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"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Abm
Post Number: 1059
Registered: 04-2004
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Votes: 0 | | Posted on Monday, September 06, 2004 - 12:45 pm: | |
Now that the criminal rape case against Kobe has been dropped, what do you think he should do?
Should he go thru with defending himself in civil court? Or should he try to settle?
I guess the obvious view would be that he should NOT offer to pay her if he didn't in fact rape her. But at this point, he has invested so much time/effort/money in this fiasco, he might be wise to hit this chick up with a low 7-figure payoff and go on with his life.
I have heard legal experts say the burden of proof is less for a civil trial than a criminal one. Civil juries tend to side with claimants. And even though the alleged victim was hardly nun-material, I could see a (White) jury rationalizing that because of all she's 'endured' and that his innocence was NOT conclusively proven, she should get 'something'.
'Sides. He just signed a +$90M deal with the Lakers. So even if he does cut her a check, he'd HARDLY be hurting.
And really. Would paying her do anymore damage to his image than what has already been done?
So what do you say?
Think dude should just break this skeezer off a few duckets so he can immediately begin rebuilding the tattered remains of his life/reputation. |