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Colorado Court Violate Privacy of Accuser

After several embarrassing leaks of personal information about the accuser in the Kobe Bryant sexual assault case the judge presiding over the case apologized. The accusers parents were present in the courtroom to hear the judge�s apology for the leaks of information, including the name, address and details about her sex life of the accuser to the media. The judge characterized the three leaks as clerical errors that allowed the sensitive information to become public.

Bryant judge apologizes for leaks, San Jose Mercury News, August 2, 2004