Kobe

 

  • Natalia Diamante Bryant, Bryant's daughter.
Defense

 

  • Pamela R. Mackey, Esq. (Bar No. 15136, admitted 10/30/85)
    Haddon, Morgan, Mueller, Jordan, Mackey & Foreman
    150 E. 10th Avenue
    Denver, Colorado 80203-2740
    Tel: (303) 831-7364
    Fax: (303) 832-2826

    Law School: George Washington University, JD 1985
    R�sum�:Deputy State Public Defender, Colorado 1989-1994 before joining the Denver firm of Haddon, Morgan, Mueller, Jordan, Mackey & Foreman.
    Former clients: Colorado Avalanche goalie Patrick Roy and Jeane Newmaker, charged in the death of her 10-year-old adoptive daughter during a "rebirthing session."

  • Harold A. Haddon, Esq. (Bar No. 1596, admitted 10/04/66)
    Haddon, Morgan, Mueller, Jordan, Mackey & Foreman
    150 E. 10th Avenue
    Denver, Colorado 80203-2740
    Tel: (303) 831-7364
    Fax: (303) 832-2826

    Law School: Duke University, JD 1966
    R�sum�: Federal Judicial Selection Commission of Colorado, 1994 (chairman) and 1998. Chairman U.S. Attorney Selection Commission of Colorado, 1993. Special Prosecutor for the State Grand Jury, 1976 and 1977. Adjunct Professor of Law, Criminal Trial Advocacy, Denver University School of Law 1972-1973. Chief Trial Deputy, Colorado State Public Defender's Office, 1970-1974. Ran Gary Hart's 1988 presidential campaign.
    Former clients: John & Patricia Ramsey; Hunter S. Thompson

Kate

 

  • Paul Louis Faber, Kate's father.
  • Kristine Ann Faber, Kate's mother.
  • Two brothers.
  • Mariah (Carey), Kate's dog.
Kate's Lawyers

 

  • John C. Clune, Esq. (Bar No. 27684, admitted ??)
    Wheeler & Clune, LLC
    Alpine Bank Building, Suite 101
    Avon, Colorado 81620
    Tel: (970) 845-8680
    Fax: (970) 845-8604

    R�sum�: Not publicly available through the Colorado Bar Association.

Suicide Gesture

 

  • According to Stedman's Medical Dictionary, 27th Edition, a suicide gesture is an apparent attempt at suicide by someone wishing to attract attention, gain sympathy, or achieve some goal other than self-destruction.
Venue

 

  • Eagle County, Colorado
  • From 1988 through 1990, Eagle County Sheriff's deputies stopped 402 black and Latino drivers and passengers on suspicion of drug smuggling. Many of the motorists alleged that they had been coerced into consenting to searches, although none was ever arrested or ticketed for any drug offense. Almost no whites were stopped during the same time period.
  • United States v. Laymon, 730 F.Supp. 332, 336-37 (D.Colo.1990).
    One of the first criminal cases in the Tenth Circuit where racial profiling was alleged in connection with a traffic stop and asserted as a basis to grant a motion to suppress evidence. In Laymon the Eagle County Sheriff admitted that racial profiling was considered as part of its drug interdiction program.
    • Defendant Louis Laymon was a passenger in a vehicle owned by him and driven by a friend. The vehicle had California license plates and was traveling east toward Denver on I-70, well within the 65-mile-per-hour speed limit, when it was pulled over by Sgt. James Perry of the Eagle County Sheriff's Office. Sgt. Perry testified that he pulled the car over because it was weaving. Perry issued a warning for the weaving and then asked consent to search the vehicle for drugs. During the search, Perry found what appeared to be cocaine.
    • The court evaluated Perry's activity logs and determined that over a period of time, he had engaged in racist law enforcement tactics. The court found Perry made stops based solely on racial profile factors. Even after Perry learned this practice was not constitutionally permissible, he continued to make stops that were racially based. The court found Perry not to be a credible witness and stated that Perry had engaged in a "pattern, practice, and habit of racist law enforcement." The court further found Perry's stops to be pretextual and in violation of the Fourth Amendment. In other words, the court held that an analysis of whether or not a stop was pretextual was appropriate under the Fourth Amendment.
  • Whitfield v. Board of County Comm'rs of Eagle, 837 F.Supp. 338 (D.Colo. 1993).
    The Laymon findings led to this class action lawsuit where the Court determined whether racially profiled traffic stops violated the Fourth Amendment's prohibition against unreasonable searches, thereby violating the Fourteenth Amendment. Class plaintiffs were black motorists stopped by Eagle County Sheriff's officers between May and December 1988. Defendants included the Eagle County Board of County Commissioners, Eagle County Sheriff A.J. Johnson and 20 former or current officers, including Lee Roybal, James Perry, Larry Sherrell, Jeffery Townsend, Mike McWilliams, Charles A. Phillips, Margaret Neff, Michael Bosley, Steven Huskey, Robert Dawson, Greg Casady, Dean Everding, James F. Plank, Steven Wade, Flint Chambers, Tom Carline, D.P. Zabrinski, Jeff Beavers, Cindy Hurd and A. Curtis.
    • In granting plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment, the Court held that race is wholly inappropriate to define an entire class of suspects and any reliance on racial profiling as a basis to stop motorists was unconstitutional: Without particularization as to a specific person, transaction or incident, the naked inference would be that race correlates to criminal behavior. Such an equation of race with suspicious criminal activity would be nothing more than a racist assumption, and I have previously held that "profile stops may not be predicated on unconstitutional discrimination based on race, ethnicity or state of residence." Id. at 344, quoting Laymon, supra, 730 F.Supp. at 339.
    • The Court ordered the parties to make good faith efforts toward settlement. In 1996, the case settled for $800,000. Additionally, the Court enjoined the Eagle County Sheriff's Office from making traffic stops unless an officer had a reasonable suspicion of a crime. Finally, $600,000 was committed to address biased policing issues, which, in part, went to the University of Denver College of Law, NAACP, and the Peace Officer Standards and Training anti-bias program.
  • To this day, the Eagle County Sheriff's Office denies any constitutional violations. According to A.J. Johnson, who served as the Eagle County Sheriff for 20 years before Joseph Hoy was elected this past January, "I don't think we did anything wrong." The judge, he said, was "biased." "I think a couple of politically correct attorneys wanted to make a name for themselves," he said. "I think it's unfortunate that this is even an issue now."
  • One of the 19 deputies named as a defendant in the Whitfield case, Michael McWilliam, also took part in Bryant's investigation.
Judiciary

