i think letting the worst of someone define who they are is bad form. concerning kobe’s trial for rape: kobe and the victim worked that out years ago and tho kobe was never convicted, tho at the time immediately after he didn’t view the encounter the same as her, after hearing how she perceived the events throughout discovery he absolutely saw how he used his power to exploit a woman into that situation. he gave her an unsolicited public apology as far as i know and he settled up with her to make it as right as he could. he acknowledged what he did was wrong and he grew to become a better person because of it. what more should we expect from him? is he just wholly irredeemable because of a single night of terrible choices in 2003?