in an unbiased and fair

manner.

Hurlbert said Monday that sheriff's officials sought approval from a

judge rather than coming to his office first.

"Generally, the procedure is they come to us . . . but there is no law

that says that he can't go to the judge first," Hurlbert said.

Sheriff Joseph D. Hoy said he decided to have Bryant arrested Friday

to give both his family and the complainant's family a chance to

prepare for the media spotlight.

"There wasn't any urgency. We wanted to do what we felt was right

for everybody involved. . . . There's more than just two people.

There are families involved, too," he said.

The Sheriff's Office announced Bryant's arrest Sunday evening.

Sheriff investigators spent about 30 hours on the case, including

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interviewing Bryant, the complainant and several witnesses. Officials

characterized the Lakers player as "very cooperative."

"My investigators felt confident they did have evidence to seek the

(arrest) paperwork," Hoy said.

Authorities also confirmed Monday that there is physical evidence

that has been sent to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation for

and declined to comment when asked if Bryant was required to

submit biological samples for comparison.

Mackey did notreturn calisMondayseeking additional comment.

Bryant - who speaks fluent Italian and scored 1080 on his SATs - is

one of the NBA's most respected players.

Kiki Vandeweghe, general manager of the Nuggets, said news of the

arrest warrant surprised him. "It certainly has nothing to do with the

Kobe that I know very well," Vandeweghe said.

Carinelo Anthony, the Nuggets' first-round pick in the recent NBA

draft, said, "I didn't believe it at first. Not Kobe Bryant, man. Just

the type of person he is, his personality. I kind of thought he was

kind of laid-back and quiet. Things happen, though."

Like Bryant, Anthony has an endorsement contract with Nike.

reported to be an estimated $45 million.

treatment.

"It could happen to anybody," Anthony said. "It could happen to

Jordan. It could happen to the best of them. You just have to be

careful out there."

NBA spokesman Tim Frank said Monday the league had no

immediate comment. According to the Los Angeles Times, Nike also

declined to comment.

Since entering the NBA straight from high school at the age of 18,

Bryant has been one the league's elite players. He starred when Los

Angeles won three consecutive titles from 2000-02 and was the MvP

of the 2002 All-Star Game.

Bryant was the NBA's second- leading scorer last season, averaging

30 points a game. He scored 40 or more points in nine straight

games in February.

Bryant has not yet decided whether to take a $55 milion, three-year

extension of his current Lakers contract. Some observers believe

Bryant could try to leave the team as a free agent. He reportedly is

not especially close to teammates.

Bryant married Vanessa Laine in April 2001.

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She gave birth to their first child, Natalia Diamante Bryant, in

January.

The 6-foot-7, 210-pound guard has more than 10,600 points in his

career.

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Denver Post

Pal tells story of Bryant accuser EXHIBIT

Says jury's 'jaws will hit the floor'

By George Merritt and Chris Frates

Denver Post Staff Writers

Wednesday, July 23, 2003 - EAGLE - A close friend of the woman who claims Kobe Bryant raped

her says the basketball star asked the woman for a tour of the mountain resort and invited her into

his room shortly after he checked in.

Friend and former high school classmate Luke Bray and another friend said a casual conversation

between Bryant and the woman on June 30 led Bryant to ask the 19-year-old hotel receptionist and

concierge to show him around.

Bray said the woman was working the front desk at the Lodge & Spa at Cordillera in Edwards when

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exchange as the woman processed Bryant's paperwork and handed him room keys, Bray said.

A short time later, Bryant asked the woman - a 2002 Eagle Valley High School graduate and

University of Northern Colorado student - to show him around the resort, said Bray, who has talked

at length with the woman during her recent stays with him and his wife, Starlene, also a high school

friend.

The woman, flattered by Bryant's offer, accepted. She was on duty but not busy because of the late

hour. She was due to go off duty at 11 p.m.

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was easy to talk to."

The two of them strolled around the main lodge of the sprawling 56- room resort. At some point,

Bryant invited her into his room, Bray said.

"She had thoughts of declining," Bray said. "But he had been nice. She felt safe about doing that."

DETAILS The woman told Bray that she soon realized it was nearly time for a shift

change and that she had to be back at the front desk to punch out.

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d o c u m e n t "Once she told him she had to leave, his attitude started to change," Bray said.

"From there the story gets crazy."

