Thursday, March 28, 2024

Charles Barkley: Both Kobe Bryant’s Rape Case & NBA Career Are Part of Legacy

*We guess Charles Barkley is desirous of the kind of attention/hate Gayle King received when she asked Lisa Leslie about the late Kobe Bryant‘s 2003 sexual assault case.

Barkley, an NBA Hall of Famer,  told NBC’s “Today” that Bryant should be remembered both for his basketball career and for the sexual assault allegations levied against him when he was 24.

“You have to tell the picture in totality,” Barkley said while being interviewed ahead of this weekend’s All-Star Game in Chicago. “We’re not making Kobe out to be no hero. We’re celebrating his basketball excellence. We understand what happened in Colorado. That’s fair, but two things can be true.”

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Kobe & vanessa at his confession
Kobe Bryant (left) with wife Vanessa at Staples Center press conference in 2003, following allegations that he sexually assaulted a 19-year-old female hotel employee in Colorado

Bryant was accused of sexual assault by a 19-year-old female hotel employee in Colorado, where he was scheduled to undergo knee surgery in the summer of 2003. He did not deny cheating on his wife, Vanessa (near right), but did claim the sexual encounter was entirely consensual.

The accuser refused to testify at trial, prompting prosecutors to drop the charges against Bryant, but the two did settle a civil lawsuit for an undisclosed amount.

The topic resurfaced following the recent helicopter crash that claimed the lives of Bryant, his daughter Gianna, and seven others.

 

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