Kobe’s Kryptonite Revealed!!!
By Dennis Freeman
It must be the money that 20-year-old Katelyn Faber has been after all along. That’s how some in the Black community feel about Faber’s motives after accusing Kobe Bryant of rape last summer.
Now with Bryant’s criminal case dropped last week, due in some part to Faber’s reluctance to participate, and due to some legal setbacks that hurt the prosecution’s case, Faber is looking for another recourse to settle things: money.
“ I think that it was all about the money, “said Los Angeles beautician Shelia Webb. “ Maybe, his attitude changed after they had sex. The district attorney was trying to get some stripes and they (Eagle County) were trying to get some publicity. He shouldn’t have been cheating on his wife. And she’s an ugly white girl. He has a beautiful wife. He should be drug-tested. He could have gotten a call girl.
“He should have already known those white people were already there to knock him down. I think those people are prejudiced. They thought they were going to get themselves another nigger.”
Faber, who accused the Los Angeles Lakers star of raping her at the Lodge and Spa at cordillera, a Colorado resort, decided she did not want any part of going through with the criminal trial.
Faber, who would have had some of her sexual history revealed during the trial, bailed out on Eagle County District Attorney Mark Hurlbert, causing the sexual assault case against Bryant to be dismissed.
However, Faber is willing to go through with the civil trial, which could result in her receiving monetary damages for the alleged incident.
Even though there are rumors of ongoing negotiations between Bryant’s lawyers and Faber’s attorney, John Clune for a settlement, a civil trial still remain a possibility.
Which makes Faber’s allegations of rape appear to be nothing more than a systematic ploy to wrest money away from Bryant’s bank account.
Rosalind Butler, a Los Angeles schoolteacher, said Faber’s credibility got no brownie points with her. Butler said she doesn’t believe Bryant raped the former University of Northern Colorado student. “I think she’s a hotel hooker and bellhop was her pimp. Her background was so scandalous they would have gotten laughed out of court. I think that’s the reason they didn’t prosecute the case. I don’t think that her credibility would have stood up in court. She has some real issues.”
One of those issues that Faber would have been confronted with would have been the 72-hours time period after the alleged rape took place and before her rape test. Bryant’s attorneys contended that Faber had sex with other men before and after the alleged rape took place. Semen found by the defense’s DNA experts concluded that Faber had sex with at least two other men.
It’s a situation Bryant should not have found himself in, said former boxing heavyweight champion Tim Witherspoon. Witherspoon knows a thing or two about the trappings of success and what kinds of temptation that comes when you’re a celebrity.
Witherspoon said Bryant may have gotten caught up in the moment, but the doesn’t believe he raped Faber.
“He was in the wrong place at the wrong time in the wrong state,” Witherspoon said. “Who would think that Kobe Bryant raped somebody? I don’t think he did it. He has money-he can go get him some. But it can happen to anybody.”
Tracey Harris doesn’t buy in to that logic. She thinks Bryant is a rapist.
“He took something that wasn’t this,” Harris said. “I think he raped her.”
Other folks feel the same way as Harris, especially after Bryant issued a written apology to Faber, and at one point telling the woman he was sorry he didn’t make himself clear about his intentions.
“I’m very unhappy with Kobe Bryant,” said South Los Angeles resident Craig Douglas. “He was way too apologetic. The apology made it look like he was guilty. I wouldn’t give her a penny. There wouldn’t be any negotiations. That girl was bragging from the beginning. She was a round-the-way type girl.
“Kobe lost a lot respect from the Black community. A lot of people see him as being guilty after he apologized. I have no respect for him now. The man doesn’t even know his own history. I think that the man is an ‘Uncle Tom’”.
Bryant’s criminal case cost the residents of Eagle County $277,197 and the Eagle County Sheriff’s Office $73,950. It may cost the 26-year-old Bryant a lot more to buy off Faber, who filed the civil suit against him Aug. 10, in a Denver federal court.
Under Colorado law, civil cases can award as much as $750,000 for pain and suffering. Faber and her attorney may be trying to seek more since Faber will likely be citing emotional distress, pain and suffering. However, Bryant’s attorneys, Pamela Mackey and Hal Haddon will be free to deposed the Faber and then grill her about her medical, pschycological and sexual history. These are the same issues Faber would have had to address in Bryant’s criminal trial.
But there will be no criminal trial. There won’t be any kind of a circus atmosphere for eagle County to revel in, and there won’t be any more posturing by a visibly defeated district attorney, who took himself off the case a little more than a month ago.
Eagle County Sheriff Joseph Hoy, who had Bryant arrested, agreed with Faber’s decision not to go through with the criminal trial.

Charter School named in honor of Dr. Harmon Kelly
Article submitted by Teresa Johnson, Development Director The School of Excellence in Education
On Wednesday, August 25, 2004 at 3:00 p.m. an impressive naming ceremony was held in honor of Harmon W. Kelly, M.D. Dr. Harmon W. Kelley practices medicine with his daughter Dr. Margaret A. Kelley, both certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology. He and his wife, Harriet, are collectors of Art and daughter, Jennifer Kelley is a license Social Worker with City Public Service.
The School of Excellence School District has four branches. The Harmon W. Kelley Elementary is one of the first four schools named which houses grades Pre-Kindergarten through 6th Grades. This campus is located at 802 Oblate Street, San Antonio, Texas 78216. This beautiful campus is very conducive to learning. The students started school on August 16, 2004. The administration requires students to be respectful, courteous and kind. They have a personal responsibility to meet the standards required by the Board of Directors of the School of Excellence.
Dr. Harmon Kelley was introduced by a 5th Grade Student. Superintendent, Ricky L. Hooker, presented Dr. Kelley with a plaque. A reception followed with the presence of dignitaries, Board Members, current students, faculty, friends and the family of Dr. Harmon W. Kelley. Matari Jones of KMOL-TV4 interviewed Dr. Kelley.
The community is invited to visit the school. Open enrollment is based on a first come, first bases.
After School Achievers classes are available at each campus from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.