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I understand your sentiment, and I think there is room to celebrate the athlete, but I have to challenge the notion that he was bad once and made amends. Perpetrators of sexual assault are invariably high repeat offenders. There is a very likely chance that Kobe offended again, or did previously to that incident. This was long before the #metoo movement and even today only a small percentage of sexual assaults get reported. And the more we minimize the actions or say these men made a mistake, the more likely things won’t change.
I’m glad there is a little shift in this thread to have a discussion about his actions. It may be uncomfortable, but we need to remember what he did out of respect for his victim and their families.
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I don't really see him as a serial rapist though. That's what you're saying. He's a repeat/serial criminal rapist guilty of multiple counts. I have zero doubt that he had sex with a lot of women for sure before and maybe after. But there was no pile on effect when he was charged. There is no other event in his life. You could make a lot of money having an encounter with Kobe and filing charges afterwards. But that never happened. If he had done this to many people I still think we'd know about it. But absolutely one of the first things I thought about was his victim.