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EAGLE, Colo. — The 19-year-old woman who has accused basketball star Kobe Bryant of sexual assault told investigators he grabbed her neck and raped her from behind, repeatedly asking, "You're not going to tell anyone, right?," a detective testified Thursday.
Eagle County Sheriff's Detective Doug Winters described the encounter in graphic detail at a preliminary hearing.
Winters described how, according to the woman, an exciting, chance meeting with the Los Angeles Lakers superstar led to an assault that left her shaken and in tears. She said she told Bryant "no" at least twice and he ignored her.
It began with a tour of the resort on June 30 that led to some flirting. She went back to Bryant's room and, after some conversation, showed him a tattoo on her ankle, then turned down his request to join him in the hot tub, Winters said.
Her shift at the front desk was ending and she wanted to go home, he said. "She stated she was starting to feel a bit uncomfortable."
She stood up to leave and Bryant gave her a hug that led to some consensual kissing, Winters said.
When she turned around to go, Bryant grabbed her by the neck from behind, pulled up her skirt and raped her against a chair, Winters said. The woman said that Bryant forced her to kiss his penis after the attack, Winters testified.
During and after the alleged attack, Winters said that Bryant kept asking, "You're not going to tell anyone, right?" She said she agreed at one point.
"She didn't want him to commit more physical harm to her," Winters said.