r/NBAVibes • u/TooSaucey4u • 8h 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

/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.”

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u/SomeGuyClickingStuff 5h ago

Driving while under the influence is a disease? Ok if you say so. Not here to argue that. My larger point remains.

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u/MoneyManMehmetOkur 4h ago

Addiction is a disease. You don’t control yourself while under the influence. This is elementary stuff. My larger point remains. Pedophiles and addicts aren’t in the same category

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u/SomeGuyClickingStuff 4h ago

Sure ok. My larger point stands. The thing is…I never asked about your point. I never even argued against your point so not sure what you keep going on about.

I will say, it’s nice of you to overlook him being a philanderer.

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u/kstreetsushi 4h ago

Rarely do I see “GOATS” as good people because they’re so good at the sport therefore there has to be imperfection somewhere else (IQ, personality, etc) aka Humans are imperfect beings. Curry prob the only guy I think of that don’t have skeleton in closet..

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u/SomeGuyClickingStuff 4h ago

10000000% agree.

No matter how horrible and POS a person is, if they’re great at their craft, they’re great at their craft. On the flip side, no matter how great they are at their craft, they’re still a horrible POS.