To be sure this appears to be, to say the least, a case with many questions around it. One question that has stayed in my mind: Why? If no rape occurred, and no one seems to have seen her go to his room, and also presumably no one but the two of them knew what happened, why would she subject herself, and everyone else involved, to all of this by saying she was raped?

I found little new, or all that interesting, really, in this article. And I do not see why what happens in this case need be a setback or "train wreck" or anything else for "victims' rights".

One thing I have found weird, though: The number of people who avidly defend Bryant, as if they know him personally, and can vouch for his character. Even though they've only seen him play basketball and give interviews on television. While he has always made a favorable impression on me, I don't know Bryant, and wasn't there, so I don't know what happened either. And I am old enough, and have been around enough other men to know, that when it comes to sex and relationships and the at-the-same-time sensitive and powerful emotions involved in these matters, that some guys who you'd never have thought capable of certain behavior, turn out to be, well, more than capable of it.

As for Bryant's reputation, most people are reasonable and will give him his due if the case collapses before trial or he is acquitted. But what about the adultery? By his own admission his flagrant, casual adultery, followed by what I thought was a cheap apology, framed by his wife and his declarations of devotion to her, a woman he was, apparently, willing to deeply hurt only a short time earlier. But I concede he may have, in a sense, learned his lesson in this regard, and that, in the end, this matter is between the two of them.

But remember that she wrote a defense of Arnold, then was named to his transition team. Whose payroll is she on now? Is she a consultant for the defense? Charles Lindner wrote impassioned arguments against OJ's prosecution's case for LAT op-ed and was identified only as president of the local Bar. Only later was it revealed that he was working for the defense.

To EH: Why would she say she was raped? Where to start. Taking the $ out of it, how about a desire for attention and publicity, desire to show up her peers, or simple old mental instability. Not to discount the $. A few million can go a long way. In any case, no one saw her go into his room, but according to the detective's testimony in the preliminary hearing as heard from Katelyn Faber herself, she slipped past the bodyguards, went to Kobe's room after repeated flirtation, expected him to make a move on her, voluntarily engaged in some heavy kissing, and may or may not have ever said no-my guess is not. So you're right- we don't know Kobe. But we do know there's no shortage of attention starved nineteen year olds out there with a hell of a lot less to lose than Kobe and a hell of a lot more to gain by charging rape. Kudos to Susan Estrich. There may be hope for some of you liberals yet.

As I have stated elsewhere, the prosecutor's hand was forced. He just got elected to his position, and the sheriff's office went around his office to get an arrest warrant before all of the dust settles. After that came out, there isn't much the DA can do other than to press the case forward, evidence or not.

i think that when someone is making their dreams come ture and other people wanna come in to their lives and mess up everthing,its wronge.kobe loves his wife and he made a mistake,everyone makes mistakes and should be forgivin.i feel this lady planned this she is very mentaly ill and that should be lookin in to she is waisting the courts time and kobes.i wish she would just drop it she will be found to be a liar why didnt she call the police she figured she can make some cash.thoughts by jennifer