Vanessa Bryant says that Evan Rachel Wood calling her late husband Kobe Bryant “rapist” the day he died is “vile” and “disturbing”.
Hours after Kobe’s death on January 26, 2020, the “Westworld” actress, 33, tweeted: “What happened is tragic. I am heartbroken for Kobe’s family. He was a sport hero. He too he was a rapist. And all of these truths can exist simultaneously. “
Vanessa, 38, posted on Saturday in her Instagram story that the tweet was catching her eye a year later.
ARCHIVE – In this April 13, 2016 archive photo, Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers poses for photos with his wife Vanessa, on the left, and daughters Natalia, the second from the right, and Gianna on the court after a game of NBA basketball against Utah Jazz in Los Angeles. Kobe Bryant’s legacy may be stronger than ever. Tuesday, January 26, 2021, marks the anniversary of the accident that claimed the lives of Bryant, Gianna and seven others. (AP Photo / Mark J. Terrill, Archive)
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“Your fake, insensitive, defamatory and slanderous tweet on 1/26/20 is vile and disturbing to say the least,” wrote the NBA player’s widow about a screenshot of the original tweet. “Such behavior is part of the reason why innocent blacks go to prison for crimes they did not commit. An accusation does not make anyone guilty.”
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“YOU DON’T KNOW THE FACTS OF THE CASE,” she added. Vanessa sent the same message to film producer Abigail Disney, who tweeted at the time: “The man was a rapist. Deal with it.”
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Kobe was charged with sexual assault in 2003 by an employee of a 19-year-old hotel in Colorado. Prosecutors dropped the charges after the accuser refused to testify. She later filed a civil suit against the Los Angeles Laker, which was settled out of court in 2005.
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