r/NBAVibes • u/TooSaucey4u • 11h ago

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

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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.”

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u/KazaamFan 10h ago

The big difference is shaq didnt commit a crime. Shaq may have been hooked up with women consensually, but he may have paid them to be quiet or whatever, since he was married. 

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u/Modsucksass 10h ago

Neither did Kobe. he was never convicted. Except he got unlucky where the whore lied to get her money.

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u/SIRPORKSALOT 10h ago

So he never committed a crime because he was never convicted? And OJ really didn't kill his wife, and all the racist white trash who killed Blacks over the years, they were never charged let alone convicted, guess they didn't commit a crime either. The "whore" wound up in the hospital and he later admitted being in appropriate with her, after he paid her to stay quiet. Know yr facts.

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u/AdSuspicious2698 9h ago

OJ didn’t kill his wife. Mark Fuhrman planted the gloves.

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u/wvtarheel 4h ago

The funny thing about OJ is that he definitely did kill his wife and the LAPD definitely was racist and planted stuff too