Felony Complaint

(Colorado v. Bryant)

click here to view The next day, the woman went with her parents to the Eagle County Sheriff's

on his knee at a clinic in Vail. Bryant surrendered to authorities July 4, posted

$25,0o0 bond, and on Friday was charged with felony sexual assault.

Lawyers for the five-time NBA All-Star have maintained their client's innocence, while Bryant himself

has said he had consensual sex with the hotel employee. His attorneys have not returned phone calls

this week.

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Bray refused to give details of what he called "the attack" because of requests from the woman's

family and her attorney. But Bray said the woman has obvious physical injuries that are still visible

three weeks after the incident.

will hit the floor, and they will convict him."

Distrlct Attorney Mark Huribert has refused to comment on the facts of the case but said there was

"alleged sexual penetration or intrusion" and that Bryant caused "submission of the victim through

actual physical force."

Accounts have varied widely about how the woman ended up in Bryant's room - one version put her

bodyguards to fetch her.

Bray said that whatever happened after the incident is unclear because the woman was "really

emotional and upset" as she left Bryant's room. Some reports have said the woman was hysterical

and visibly upset. Bray said the woman doesn't remember much. He said she made the 30-minute

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The next morning she told her mother and a friend about what happened, Bray said.

who told the woman, "You were raped."

legal expert said Tuesday.

"You wouid always point to a delay in reporting to show weakness in the accuser's case," Denver

lawyer Maureen O'Brien said. "It gives someone time to make things up or to embellish a story."

time.

"If the physical evidence is a bruise or scratches, then the defense could point to that delay," O'Brien

said. "Those things could come from anywhere - bumping into a table, for instance. They could be

self-inflicted. It all adds a reasonable doubt."

Cynthia Stone with the Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault said it is not at all unusual for rape

victims to wait before reporting a crime.

"It is very individualized how women respond to attacks," Stone said. "women who accuse someone

of rape have a lot to think about. Look at what this woman has been through.

Authorities refused to release the tapes after the Vail Daily requested them. The newspaper also

asked for all the police dispatches from the Lodge & Spa at Cordillera for the past 26 months.

All paperwork submitted by Tuesday afternoon was off-limits to the public. Local authorities have

argued they will withhold the.tapes in order to protect the victim's identity, while the newspaper

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Attorneys for the woman and the Eagle County District Attorney's Office filed first-time briefs. The

Also, the woman who has been misidentified on the Internet as Bryant's accuser has hired an

attorney, sources said. A number of websites show the woman's picture and mistakenly name her as

Bryant's allegedvictim.

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Denver Post

Bryant accuser hospitalized as 'danger to

herself' in Feb. E X H I B I T

A 2nd incident of emotional trouble

By George Merritt and chris Frates

Denver Post Staff Writer

Friday, July 25, 2003 - EAGLE - The woman accusing basketball star Kobe Bryant of sexual assault

in June was hospitalized as a "danger to herself" four months earlier, authorities confirmed Thursday.

The possible suicide attempt becomes the second incident to surface that raises questions about the

19-year-old college student's emotional stability. The first involved an overdose in May.

At about 9 p.m. Feb. 25, University of Northern Colorado campus police were called to the woman's

Greelcy dormitory room, spokeswoman Gloria Reynolds said.

Center (in Greeley)," Reynolds said.

Campus Police Chief Terrence Urista said through a dispatcher that the woman was hospitalized

because she was a danger to herself. The chief would not elaborate.

Several of the woman's friends have confirmed that in late May she took too many sleeping pills.

Thursday's revelation comes as the woman's face hit newsstands in some parts of the country,

bar obscuring her eyes. The magazine hit newsstands and grocery-store checkout lanes in some

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The woman's phone number and address showed up on the Internet last weekend, and a nationally

syndicated radio host is broadcasting her name daily.

Mainstream media outiets have withheld her name in keeping with industry practice to shield victims

of sex crimes. But Globe editor Jim Lynch said the high-profile case and he-said/she-said nature of it

makes her picture newsworthy.

are curious about who this woman is and what she looks like. We think the public has a right to

know."

aspects of her identity, he said.

Cordillera in Edwards. She was working the front desk and later showed him around the resort.

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Attorney Mark Hurlbert charged him with one count of class 3 felony sexual assault last Friday.

Bryant is due in court Aug. 6.

Hurlbert is busy determining how much additional funding he may need to prosecute Bryant and

briefs. But the office hasn't come up with a solid number yet.

