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Article: Kobe case shows text messages don't really get deleted
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- June 7, 2004
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DENVER -- A few hours after NBA star Kobe Bryant had sex with a
hotel worker, the woman exchanged cell phone text messages with a
former boyfriend and someone else.
What's in those messages could help determine whether the sex was
consensual or whether Bryant is guilty of rape as charged. The judge
himself said the content may be "highly relevant" to the case.
That the judge could order the woman's cell phone company to
produce the messages so long after they were sent shouldn't surprise
anyone, analysts say.
Texters beware. Like e-mail, text messages tend to be saved on
servers.
"One of the false ...