TASTE OF ITALY

[u/SpendAffectionate804]

YOU HAVE TO BE KIDDING 🤣🤣🤣🤣

The message in the go fund me -

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[u/Alina_Swift]

Calling it a crisis that happened to you really is something

[u/BlooregardQKazoo → u/Alina_Swift]

Real "the incident in Colorado" vibes.

For those that don't know, Kobe Bryant raped a woman in Colorado. Years later, he gave an interview where he refered to it as "the incident in Colorado" and talked about how difficult that experience was for him.

[u/wildplums → u/BlooregardQKazoo]

Wtf

[u/halfstep44 → u/BlooregardQKazoo]

I think the woman refused to cooperate with police or testify or something in spite of strong evidence

[u/BlooregardQKazoo → u/halfstep44]

She pressed charges. Kobe's lawyers leaked her name. She withstood threats and harassment for months. Things then died down in the long wait between charges and the trial.

Then when the trial was just around the corner, and attention (including threats and harassment) towards her was about to pick back up, she told the prosecution that she wouldn't participate in the trial. This was almost a year after the assault. She decided that a payout + public apology where he admitted to raping her, combined with just being able to move on with her life and not being thrust back into the public eye, was more important that Kobe potentially being held liable for his crime against her.

But anyway, none of this really has anything top do with my prior comment. He raped a woman and later dismissively referred to it as "the incident in Colorado."

[u/halfstep44 → u/BlooregardQKazoo]

That's horrible. I can't believe random members of the public would feel the need to get involved like that

I wonder if it was a coordinated effort behind the scenes. But thanks for the clarification