"Things are being evaluated in what types of additional resources are going to be needed," said

Hurlbert's spokeswoman, Krista Flannigan. "I know they're looking at needing additional resources

immediately."

More media support is one of the greatest needs, said Flannigan, who has been contracted for $50

an hour to handle the press.

The earliest Hurlbert could ask county commissioners for more money is Tuesday, said Becky Gadell,

assistant county administrator.

Hurlbert's office covers four counties: Lake, Clear Creek, Summit and Eagle. But Eagle funds about

half of the office's budget largely because it's the district's most populous and affluent county. This

year the office has a total operating budget of $1.78 million.

If the office does ask for more money, it will be the first time in more than a decade, said Jack

Ingstad, county administrator. Even so, it won't break the bank in a county that has continually

dropped property taxes because so many of the county's mega-homes in Vail and Beaver Creek

continue to climb in value.

"We're not going to go bust. We're a very healthy county," he said. "Our assessed value exceeds

most Third World countries."

as that of Bryant's accuser continued to demand that websites remove the photo. The family has

hired attorney Sienna LaRene to help send cease-and-desist letters to several websites.

"This is a fresh wide-eyed young girl who has been raised in Eagle County by a loving family in a

clean environment and is now covered in filth and it's unclear how long it will take to wash away,"

LaRene said.

The girl went to the same school as the accuser and shares a similar first name. Some of the

mistaken photos were lifted from the Eagle Valley High School website.

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Denver Post EXHIBIT

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Guest's late-night call about ruckus was catalyst

for Bryant investigation

By George Merritt

KirkMitchell andSteve Lipsher

Denver Post Staff Writers

Friday, July 11, 2003 - A late-night ruckus in Kobe Bryant's hotel room prompted a guest nearby

to complain to the front desk, kicking off a sexual-assault investigation against the basketball star,

The employee, who spoke with Bryant and with other employees

who interacted with the Los Angeles Lakers star just after the

incident, said Bryant later appeared calm and composed in the

lobby as he conversed at length with a night auditor in the wee

hours of the morning.

Meanwhile, District Attorney Mark Hurlbert on Thursday revealed

that a decision on formally charging Bryant would not be

announced until early next week.

"There's just a lot of stuff we need to do," he said. "We're really

just trying to make sure we get it right. ... We want to make sure

everything is done correctly and thoroughly."

Bryant, 24, was arrested last weekend on suspicion of sexual

assault on June 30 involving a 19-year-old employee of the Lodge Lakers star Kobe Bryant

minor knee surgery.

& Spa at Cordillera, where he was staying while recovering from

His attorneys, who have declined to comment since the story broke, have denied the allegations.

After the telephone complaint from the other guest, hotel staff members were called to break up the

dispute, which occurred after the woman apparently went to Bryant's room in her duties as concierge

- perhaps even after her shift had ended - according to the resort worker, who asked not to be

identified.

Witnesses told investigators that the woman emerged from the room visibly shaken, according to

KUSA-9News.

But later, Bryant spent a significant amount of time in the lobby conversing with another employee,

appearing casual and talkative the rest of that night and the next day, the resort employee said.

The next night, however, the five-time NBA all-star unexpectedly checked out of the hotel and

Valley View Hospital and then retired for the night to the local Hotel Colorado. KUSA-9News reported

that he submitted DNA samples during the hospital visit.

It appears that Bryant had intended to stay longer at Cordillera: He had made special arrangements

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to get a manicure the following morning. Even though he never showed, he was billed for the

appointment, according to the resort employee.

California for arrest and booking on July 4, even as prosecutors assured Bryant's attorneys that no

He was released less than an hour later, after posting $25,000 bond.

Authorities say Bryant hasn't been treated differently than any other crime suspect. But news of his

arrest wasn't released until two days after the fact, he was allowed to go to Glenwood Springs for

and a spokesman for the Colorado Bureau of Investigation has acknowledged that the agency is

speeding its analysis of evidence.

Attempts to contact officials at the sheriff's office in person and by telephone Thursday were

unsuccessful.

The woman who raised the allegations was a cheerleader at Eagle Valley High School who graduated

in 2002 and went on to the University of Northern Colorado, said John Ramunno, who works as a

coach at the high school.

Neighbor Gonzalo Gomez said he exchanges greetings with the woman's parents, whom he described

as friendly people who don't get angry when he occasionally parks in front of their house or his dog

runs into their yard.

