CNN looks back in the life and legacy of the wonderful basketball Kobe BryantFrom his victories on the field to the claim of sexual assault, which gives a cloud on the second half of his career.
The second part of three parts Kobe: Make a legend For the first time in the series on Saturday, February 1, it turns into a complaint of sexual assault imposed on the late Los Angeles Lakers.
In an exclusive look presented to US weeklyThe episode features a video of Bruent, heading to the courtroom in Colorado in front of the journalist Mickey TurnerPublic Prosecutor Ingred Baki Provincial lawyer Mark Herleber Bryant's statement is alternating after the charges against him were dropped.
Bryant was accused of raping a 19 -year -old woman at a hotel in Colorado in 2003. The alleged victim presented a police report and the authorities walked to Bryant's interrogation of bruises on her neck. Bryant initially denied the sexual meeting before recognizing it, but insisted that it was mutual consent. The Lakers star was arrested in July and was preparing for the trial in the following when the prosecutor refused the charges after the accused witnessed threats of harassment and death threats and chose not to testify.
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“First, I would like to apologize directly to the young woman participating in this incident,” he started his statement. “I want to apologize to her for my behavior that night and for the consequences that I suffered last year. Although this year it was very difficult for me personally, I can only imagine the pain she had to bear.”
Kobe Bryant appears in court
Barry Guterres Ball/Getty PicturesHe continued to promote his claim that sexual intercourse was by mutual consent, although he understood that the alleged victim did not feel the same way.
“I now realize that she did not do and do not see this incident in the same way that she did,” he said. “After months of reviewing the discovery, listening to her lawyer and even hearing her personally, I now understand how she feels that she did not agree with this meeting.”
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Although criminal charges against Bryant have been dropped, the American Professional League star and his accused settled a civil lawsuit outside the court for an unknown amount of money.
Brian's wife VanessaAnd that he married in 2001, stood by his side throughout the legal procedures until his death in 2020. Gianna He died with Kobe and seven others in A. A helicopter crash This happened while they were on their way to a basketball game in Gianna.
In the years after the alleged accident, Bryant began restoring the shepherds he lost and repaired. He continued to win two other championships in the American Professional League and MVP Award. In 2020, he was recruited after his death in the Celebrity Basketball Hall.
Episode 2 of Kobe: Make a legend The first offer on Saturday, February 1, 9 pm East/PT on CNN.
If you or anyone you know have been sexually assaulted, call The hotline for national sexual assault In 1-800-656-Hope (4673).
