By The Associated Press In a setback for Kobe Bryant, a judge ruled Friday that notes made by a victims advocate who sat in on a police interview with the woman Bryant is accused of raping cannot be given to defense attorneys.
State District Judge Terry Ruckriegle wrote that state law provides such strong privacy protection for communications between victims and victim advocates that he cannot even review the notes in private to determine whether they are relevant to the case.
He is scheduled to appear in Eagle for a hearing Monday and Tuesday before Ruckriegle for arguments on his attorneys request to throw out evidence including statements Bryant made during an interview with investigators. The defense is also seeking the womans medical history.
The victims advocate, whose name has not been released, sat in during a police interview of the woman on July 1, the day after the alleged attack at a resort near Vail.
The advocate made some notes later, and Ruckriegle has said the defense was particularly interested in a single sentence.
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