CNN looks at the life and inheritance of basketball Kobe BryantFrom his triumphs on the ground to the allegation of sexual assault which threw a cloud during the second half of his career.
Second part of the three parts Kobe: the manufacture of a legend The beginnings of the series on Saturday, February 1, and plunge into the complaint of sexual assault taken against the end of the star of Los Angeles Lakers.
In an exclusive aspect provided to US WeeklyThe episode presents a Bryant video towards a colorado courtroom in front of the journalist Miki Turnerprosecutor Ingrid Bakke and district prosecutor Mark Hurlbert By reading in turn that Bryant published after the charges held against him were abandoned.
Bryant was accused of having raped a 19 -year -old woman in a Colorado hotel in 2003. The alleged victim filed a police report and the authorities questioned Bryant on the bruises on the neck. Bryant initially denied the sexual encounter before admitting that it took place but insisting that it was consensual. The Lakers star was arrested in July and was preparing to be tried when a prosecutor rejected the accusations after the accuser suffered threats of harassment and death and chose not to testify.
“First of all, I want to apologize directly to the young woman involved in this incident,” started her statement. “I want to apologize to her for my behavior that evening and for the consequences she has suffered in the past year. Although this year was incredibly difficult for me personally, I can only imagine the pain it must have endured. »»
Kobe Bryant appears in court
Barry Gutierrez-Pool / Getty ImagesHe then strengthened his assertion that the sexual meeting was consensual, although he understood that the alleged victim did not feel the same thing.
“I now recognize that she does not have and does not consider this incident in the same way as me,” he said. “After months to revise the discovery, to listen to his lawyer and even to hear him testify in person, I now understand how she thinks that she did not consent to this meeting.”
With the kind authorization of the girls of Vanessa Bryant / Instagram Kobe Bryant seemed very large while celebrating the holidays in a winter wonderland with their mother, Vanessa Bryant. In a video shared via Instagram by Vanessa, 42, Tuesday December 31, the girls of the Natalia couple, 21, Bianka, 8, and Capri, 5 […]
Although the criminal accusations against Bryant were abandoned, the NBA star and her accuser paid an amicable civilian complaint for an undisclosed money.
Bryant’s wife Vanessathat he married in 2001, held alongside him throughout the legal proceedings and until his death in 2020. The two shared four daughters, Natalia, Gianna, Bianka and Capri. Gianna died with Kobe and seven other people in a helicopter accident that took place when they were on the way to one of the Gianna basketball games.
In the years following the alleged incident, Bryant began to return to the sponsors he has lost and repair his reputation. He won two other NBA championships and an MVP prize. In 2020, he was enthroned posthumously at the temple of the Basketball Naismith Memorial basketball.
Episode 2 of Kobe: the manufacture of a legend First on Saturday February 1 at 9 p.m. He / PT on CNN.
If you or someone you know have been sexually assaulted, contact the National Hotline of Sexual Assault at 1-800-656-Hope (4673).
