Snoop Dogg, LeBron And 50 Cent Slam Gayle King For Kobe Bryant Rape Case Question
Gayle King made a terrible mistake at the very same moment she brought up Kobe Bryant and his rape scandal. This caused an avalanche of negative reactions. Numerous celebrities slammed the This Morning host. Gayle talked to Kobe’s best friend, WNBA star Lisa Leslie. At some point, she started talking about the rape. Lisa and Kobe were really great friends.
Kobe was hit with a civil lawsuit in 2004. The case was brought to an end as the two parties settled. The girl refused to testify. In her case, the settlement reached more than $2.5 million. Of course, this wasn’t confirmed because it was a confidentiality agreement.
“It’s been said that his legacy is complicated because of a sexual assault charge, which was dismissed in 2003, 2004,” Gayle said to Leslie. “Is it complicated for you as a woman, as a WNBA player?”
“It’s not complicated for me at all,” Leslie responded. “Even if there’s a few times that we’ve been at a club at the same time, Kobe’s not the kind of guy—never been, like, you know, ‘Lis, go get that girl, or tell her or send her this.’ I have other NBA friends that are like that. Kobe was never like that.
“I just never, have ever seen him being the kind of person that would do something to violate a woman or be aggressive in that way. That’s just not the person that I know. I just don’t believe that. And I’m not saying things didn’t happen. I just don’t believe that things didn’t happen with force.”
According to her, the media had a lot of time to ask questions about Kobe’s scandal. Why would they open the topic two weeks after his retirement?
Gayle King made a mistake by mentioning Kobe Bryant and the rape scandal
Numerous celebrities reacted to the scandal, including Lakers superstar LeBron James, Snoop Dogg and 50 Cent.
50 Cent slammed the host and Oprah Winfrey for hanging out with Harvey Weinstein. He was accused of sexual assault, remember?
LeBron took to Twitter to express his support for Lisa. She had to go through a nightmare.
Snoop Dogg shared his thoughts, too.
Well, King tried to excuse her moves, and she said the video was taken out of context. Really? She picked the wrong time to ask questions about an NBA legend. Fans still mourn over his death, and she comes up with this question? King came up with an excuse for her interview. But nothing changes the fact that she added salt to the injury. What about Kobe’s wife Vanessa? She lost her husband and Gianna in the crash. King should have been more respectful.
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