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Originally posted by uno
There is a good chance he can lose 20 million dollars annually because of potentially false accusations. I'm not saying they ARE false. I'm also not saying he did or didn't do it. The accusations are potentially way more life shattering for Kobe than for the accuser. He'll be famous for a long time to come and things like this have a tendency to haunt. She'll have her 15 minutes and thats it. Anyone committing such crimes against her ("This girl is going to have psychos calling her house, harrassing her at work and on the streets, putting bricks through her windows, etc.") SHOULD and will be prosecuted.
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Look at the other figures in sports and in basketball specifically. What could possibly give you the idea that this will cost Kobe any money? If he stands up in the courtroom and throttles the girl to death in front of the jury there will be ten teams lined up to recruit him when he gets out. Endorsements? Maybe, maybe not. Probably depends on a conviction. If he's convicted, he deserves to lose it.
Raw dollars are not the measure of life. Even if he loses $20,000,000/year from this he'll go right on making more money than most people can even dream of because, short of dying, there is always plenty of money to be had if you are a sports star.
SpaceAce