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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
Are you kidding? There was a targeted effort to victim shame her that was almost certainly the result of the PR he hired and his lawyers. I mean arguably the biggest reason she refused to testify was that her sexual activity was found to be admissible and she would have to sit there while Kobe's lawyers questioned her on all her past sexual partners. Keep in mind this was while her name was released, people were already calling her a slut, and there was fake nude images of her made and posted as 'legitimate.'
Great for Kobe's defense, can't blame him if the alternative is a huge increase in the chance of going to prison, but we can't go on to say that there was no victim shaming.
Also his recounting of events was different, because he lied about it multiple times so no matter what it would be...
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I guess I remembered more clearly his quotes as the trial was ending where he acknowledged that he no longer questioned her motives and didn't discount that her recollection of events, that he believed were true from her perspective, but he had a different understanding of events in the moment.
I don't know, its a tough subject, but it seemed further ahead of the crap apologies that we get today. But your points are well taken.