"She's nice, a good person," Gomez said of the teen.

Advocates from victim's services have spent time with the woman, Hurlbert said, and have been

preparing her "as much as you can" for the intense scrutiny she will face.

The prosecutor also said he had been in contact with Bryant's defense attorneys, Pamela Mackey and

Hal Haddon, but would not characterize their conversations other than to deny the notion that they

might include some typc of plea discussions.

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Denver Post

EXHIBIT

Media, madness have landed in Eagle

By Joey Bunch and Chuck Plunkett

Denver Post Staff writers

Sunday, July 20, 2003 - EAGLE - Waitress Ann Mabee glided among the tables she tended at the

including six from CNN in a corner booth.

The chatter among a cross-section of diners focused more on Kobe Bryant - whether charges that

the basketball star sexually assaulted a local girl at a luxury hotel near here were justified - than on

the nearby mountain blazes that brought the firefighters to town.

At a news conference later Friday, Bryant proclaimed his innocence but admitted he had sex with the

woman. His statement drew the battle lines for the perennial all-star's legal fight against a charge

that could send him to prison for four years to life or leave him on probation as a registered sex

offender for the rest of his life.

At stake is not only his freedom, but also his career and millions of dollars in endorsements that his

clean-cut image brings in annually from some of America's best-known brands, such as Nike and

McDonald's.

Nothing this big has happened in Eagle since the trial of ex-Georgetown Mayor Koleen Brooks, a

former stripper. Brooks was convicted in Eagle County Court earlier this year of fabricating an assault

against herself.

She had no opinion she cared to share, even though her friends from across the country have called

wanting the "inside scoop."

Like a lot of townspeople, Mabee knows only what she hears in the media, and she is not ready to

cast a verdict.

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story bewildering.

"The whole thing's probably bull in the end," said Parker, an auto parts salesman who has lived 31 of

his 51 years in Eagle.

The conversation in the small- town Eagle he values centers on hunting elk, mule deer, pheasant,

quail and turkey.

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Shooting hoops at the town park, 12-year-old Cesar Corral said he "kind of liked" Bryant but

preferred Shaquille O'Neal, Bryant's teammate.

The shy boy said he didn't know what to think about the news. Cesar shrugged off the question and

took it tothebasket.

Though Cesar and some of his friends play, Eagle is not a huge basketball town. Kids and grownups

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celebrity is.

"We're used to celebrities" in grocery stores, health clubs and on the nearly ski slopes, said Dan

Cohen, executive director of the Vail Valley Economic Council.

Eagle's proximity to Vail and Beaver Creek has drawn celebrities such as actor Kurt Russell, race-car

driver Bill Elliott, the late singer John Denver, former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher and

Vice President Dick Cheney.

The modern county courthouse near downtown mirrors the young- professional populace that is

taking over. East of town, spreading down the valley, are new housing developments.

Eagle, a community of about 3,500, is known as a good environment for raising a family, and so the

idolized Bryant's admission to adultery has presented a challenge for parents

"We've talked a little bit about it," said Scott Lane, 37, who lives across the street from the family of

the woman who has accused Bryant.

Lane has a 12-year-old son and a 17-year-old daughter.

"It's something I think all married people need to think about," Lane said. "They need to stick

togethier."

It's hard to live a normal life in Eagle these days. No one is safe from the questions and the

questioners.

Hanging out at the Texaco lot in the evening. Those cherished pastimes have been eclipsed.

"It's pretty much taken our town. It's completely out of hand," said Mark Lovell Jr.

Lovell is the same age, 19, as the young woman who has accused Bryant of rape. But he doesn't

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"Basically, I'm just trying to stay out of it," he said.

moved to find an unbiased pool of jurors.

near Interstate 70 about a mile from downtown Friday night, after Bryant's tearful news conference.

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Hanan hardly was paying attention when Bryant's attorney, Pamela Mackey, said on CNN that the

county sheriff, Joe Hoy, was polluting the minds of county residents - potential jurors - with biased

information, seeming to side with the alleged victim even before charges were filed. Hoy also

arrested Bryant without consulting the local district attorney.

victim, whose name he had not previously heard.

Pressed harder for a verdict, Hanan said of Bryant, "I think he's got a lot of money."

the Burger King dining room to turn up the volume when Bryant began to speak Friday night on CNN.

He took the seat at the same table with his wife, Alliny, 22, a native Brazilian.

