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Article: Bryant 'terrified' about effect on his family
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- China Daily
- Article date:
- October 6, 2003
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HONOLULU: Kobe Bryant returned to the basketball court, admittedly
out of shape and scared about what lies ahead for his family as his
rape case proceeds.
After participating in a few drills with his Los Angeles Lakers
teammates at Saturday's training camp, the superstar guard said he
considered not playing until his case is settled.
"Basketball to me just took a back seat, man," Bryant said in his
first public comments since July 18, the day he was charged with
sexually assaulting a 19-year-old woman in Eagle, Colorado.
Surrounded by a throng of media in a steamy gym at the University
of Hawaii, Bryant said he decided about a month ago that he would