Site IDs wrong woman in Bryant case

[chiburb]

EAGLE, Colorado (AP) -- The family of a young woman wrongly identified on the Internet as Kobe Bryant's accuser has hired an attorney in hopes of stopping her image from being circulated online.

Attorney Sienna LaRene said the parents, Bob and Beth Matthews of Eagle, aren't looking for financial damages.

"They just want this to stop," LaRene said. "This is a wildfire out of control, and the only way to stop it is people to do the right and responsible thing."

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/07/25/bryant.misidentified.ap/index.html

[pw]

1. On the other hand

Bankrupting the folks responsible might encourage others to fact-check a little more carefully when violating someone's privacy

[rocktivity]

2. BWAH HA HA HA HA!!!! SERVES THEM RIGHT!!!!!

And I say the family should sue them for every dime they've got! Happy happy joy joy!!!

rocknation

[Rich Hunt]

3. nasty website

There is a nasty website out there - freekobe.com, I think, where links to these pictures have been posted, and all sorts of slime are on the board posting vicious things about this woman's appearance and her body, etc. (in fact, she is quite attractive).

I really, really hope they get their comeuppance.

It's as if some people sit around waiting for the opportunity to hate some woman.

[rocktivity]

4. And what is the name address of the site?

Shouldn't THEIR names be publicized? Unlike the accuser, they've EARNED their humiliation! It's only fair....

rocknation

[Rich Hunt]

7. links to the photo sites

can be found in the forums at :

http://www.freekobe.com

and I hope all of the people spreading these pictures around get busted.

[FireHeart]

5. and people wonder why...

the identities of rape victims should NOT be exposed. This kind of thing does happen all too often.

[Heddi]

6. oh well you know

we should check into that "fake" victim's past to see if she's ever attempted suicide---because if she has, then she has no credibility and is lying and probably *IS* the real victim. She's just after Kobe's money. She was asking for it. I mean, why in her right mind would she ever have someone take her picture if she wasn't willing to have it wrongly posted on a website and have herself wrongly accused as an alleged rape victim. It's all her fault. </mysogonistic poster mode>

[brokensymmetry]

8. Great news!

:toast:

[chiburb]

9. Unbelievable!

Only 1 hour and 34 minutes 'till the 1st reply to this thread. I couldn't believe it when I saw it sink like a stone, but I guess you never know...

[Scout]

10. kick

they SHOULD sue the assholes at that site...

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

11. and some Du'ers bought into it

Since then, some Web sites have altered photos to put the wrong woman's face on nude bodies, she said, and others have attached text calling her every combination of profanity imaginable.