I guess BinaryReport.com had it right, but other sites may have the wrong accuser.
EAGLE, Colorado (AP) -- The family of a young woman wrongly identified on the Internet as Kobe Bryant's accuser has hired an attorney in hopes of stopping her image from being circulated online.
Attorney Sienna LaRene said the parents, Bob and Beth Matthews of Eagle, aren't looking for financial damages.
"They just want this to stop," LaRene said. "This is a wildfire out of control, and the only way to stop it is people to do the right and responsible thing."
Might seek court orders
LaRene said she has sent "cease and desist" letters to several Web sites, asking them to stop using the woman's picture. If sites don't comply, she said she will get court orders and did not rule out libel lawsuits.
There are similarities between the woman and the alleged victim, who has accused the Los Angeles Lakers star of sexually assaulting her at a Colorado resort June 30. Bryant has been charged with felony assault, but says the sex was consensual.
Both women are 19, have the same first name and attended Eagle County High School. While the young woman in the Bryant case was a cheerleader, the other woman was on the school's dance squad.
"Somebody put two and two together -- these intersections of similarities — and came up with five," LaRene said.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/07/25/bryant.misidentified.ap/index.html
EAGLE, Colorado (AP) -- The family of a young woman wrongly identified on the Internet as Kobe Bryant's accuser has hired an attorney in hopes of stopping her image from being circulated online.
Attorney Sienna LaRene said the parents, Bob and Beth Matthews of Eagle, aren't looking for financial damages.
"They just want this to stop," LaRene said. "This is a wildfire out of control, and the only way to stop it is people to do the right and responsible thing."
Might seek court orders
LaRene said she has sent "cease and desist" letters to several Web sites, asking them to stop using the woman's picture. If sites don't comply, she said she will get court orders and did not rule out libel lawsuits.
There are similarities between the woman and the alleged victim, who has accused the Los Angeles Lakers star of sexually assaulting her at a Colorado resort June 30. Bryant has been charged with felony assault, but says the sex was consensual.
Both women are 19, have the same first name and attended Eagle County High School. While the young woman in the Bryant case was a cheerleader, the other woman was on the school's dance squad.
"Somebody put two and two together -- these intersections of similarities — and came up with five," LaRene said.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/07/25/bryant.misidentified.ap/index.html
