August 1, 2004 – 12:00 am
The judge in the Kobe Bryant case ruled in that some limited information about his accuser’s sexual history would be admissible at trial.
District Judge Terry Ruckriegle ruled that details about the woman’s sexual activities in the three days before her July 1, 2003 rape examination are relevant to the case and would be admissible. […]
In February 2001 the United States District Court for the Eastern District issued a ruling in an odd rape case that boiled down to this: do rape shield laws protect accusers from being questioned about previous false allegations of rape that the accuser may have filed?
The case involved Wisconsin resident Jessie L. Redmond who […]