... set a good example because a lot of little kids look up to her. Many children also look up to Kobe Bryant. Bryant had a clean image like Spear's, but is watching his image go down because of his case. Bryant was accused of raping a 19 year old girl in Colorado. His image made him look like the perfect human ... . It was too good to be true, and many fans felt cheated because to many people Bryant was perfect. Kobe could face four years to life in jail, and doesn't need to care about his image right now. Bryant is innocent until proven guilty of the crime he was accused of. What he is guil...

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... people into believing him to be so virtuous, there is absolutely no way to truly know the multi-million dollar athlete on television. Thus, Barkley's statement struck a chord with me. Kobe Bryant was trying very hard to make me change my mind. He was the intelligent athlete who spoke Italian, spent his evenings playing video games rather than getting into bar fights ... , didn't have a litter of illegitimate kids all over the country, dressed nicely, and actually seemed to care about his image off the court. Recently, Bryant was accused of raping a19 year-old Denver woman. Though this ac...

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... victim of this assault had to undergo many surgeries. Crimes like these should be prosecuted to the same level that they would if they where committed on the street. Recently Kobe Bryant, the man who was believed to take Michel Jordan's place as poster boy for the NBA, was accused of rape. A trial which would otherwise not receive so much attention had ... ...

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... with these superstars. Examples such as the Randy Moss incident last year, when he failed to yield for a female police officer and hit her with his car. Or the new Kobe Bryant case, where he is facing charges for rape. As these incidents keep building up the players are going to be more scrutinized than ever. But what needs to be understood ... ...

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