06-13-2016, 11:26 AM
No, Kobe Bryant wasn't prosecuted or convicted.
But, he settled a civil suit with the woman and made a public statement apologizing to her. IIRC, he said that after hearing her account and listening to how she described the experience, he understood that she didn't feel like she'd given consent even though he thought the sex was consensual. And, when the woman asked him to stop, he stopped and asked if he could ejaculate on her face.
She told police that Bryant had held her against her will in the hotel room and made her wash her face before he let her go. That didn't hold up and she admitted that she lied about that because she didn't think police would believe her. It also turned out that she had a history of attempted suicides after rejections and some mental illness. That doesn't mean she was lying about Kobe raping her, but it might have hurt her chances of getting a conviction, though the prosecutors were ready to go to court when she dropped the criminal charges. She had also been raked over the coals in the tabloid press.
But, he settled a civil suit with the woman and made a public statement apologizing to her. IIRC, he said that after hearing her account and listening to how she described the experience, he understood that she didn't feel like she'd given consent even though he thought the sex was consensual. And, when the woman asked him to stop, he stopped and asked if he could ejaculate on her face.
She told police that Bryant had held her against her will in the hotel room and made her wash her face before he let her go. That didn't hold up and she admitted that she lied about that because she didn't think police would believe her. It also turned out that she had a history of attempted suicides after rejections and some mental illness. That doesn't mean she was lying about Kobe raping her, but it might have hurt her chances of getting a conviction, though the prosecutors were ready to go to court when she dropped the criminal charges. She had also been raked over the coals in the tabloid press.