Kobe Bryant: More Secrets Revealed

When the transcript of a June 22 closed hearing in the sexual-assault case of Kobe Bryant was inadvertently released, the press had the expected field day. In the document, defense expert Dr. Elizabeth Johnson presented evidence that suggested Bryant's accuser may have had sex with another man not long after her encounter with Bryant--raising doubts about whether it was Bryant who caused the former college student's vaginal trauma and lending credence to his assertion that the sex was consensual. Speculation flew that the prosecution's case was collapsing and that the charges would be dropped.

But the transcript suggests that Johnson's testimony...

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