Posted by TMS:

i'm sure it was part of the deal...like i said, if i'm not guilty of a charge, i don't strike no deal...i want my name exhonerated entirely & i might even pursue reverse charges against her for character defamation & mental anguish.

I believe that once the civil suit was filed it pretty much exonerated Kobe. This whole fiasco became about money and not justice.

Posted by nyballer:

Posted by TMS:

i'm sure it was part of the deal...like i said, if i'm not guilty of a charge, i don't strike no deal...i want my name exhonerated entirely & i might even pursue reverse charges against her for character defamation & mental anguish.

the problem is, with a charge like this, it's hard to prove your innocence. If it was just rough sex like Kobe said, then it's his word against hers. plus he probably realized there was a good hcance hed go to jail 4 years to LIFE - meaning his entrie life is ruined. would i rather pay 4 million dollars out of my 130+ million contract and issue an apology? yeahi definitely would. it's just a safer way out.

the opposite is true imo...i think it's harder to prove the person's guilt if it's a he said, she said situation...Kobe just didn't want to take the chance that some evidence would be made public that would stain his image even further...i doubt very much he would have been convicted of rape even if she proceeded w/the testimony...but he couldn't take that chance because obviously there was some damning evidence in existance that he was afraid of...& she sold out her case to make a huge amount of cash...both of them are despicable in my view...what a waste of tax payer's time & attention...Kobe should have just hired a $100 hooker & had anal w/her...it would have been alot cheaper.

a statement of remorse for the situation is not the same as admitting that he now understands why the woman might have felt the sex was not consensual...that is an indirect admission of guilt...he could have easily said something like:

"It is unfortunate that this situation had to be the cause of so much anguish & trauma for both of us & our families, but it is my wish that we can both move on from this & put this situation behind us. I want to apologize to my wife & family for having to undergo this ordeal, & to the citizens of Eagle County for being subjected to this ordeal & expense for the past year. I hope to be able to make amends to both my family & to my fans for the bad decision I made on that night."

That would not leave me thinking that he felt he did something wrong other than just cheating on his wife...but the way he phrased his statement basically says he's sorry to the girl who had to endure all this because of what he did to her...that's not a way to settle something like this out of court if you know you didn't do anything wrong.

My point is not that being a rich, famous, black athlete is a benefit in front of a jury in general, only with black jurors. I thought that was obvious in my statement. And when a rich, celebrity, athlete like Kobe is accused of something by a white woman, the black juror is going to give Kobe the benefit of the doubt most of the time. Probably more so if that black juror is a black woman.