With Kobe Bryant adulation — and an alleged rape — women who’ve been sexually assaulted are traumatized again

Experts likened the dynamic to the anguish generated by the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court justice Brett Kavanaugh in September 2018.

Kobe Bryant and his wife Vanessa held hands during a news conference in Los Angeles in July 2003 after a sexual assault case against him was dismissed. — Kobe Bryant and his wife Vanessa held hands during a news conference in Los Angeles in July 2003 after a sexual assault case against him was dismissed.Read moreAP File

by Alfred Lubrano

Published Jan. 30, 2020, 5:00 a.m. ET

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