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Associated Press
EAGLE, Colo. (AP) _ Cameras will be banned from the courtroom during the preliminary hearing in Kobe Bryant's sexual assault case.

Court rules specifically prohibit cameras at pretrial hearings in criminal cases except for initial advisements and arraignments, Eagle County Judge Frederick Gannett said in a one-page decision Monday.

Court TV, The Denver Post and the Rocky Mountain News had requested permission for cameras in the courtroom during the Oct. 9 hearing.

Bryant is charged with sexually assaulting a 19-year-old woman June 30 in his suite at a mountain resort where she worked and he was a guest.

Bryant, who is free on $25,000 bond, is scheduled to return to Eagle for the hearing, where Gannett will determine whether there is enough evidence to hold the Los Angeles Lakers star for trial.

Gannett allowed cameras during Bryant's initial appearance last month, a seven-minute hearing where his attorneys waived his right to be formally advised of the felony sexual assault charge against him.