Friend of Kobe's accuser says she try'd commiting suicide twice last year!!!

[PLANT]

DENVER (AP) -- The woman accusing Kobe Bryant of rape attempted suicide twice this year, but feels emotionally strong as the case against the NBA star proceeds, a friend said.

In an interview to be aired Saturday on CBS's 48 Hours Investigates, Johnray Strickland confirmed the 19-year-old woman attempted suicide twice this year.

"I think we have all moved on from that and that was a dark time," he said.

"She is a completely stable person," he said. "These things had happened to her but she has been through so much and she is continuing to go through so much."

Strickland said the woman asked him to tell part of her story. He is not bound by a judge's gag order that silences people directly involved in the case.

"She just wanted somebody to come out and really stand up for her," he said.

Strickland, 19, met the woman while the two attended the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley early this year. He has returned to school; she has not. He said they dated for a time and remain close friends.

SI.com's Roy S. Johnson
Heal thyself, Kobe
For the first time in quite awhile, Kobe Bryant made the right move. On Thursday eight of his Los Angeles Lakers teammates boarded a private jet bound for Hawaii -- where they kicked off training camp on Oct. 3 -- but Bryant was nowhere to be found.


 
He said she is scared of Bryant and would like to see him jailed.

Bryant, 25, is charged with sexual assaulting the woman June 30 in his suite at a mountain resort where she worked. The Los Angeles Lakers' guard has said the two had consensual sex. Free on $25,000 bond, the Los Angeles Lakers star is scheduled to appear Thursday in Eagle for a preliminary hearing to determine whether he will stand trial.

Prosecutors indicated they plan to hire a specialist in strangulation injuries and other expert witnesses to testify at trial.

District Attorney Mark Hurlbert has asked for nearly $200,000 above his proposed 2004 budget of $2.1 million to cover expenses in the case, including $143,000 for additional staff and $45,500 for expert witnesses and other trial preparation costs, spokeswoman Krista Flannigan said Friday.


 
Flannigan would not comment on what kind of testimony the prosecution expected from the experts.

Hurlbert, whose district covers Eagle, Summit, Clear Creek and Lake counties, told officials from the counties Thursday that the Bryant case will require more money.

Eagle County commissioners earlier this year approved an additional $105,000 for Hurlbert's office for expenses in the case that could come up this fiscal year, which ends Dec. 31.

Summit County Commission Chairman Gary Lindstrom said he expected the counties to approve the new request.

[Perfection]

It's pretty clear that these "friends" of hers aren't really her friends because a real friend wouldn't keep on giving negative info to the press.

[ROCCY]

Well, it's obviously somebody who knows her, and he knows she's a dumb bitch...She overdosed on pills quite a few times as well...It's pretty clear that this bitch has problems, don't you think?

[PLANT]

Well, it's obviously somebody who knows her, and he knows she's a dumb bitch...She overdosed on pills quite a few times as well...It's pretty clear that this bitch has problems, don't you think?

Definatly, this bitch has problems.

[JTSimon]

Kobe still raped her...looks like he gonna hit the cell for a long time.

  haha

[dexter]

She's unstable. The dumb ass Colorado judge should figure that out!!!! Drop the case.  She wasnt RAPED even if she was she's so whacked out she wouldn't know.

[dexter]

Some lawyer on FOX said this case could be won by a Legal Aid and it should be dropped cause its so full of holes.

[PinkTowelGirl]

why are people still even talking about this issue... they twisted the stories up to the point, where it is rather pointless to pay attention to what anyone says.

[JTSimon]

why are people still even talking about this issue... they twisted the stories up to the point, where it is rather pointless to pay attention to what anyone says.

Umm maybe because Kobe's preliminary hearing is scheduled for October 9.


Kobe couldn't resist his Britney fantasy

[bez]

She seems like just another typical girl crying rape.  She prob fucked him and thought fuck it, I'll make a few dollars here.

[ZILLA THA GOODFELLA]

lol @ her "friends" makin money off her name wit tha press....shiiiit, this shit's gone on long enuff....they judge should just drop tha case....fuck da bullshit....

[Perfection]

She seems like just another typical girl crying rape.  She prob fucked him and thought fuck it, I'll make a few dollars here.

This is Bullshit! This is just another case of people defending Kobe just because they don't want to come to terms with the fact that their "hero" Kobe may of raped and might possibly be going to jail.

Reporting Kobe's people offered her $5Million settlement, but she turned them down because she just wants to see Kobe put behind bars for what he might of done to her.

So just stop kissing Kobe's ass and wait till all the facts come out before you start characterizing the accuser and Kobe as either the bitch or wrongfully accused.

[PLANT]

She seems like just another typical girl crying rape.  She prob fucked him and thought fuck it, I'll make a few dollars here.

Sad, but true.

[mikeOG]

Reporting Kobe's people offered her $5Million settlement, but she turned them down because she just wants to see Kobe put behind bars for what he might of done to her.

this rumor was squashed by kobe's attorney a day after that rumor came out..attorney basically said this is false and we will not settle for anything.

there are alot of false story's/rumors out there and people are makin shit up..

I got a few for example.....one of the 911 calls from her house was a rape accusation made by her, the suspect was her father.. or her braggin about kobes size in a party, she was giving hand gestures..can go on and on..
btw I dunno why she's scared of kobe..its not like he's gonna go to colorado and harm her, he's only the most known sports athlete in the world right now..

I think they had sex and after kobe told her to leave, she felt like a filthy whore thus the tears so she wanted revenge and wants him in jail. Remember she always wanted to be famous and once bragged to her freind about sleeping with a justin timberlake look alike  

[Perfection]

I think everyone shold just shut up about this case because it's clear that no one hear wants to hear any bad news about Kobe, (who by the way is a loner on that team), and so you're bias cause for some reason Kobe seems to be you're hero.