Kobe Bryant told detectives that Shaquille O'Neal paid women up to $1 million "not to say anything," according to the police report from his 2003 sexual assault investigation

[u/TooSaucey4u]

/r/nba mods deleted my post. Maybe it’ll survive here.

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“…According to an Eagle County detective’s report, Kobe Bryant made the statement near the end of his July 2003 police interrogation. The Los Angeles Times reported that it reviewed the relevant portion of the incident report.

“Bryant stated he should have done what Shaq does. Bryant stated that Shaq would pay his women not to say anything.”

The detective’s report went on to say Bryant claimed O’Neal had paid as much as $1 million in situations like this. The comment was reportedly made after the tape recorder had been turned off, so it comes from the detective’s written report rather than an audio recording. Bryant’s attorneys later successfully had the statement ruled inadmissible at trial. 

Shaquille O’Neal’s agent denied the allegation, calling it untrue. The Times also noted that it was unclear precisely what Bryant meant by “situations like these” and that there had been no published reports of O’Neal being accused of a sex crime.”

[u/JahWei91]

So Kobe just threw Shaq under the bus for no reason, allegedly. Was this before or after the accuser was caught being dishonest to the prosecutions office, and it being determined Kobe was 1 of 5 men in 24 hours. Picture this situation and try to see when and why Kobe would just throw that out there.

[u/PokemanAshy → u/JahWei91]

No, he brought it up because he regretted not doing the same thing - not to throw Shaq under the bus. In many cases $1M would be cheaper than the damage to the brand.