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Kobe Bryant, 5 others killed in helicopter crash

Metzger MeisterMetzger Meister It Gets Worsebefore it gets any better.Registered User regular
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https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/28569438/kobe-bryant-dead-helicopter-crash

There is apparently video of the crash, I have not watched it.

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    goddamn

  • DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    There are a lot of rumors as to who else was on the plane, but I'd really advise everyone to take a lot of those with a huge grain of salt until official confirmation.

  • Metzger MeisterMetzger Meister It Gets Worse before it gets any better.Registered User regular
    Also I know this is probably the big topic in the NBA thread but this kinda news probably deserves it's own thing, I dunno.

  • DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin


    Woj has a pretty airtight track record. This is awful.

  • Green LanternGreen Lantern Registered User regular
    Holy shit

  • ChincymcchillaChincymcchilla Registered User regular
    Kobe Bryant raped a 19 year old girl. There was DNA evidence. He got off because he was rich.

    I'm sorry for the children on that helicopter

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  • SCREECH OF THE FARGSCREECH OF THE FARG #1 PARROTHEAD margaritavilleRegistered User regular
    really terrible about the other people on the helicopter. At least justice found a rapist though

  • WeedLordVegetaWeedLordVegeta Registered User regular


    Gonna feel like this for at least a couple weeks, I think

  • DirtyboyDirtyboy Registered User regular
    Sheriff's Department press conference just said there were 8 passengers and 1 pilot. No names have been officially released and they blasted TMZ for reporting them.

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  • burboburbo Registered User regular
    Chincymcchilla wrote: »
    Kobe Bryant raped a 19 year old girl. There was DNA evidence. He got off because he was rich.

    I'm sorry for the children on that helicopter

    I dont know what happened with them, but how does DNA prove it? He admitted to having sex with her, how does DNA prove or disprove consent?

  • TubeTube Registered User admin
    burbo wrote: »
    Chincymcchilla wrote: »
    Kobe Bryant raped a 19 year old girl. There was DNA evidence. He got off because he was rich.

    I'm sorry for the children on that helicopter

    I dont know what happened with them, but how does DNA prove it? He admitted to having sex with her, how does DNA prove or disprove consent?

    How about you don’t do this

  • Eat it You Nasty Pig.Eat it You Nasty Pig. tell homeland security 'we are the bomb'Registered User regular
    That was what the pre-trial turned on, basically. He claimed it was consensual sex, she said otherwise, and as often the case there was little other compelling direct evidence.

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  • joshofalltradesjoshofalltrades Class Traitor Smoke-filled roomRegistered User regular
    edited January 2020
    His victim had vaginal lacerations inconsistent with consensual sex. He admitted to having sex with her once the detectives said she had submitted to a rape kit. And the lacerations could only have been caused within 24 hours of the rape.

    The only reasons he ever got to do any kind of paid spokesmanship after that are because he was a rapist who happened to be good at a game, he was rich, and we don’t believe women who are raped.

    I’m not, like, happy he’s dead. He should have had to face justice. And calling it “karma” or whatever is insensitive to all the other people who were killed in the crash, none of whom deserved it.

    joshofalltrades on
  • burboburbo Registered User regular
    edited January 2020
    joshofalltrades wrote: »
    His victim had vaginal lacerations inconsistent with consensual sex. He admitted to having sex with her once the detectives said she had submitted to a rape kit. And the lacerations could only have been caused within 24 hours of the rape.

    The only reasons he ever got to do any kind of paid spokesmanship after that are because he was a rapist who happened to be good at a game, he was rich, and we don’t believe women who are raped.

    I’m not, like, happy he’s dead. He should have had to face justice. And calling it “karma” or whatever is insensitive to all the other people who were killed in the crash, none of whom deserved it.

    Ok, thank you for highlighting the physical evidence. I dont need to be particularly pedantic, I'll accept that was what was actually meant by the DNA proof (not that I never needed proof, I was just honestly confused what was meant by that).

    burbo on
  • joshofalltradesjoshofalltrades Class Traitor Smoke-filled roomRegistered User regular
    Any time you see a woman and her reputation dragged through the mud in the lead up to a criminal rape case, you can pretty much go ahead and assume the defendant is a rapist.

  • AthenorAthenor Battle Hardened Optimist The Skies of HiigaraRegistered User regular
    I found out about this news from a friend who always makes "rip" jokes on facebook. When I saw the second one, I realized he wasn't joking.

    I did not know anything about the rape stuff until this thread.

    No matter one's feelings about Kobe himself, this is a tragedy.

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  • ChincymcchillaChincymcchilla Registered User regular
    The event is absolutely a tragedy

    Kobe bryant being dead is fine

    Fuck billionaires, fuck rapists, fuck kobe

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  • burboburbo Registered User regular
    joshofalltrades wrote: »
    Any time you see a woman and her reputation dragged through the mud in the lead up to a criminal rape case, you can pretty much go ahead and assume the defendant is a rapist.

    That's a pretty good point. I was never saying he wasnt a rapist. I was never making a case at all about the likelihood that he did what he was accused of. I was just confused about how DNA figured in.

  • GethGeth Legion Perseus VeilRegistered User, Moderator, Penny Arcade Staff, Vanilla Staff vanilla
    Affirmative Tube. Closing thread...

  • TubeTube Registered User admin
    Let’s keep this in the NBA thread

    Geth, please close this thread.

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