Those accused of rape have rights, too...

[RS Davis]

[glow=red,2,300]Cathy Young Wrote:[/glow]The judge in the Kobe Bryant sexual assault case has ruled that the basketball star will go to trial even though the evidence against him is slim. Meanwhile, the hardball tactics of the defense, which has requested access to the accuser's health records and has disclosed that the young woman had had sexual intercourse with two other men in the three days preceding her encounter with Bryant, have come under harsh criticism from victim advocates. "Trying to shift the blame is a standard tactic for rape defendants, but this was a new low in attacking the victim," Cynthia Stone of the Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault told the Denver Post.

- Rick