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EAGLE, Colo. - The criminal case against Kobe Bryant case collapsed Wednesday as prosecutors said they had no choice but to drop the sexual assault charge because the NBA star?s accuser no longer wanted to participate.
Bryant, whose trial had been days from opening arguments, responded with an apology to the woman who had accused him and whose civil suit for damages is still pending.
?Although I truly believe this encounter between us was consensual, I recognize now that she did not and does not view this incident the same way I did,? Bryant said. ?I now understand how she feels that she did not consent to this encounter.?
MSNBC