acehistr8 said:
Unfortunately for now Scott, this cant just be dropped. As a criminal matter it would have had to be settled before charges were filed. As opposed to a civil proceding, this is out of the victims hands now. Once the DA files charges, thats it, Kobe cant just "buy her off" anymore because the DA is in charge. And even after the DA is done with Kobe, she could still file a civil case if she wanted to. This of course would most likely be settled long before it hit a courtroom.
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ace
remember Iverson wasnt going to be dropped either. All it takes is the victim forgetting things happened after receiving large amounts of cash. Kobe may get out of this under 10 million. Didnt M Jackson also buy his way out of trouble by paying off the family.
Its all about the money when it gets right down to it.
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" The league prefers the stance of silence until court proceedings are completed, which played out well last summer when Philadelphia's Allen Iverson was charged with four felonies involving a weapon and assault. Those charges were later reduced to two misdemeanors."
" -- The Associated Press
Iverson was charged in July with barging into an apartment with a gun and threatening two men while looking for his wife. All but two of the charges were dismissed in July after Iverson's two accusers couldn't agree on whether he had displayed a weapon.
District Attorney Lynne Abraham said Thursday she would drop the remaining charges because the men didn't want to testify. Municipal Court Administrative Judge Seamus P. McCaffery issued a written order signing off on the request.
Charges also were dropped against Iverson's uncle, Gregory, who police said had been with the NBA All-Star the night he looked for his wife.
Assistant District Attorney Charles Ehrlich, the lead prosecutor on the case, said Jones and Carey had relayed through their mothers that they didn't want to testify."We are gratified by today's decision to drop all remaining charges against Allen Iverson," the 76ers said in a statement. "From the beginning, we urged our fans, the press and the public not to immediately react, but to allow the matter to be processed by the judicial system."
Abraham denied that Iverson had received star treatment. She said prosecutors routinely drop cases in which complaining witnesses decide they don't want to testify.
Through it all, Iverson, who led the 76ers to the NBA Finals and was named the league's MVP in 2001, remains enormously popular. His 76ers jersey is the among the league's top sellers, and Reebok last year gave Iverson a lifetime extension of his 10-year, $50 million endorsement contract."
KOD