These Cases Parallel in Virtually Every Area
It is striking the similarities of the Duke Case and the Kobe Bryant case, just a reversal of the color of the alleged victim. Both cases are high profile because of the accused; with Duke as the Ivy League school, and Kobe Bryant as the star basketball player in Los Angeles. Let's take it one item at a time.The women willingly went to the place where the rape occurred. The victim in the Duke case was hired to dance at a party. They hired two strippers. It is alleged that the victim was already drunk when she arrived. Kobe's accuser flirted with the player on a hotel tour and went upstairs after work where she continued kissing and so on.
Both women have a history of mental problems, drug and alcohol history. Kobe's accuser has attempted to kill herself and threatened to do so in order to get back an ex-boyfriend. There were text messages and the fact that she did not report her rape until after 24 hours when the DNA was tainted. Duke's accuser spent a week in a hospital for mental problems in 2005.
The women were with other men on the night or right before the alleged rape. DNA showed that both women had been with other men before or right after the alleged rape. In both cases it was multiple samples, not single.
Both women lied when convenient to make themselves more like victims. Duke accuser was set to be sent to the mental ward when she accused the players of rape. She became pregnant within two weeks of the alleged rape, according to District Attorney Mike Nifong. Kobe victim would not acknowledge that she had sex with multiple partners even though the DNA revealed she had.
The prosecutors filed cases based on elections and have paid for their choice. Nifong was in the midst of a campaign to keep his office, mission accomplished. He is dealing with ethics charges that could have him disbarred. Mark Hurlbert decided to run for office during the prosecution of the Bryant case, ultimately losing the office he was appointed to. The cases were made to be racial when it was clearly financial or an attempt to stay out of the mental ward. Who could know the real reason why these District Attorneys brought these cases, but it has not bode well
- Both women had Mental Illnesses
- Both prosecutors were up for election
- Both women had been with multiple partners
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thongbyo
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06/21/2007
Uncertain? The finding in a criminal case is beyond a reasonable doubt. Anyway, in both cases the defendants were innocent. Most rape accusations are false as the unbiased reseach shows.
nobody
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06/02/2007
After all facts of the Kobe case were presented, his guilt was hardly uncertain. The sex was clearly consensual...even the accuser's own friends, all aware of her character and previous tendencies, didn't believe that it was rape.
saywhaaaaat
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04/11/2007
The two cases are nothing alike. Kobe defended himself by attacking the victim's character, depicting her as mentally unstable and whorish, while the Duke kids cleared their name through DNA testing and photographic evidence.
That, and the Duke accuser repeatedly changed her story and recanted on elements -- at the end, she wasn't sure sex occurred at all, let alone nonconsensual sex. Kobe's accuser did not change her basic accusations.
This article was a joke. Even in a colorblind world, these kids were clearly innocent, while Kobe's guilt was uncertain.
Blair
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03/22/2007
The Kobe Bryant case is disimilar to the Duke rape case. The issue in the first case was whether the sex act, which both parties agreed occurred, was consensual or coerced. The issue in the second case is whether a sex act, coerced or otherwise, actually occurred. The Kobe Bryant case was highly publicized because of his celeberty status. The Duke case is highly publicized because the defendants are white and the accuser is black.
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