Denver Post
A chronology of the Bryant case
Thursday, October 09, 2003 - Events in the investigation of sexual assault allegations against Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant:
- June 30: Bryant arrives at Lodge & Spa at Cordillera near Edwards, day before knee surgery at Steadman Hawkins Clinic in Vail. - July 1: A 19-year-old employee tells sheriff's deputies Bryant sexually assaulted her. Bryant has knee surgery. - July 2: Sheriff's deputies take Bryant to hospital for tests. - July 4: Sheriff Joe Hoy issues arrest warrant for Bryant, who has returned to California. Bryant flies back to Eagle County, surrenders and is released after posting $25,000 bond. - July 6: Bryant's arrest is made public. - July 18: District Attorney Mark Hurlbert files single count of felony sexual assault. Bryant says he committed adultery but is innocent of assault. - Aug. 6: Bryant makes initial court appearance. - Aug. 21: Judge agrees to unseal the arrest warrant but rejects media requests to see other, more detailed records. - Aug. 22: Defense attorneys deny rumors of plea bargain negotiations. - Sept. 2: Iowa college student John Roche, 22, pleads innocent in federal court to leaving death threat on accuser's answering machine. - Sept. 2: Prosecutors reveal Bryant's attorneys have subpoenaed a Colorado hospital to see his accuser's medical records. Court records later show the defense have asked other health care providers for medical records of the woman. - Sept. 9: Defense issues subpoena seeking to force the woman to testify at the preliminary hearing. - Sept. 10: Prosecutors outline evidence they planned to present at the hearing, including photographs of injuries to the accuser and a videotaped statement by her. - Sept. 18: Swiss man Patrick Graber, 31, arrested in California for investigation of soliciting the murder of Bryant's accuser. Investigators clear Eagle County sheriff and district attorney and their staffs of leaking details about the case to the media. - Sept. 29: Judge orders Vail police to turn over records of 911 calls made from the home of Bryant's accuser. - Oct. 2: Judge rules the woman does not have to testify during the preliminary hearing and denies defense requests to see her medical records. - Oct. 3: Bryant is a no-show for the Los Angeles Lakers' first full-squad practice at camp in Honolulu. He arrives the next day. |