Hollow-eyed with a quivering voice, Bryant said he was publicly humiliated, profoundly angry with

himself and completely devoted to his wife.

"I know he's a big shot and everything, but I still have sympathy for him," Kim told his wife. "He's

only human."

Alliny Kim shot back, the Spanish rising in her accent, "I bet if he hadn't got caught, he wouldn't be

so sorry.

he didn't know the facts and wouldn't offer an opinion on the case.

But he knows that whatever people decide or how long the national spotlight shines here, it won't

matter for long.

"I don't think this is about Eagle County. This is just the place were it happened," he said.

"This is about Kobe Bryant."

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Denver Post

Small-town accuser faces big-time ugliness

Eagle woman at center of media maelstrom

By Karen Auge EXHIBIT

Denver Post Staff Writer

Sunday, July 27, 2003 - EDwARDS - Everyone in this valley knows who she is.

They may not have met her. They may have never been inside her house on the shady cul de sac -

where the shutters are now shut tight.

They haven't read the name of the 19-year-old who says Kobe Bryant raped her in any mainstream

newspaper, or heard it on any news broadcast. But they know.

The rest of the country is starting to know her too.

Or to think they do.

They've seen her picture, or think they've seen it, on the Internet. They know, or think they know,

that she swallowed a fistful of pills last spring. They know that she wanted to be famous, wanted it

badly enough to try out for "American Idol."

Regardiess of who is telling the truth about what happened at the Cordillera resort on June 30, this

daughter of a small town has learned it's not easy to accuse a big-time, beloved athlete. And Eagle

from the ugliness a case such as this generates.

Alison Jennings knows all this.

In 1999, she ran out of a party near the Okiahoma State University campus and went to an

emergency room, where she told the doctors and nurses she'd been raped by four of the football

team's most popular players.

Jennings has since sued the four - she recently settled with two of them, Marcellus Rivers, now with

the New York Giants, and Alvin Porter of the Baltimore Ravens.

Somehow, the public, and the media, found out who Jennings was. Within days, satellite trucks and

attorneys.

Every time she walked into a room, it was as if someone "had turned off the record player," Jennings

said. The music stopped, and everyone turned to stare at her, she said.

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presumed innocent.

People want to believe the best of the athletes they idolize, Jennings said. And they don't take kindly

to those who would tarnish their heroes' shining armor.

The athletes she accused weren't the globai icons that Bryant is. But "in Oklahoma, football is a

Football is not a religion in New Jersey. Nevertheless, in 1989 when four star high school players

with a baseball bat and a broom, the girl's house was eggcd.

With media bearing down on the affluent community, the superintendent of the high school the boys

McCaffrey said, according to a book about the case, "Our Guys."

All of which frustrates prosecutors, and may even make them angry.

But "as far as the actual prosecution of the case, it's not going to make a difference," said Krista

office.

Bryant to prepare her for the fallout.

Flannigan said.

protections, should she ask for them.

Former Denver district attorney Norm Early believes protecting a victim is a prosecutor's job.

"But I've been president of a national organization for victim assistance, so my views may not be

totally mainstream," Early said.

As DA, Early established a protocol for dealing with victims.

"First is what we call safety and security. It's very important (victims) know they are safe.

"Second is ventilation and validation. They need to vent, and a good victim's advocate will validate

u s e s

Third, Early said, is "prediction and preparation - outline it for her and let her know what she's in

for," both in the courtroom and with the media.

In Edwards, reporters have swarmed like ants, nibbling away at morsels of the 19-year-old woman's

life.

Rohn K. Robbins, a Vail Valley attorney and columnist for the Vail Daily newspaper, said he thinks

"If I were 19 years old and CNN put a camera in front of my face, would that give me a jolt of

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adrenaline? Sure."

Peggy Jessel, a Boulder County attorney who often represents sexually abused children, has seen

that kind of behavior too.

Given speculation about whether Bryant's accuser tried to kill hersclf or was treated for rmental

issue.

Jessel said she hopes prosecutors guard the accuser's privacy.

Whatever happens, Jennings says the young woman is in for a rough ride, and she offered some

advice: Just tell the truth.

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Denver Post

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L.A. radio show names Bryant's accuser

By Chris Frates

Denver Post Staff writer

accuser in the Kobe Bryant sexual-assault case by name and continues to use her name on the air,

outraging rape victim advocates.

program based in Los Angeles.

