Kobe Bryant's rape case trial season

[Giuseppe]

Hm...Just curious, but what about that reads as a confession to you?

[[[I now understand how she feels that she did not consent to this encounter.]]]

[BlackSwordsMan]

[[[I now understand how she feels that she did not consent to this encounter.]]]

that she knew what she was doing when she went to his room. Same with Tyson was like I went to his room at 2 AM to pray with him and he raped me.

[TheSkeptic]

That sounds like a very circuitous confession to me.

[[[I now understand how she feels that she did not consent to this encounter.]]]

...I guess I can kind of see it.

To me it still reads more like an apology than a confession. He's acknowledging her feelings in this statement with phrases like "I now understand", "I recognize", but he's not adopting her position "I truly believe that this encounter between us was consensual". Idk. Maybe this was a concession he had to make for the settlement?

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

...I guess I can kind of see it.

To me it still reads more like an apology than a confession. He's acknowledging her feelings in this statement with phrases like "I now understand", "I recognize", but he's not adopting her position "I truly believe that this encounter between us was consensual". Idk. Maybe this was a concession he had to make for the settlement?

You don't acknowledge feelings by quasi-confessing to rape (unless you actually did it). He could've just said, "I'm sorry this whole incident happened" or some other vague .

[Giuseppe]

...I guess I can kind of see it.

To me it still reads more like an apology than a confession. He's acknowledging her feelings in this statement with phrases like "I now understand", "I recognize", but he's not adopting her position "I truly believe that this encounter between us was consensual". Idk. Maybe this was a concession he had to make for the settlement?

& that (apology) made it permissable for her to take the check.

[TheSkeptic]

You don't acknowledge feelings by quasi-confessing to rape (unless you actually did it). He could've just said, "I'm sorry this whole incident happened" or some other vague .

Sure he can. Something takes place in the bedroom, she believes that one thing happened (assuming she's telling the truth) and he believes another (assuming he's telling the truth). He can recognize her feelings without agreeing with her that it was rape. The statement itself is fairly vague if you take the language into account.

I guess what bothers me is that I keep detecting more than one legal mind at work here which is why I'm wondering what the conditions of the settlement were.

Don't get me wrong, just looking at the facts I've seen superficially he's probably guilty of breaking the law. I'm just not convinced that this statement is a confession in the legal sense (or really at all). Inferring Kobe's guilt based on what's written here would be a fair take though imo.

& that (apology) made it permissable for her to take the check.

It's a possibility. Court proceedings are expensive and Kobe doesn't want to go through a criminal case. Maybe the prosecution isn't so confident (victim's story doesn't add up, they don't have any evidence,etc). So both parties agree to settle because neither of them is guaranteed of a victory.

Definitely looks like Kobe was guilty of either adultery or rape (which I guess would be both), but I just don't think this was a legal confession.

[Bynumite]

I get your point spurfan. Just like spurfan eagerly waits for Jim to finally come out of the closet once his nba days are over.

Spurfan wants Jim's career to last forever but deep down they know he's playing with a huge burden on his shoulders.

Once he assumes his true sexuality, Timmy will finally exhibit his tramp stamp and tongue ring with pride for everyone to see and assume a pivotal role as a spokesperson for the gay community.

The Goods

[StrengthAndHonor]

Whatever happened to this OP?

[Bynumite]

I get your point spurfan. Just like spurfan eagerly waits for Jim to finally come out of the closet once his nba days are over.

Spurfan wants Jim's career to last forever but deep down they know he's playing with a huge burden on his shoulders.

Once he assumes his true sexuality, Timmy will finally exhibit his tramp stamp and tongue ring with pride for everyone to see and assume a pivotal role as a spokesperson for the gay community.

Duncan's married with kids.

[Chief Brody]

Bynumite deserves a spur for this tbh