Tuesday, August 26

Bryant's accuser not back at college for sop re year
Associated Press

GREELEY, Colo. (AP) _ The woman who accused Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant of raping her has not returned to the University of Northern Colorado for her sop re year.

The 19-year-old Eagle woman was not enrolled as of Tuesday, the second day of classes, UNC spokeswoman Gloria Reynolds said.

An attorney for the woman did not immediately return a call. Reynolds said she did not know why the woman did not return to school.

Bryant, 25, is charged with assaulting the woman June 30 at the Edwards resort hotel where she worked. He has said the two had consensual sex.

Bryant faces an Oct. 9 preliminary hearing to determine whether he will stand trial on a charge of felony sexual assault.

The woman's freshman year at Northern Colorado in Greeley, a farm community 60 miles north of Denver, was interrupted Feb. 25 when she was rushed to a hospital by ambulance.

Campus police chief Terry Urista said the woman ``was a danger to herself,'' but refused to characterize the episode as a suicide attempt