While the woman's identity is well-known in this small town and has been circulating on the Internet,

this may be the first time a mainstream media personality has identified the woman.

Denver Post on Wednesday. If no crime was committed, there would be no reason to protect her

identity, he said. Leykis said he believes Bryant is innocent.

said. "All you're doing is enforcing the old stereotype that it's something to be ashamed of. It's not

Jennifer Bier, the director of clinical services at a Colorado Springs rape crisis center, said neither

Bryant nor the victim should be put in a situation where they have to defend themselves in the court

who has counseled women involved in Air Force Academy sexual-assault cases.

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throws her name out on the radio station, on the public airwaves in thc name of fairness, and he

probably has no concept of what he's doing to the woman," Bier said. "It's really devastating for the

emotional violation."

Leykis' program is produced and syndicated by the Westwood One broadcast network. A Westwood

One spokeswoman did not return a phone call seeking comment.

The Eagle woman has been the subject of intense media attention. Friday, the Eagle County district

a resort in Edwards. That same day, Bryant said he had consensual sex with the woman but did not

commit a crime.

Leykis contends that the dozens of reporters who have interviewed and named the woman's friends

have already compromised the woman's privacy.

In fact, Leykis said, he had one of his staffers call a local convenience store and ask the clerk

whether he knew any of the friends mentioned in a newspaper article Leykis had read. Leykis

"The arrogance and the gall of journalists to call up and say I'm violating her privacy. I've never

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written these specific stories with all these friends and their last names, I wouldn't have been able to

do it."

standards for Leykis to name the woman. And while a talk show host is not a journalist in a

traditional sense, he must still show restraint, Steele said.

"Opinion should not cause great harm to other individuals and, in this case, this talk show host is

casting major aspersions against this woman," said Steele, ethics group leader at The Poynter

Institute, a journalism research organization in St. Petersburg, Fla. "He is harming her, and that is

irresponsible and unprofessional."

Research indicates that victims of sexuai assault may be deterred from filing charges if they believe

they will be publicly identified, Steele said. Research also shows that there is still some stigma

attached to being a rape victim.

"We should work to change perceptions and beliefs and eliminate that stigma, but the way to do that

is through more meaningful information about the issue of sexual assault and for vlctims to

voluntarily come forward when they wish," he said.

The alleged victim should have to face the public, Leykis said.

"She made a very serious allegation against someone ... and if this proves false, there'll be a victim

in this case, and that will be Kobe Bryant," he said. "But nobody cares about that."

Staff writer Chris Frates can be reached at cfrates@denverpost.com .

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Site IDs wrong woman in Bryant case

Allegations against player popular online search topic

EAGLE, Colorado (AP) --The family of a young woman wrongly identified on the Internet as Kobe Bryant's

accuser has hired an attorney in hopes of stopping her image from being circulated online.

Attorney Sienna LaRene said the parents, Bob and Beth Matthews of Eagle, aren't looking for

financial damages.

"They just want this to stop," LaRene said."This is a wildfire out of control, and the only way to stop

it is people to do the right and responsible thing.

Might seek court orders

LaRene said she has sent "cease and desist" letters to several Web sites, asking them to stop using the

woman's picture. If sites don't comply, she said she will get court orders and did not rule out libel

lawsuits.

There are similarities between the woman and the alleged victim, who has accused the Los Angeles

Lakers star of sexually assaulting her at a Colorado rcsort June 30. Bryant has been charged with

felony assault, but says the sex was consensual.

Both women are 19, have the same first name and attended Eagle County High School. While the

young woman in the Bryant case was a cheerleader, the other woman was on the school's dance

squad.

"Somebody put two and two together -- these intersections of similarities and came up with five,"

LaRene said.

Altering photos

Early on, there were two pictures, one of the woman's dance team and another with her standing next

to a young man at a dress-up event. Also posted was the name, address, phone number and e-mail of

the alleged victim in the Bryant case.

Since then, some Web sites have altered photos to put the wrong woman's face on nude bodies, she

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said, and others have attached text calling her every combination of profanity imaginable.

"The young woman is suffering. She's mortified and the family is under a great deal of stress,"

LaRene said. "They're using this girl's photograph and it's causing injury."

Terra Lycos said Thursday that the Bryant case is one of the most popular online search topics in its

history. Only the September 11 attacks, the Iraq war and the 2000 presidential election have drawn

more interest, the Internet network said.

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