"Kobe Bryant’s 'Mamba Mentality' has become a slogan embraced by athletes across the board, from Little League players to WNBA stars. Bryant, who was killed in a helicopter accident in 2020, has even appeared in an ad for the WNBA. But few seem to remember that Bryant created his Mamba alter-ego as a response to being charged with allegedly raping a woman in Edwards, CO, in 2003. After the then-anonymous victim’s name was disclosed to the public six times by Bryant’s defense attorney, she was subjected to harassment on a horrific scale. A man in Iowa even offered to hunt her down and kill her."
~ Julie DiCaro
"Sports Taught Americans to Ignore Sexual Assault"
https://www.damemagazine.com/2024/12/19/sports-taught-americans-to-ignore-sexual-assault/
"The woman eventually refused to go forward with the case, leading prosecutors to dismiss the charges just before the start of the criminal trial. But in a pre-trial hearing, the nurse who administered a rape kit to Bryant’s victim found multiple vaginal lacerations—“too many to count,” she testified at a pre-trial hearing—and trauma consistent with penetrating sexual trauma and not with consensual sex."
~ Julie DiCaro
"Sports Taught Americans to Ignore Sexual Assault"
https://www.damemagazine.com/2024/12/19/sports-taught-americans-to-ignore-sexual-assault/
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