 

  • Hon. W. Terry Ruckriegle, Eagle County Court Chief Judge
    Presiding Judge in People v. Bryant.

    R�sum�: Graduated from Indiana University with a business degree in 1969 and a law degree in 1973. Served as a prosecutor in the 5th Judicial District Attorney's office in Georgetown County for 9 years. Has served on the district court bench since 1984 and has acted as Chief Judge of the 5th Judicial District since 1994. Sits primarily in Breckenridge and Georgetown Counties.

  • Hon. Frederick W. Gannett, Eagle County Court Judge
    Presiding Judge in People v. Bryant through the preliminary hearing stage.

    R�sum�: Appointed by Gov. Bill Owens to Eagle County bench in September, 2002. Prior to his appointment, was a Pitkin County Sheriff's Deputy from 1977 to 1983. Earned his juris doctorate from Willamette University in Salem, Oregon. In 1987, was appointed to the Eagle County bench. In 1993, stepped down from the bench to gain experience in private practice. In addition to his private practice, has served as a municipal judge for the town of Basalt and as an assistant municipal judge for the town of Vail since 1996. Hears civil cases up to $15,000, as well as traffic, restraining order, small claims and misdemeanor cases. Also handles felony cases through the preliminary hearing stage.

  • Hon. Richard Hart, Eagle County Court Judge
    Denied media's request for the release of 911-tapes and police reports related to emergency dispatches to the Faber residence.

    R�sum�: Was appointed to the 5th Judicial District Court bench in 1980. He serves as a full time judge in the 5th Judicial District and handles civil, domestic and criminal cases as well as juvenile and probate cases.

  • Hon. Russell H. Granger, Clear Creek County Court Judge
    Signed warrant for Bryant's arrest on July 3, 2003.

    PO Box 367
    Georgetown, Colorado 80444-0367
    Tel:(303)569-3272

Prosecution

 

  • Mark D. Hurlbert, Eagle District Attorney (Bar No. 24606, admitted 10/14/94)
    5th Judicial District, District Attorney's Office
    P.O. Box 488
    Breckenridge, Colorado 80424
    Tel: (970) 453-2327

    Law school: University of Colorado, JD
    R�sum�: Started as an intern in the Eagle County D.A.'s office in 1993; assistant D.A. for two years. Appointed by Gov. Bill Owens to District Attorney in December 2002.
    Recent Cases:

    • In March, Hurlbert decided not to file charges against British skier Robert Wills involved in a fatal collision in nearby Breckenridge, saying it wasn't possible to prove a crime occurred beyond a reasonable doubt. Wills was jailed for five days as Hurlbert reviewed evidence, including a statement from a witness who said Wills was skiing in control. Wills was represented by Pamela Mackey.
    • In January, Hurlbert dismissed a felony sexual assault charge three days before it was set for trial. "Why aren't they giving me justice?" Melissa Holcomb, 24, of Nashotah, Wis., asked. Holcomb says she was assaulted as she slept on her hotel bed during a vacation in 2001 after she met her alleged attacker at a bar and went to the hotel with another female friend. The accused gave several versions of what happened, including that the two had consensual sex. Two former deputy district attorneys, who left the office after working on Holcomb's case, said they had a provable case in the alleged assault. "It was a solid case," said Brenda Parks, former deputy district attorney, who left the Eagle County office eight days before Hurlbert dismissed the case. "It should have gone forward." After she left, Parks said more of her cases were dismissed, including a misdemeanor sexual assault case. As far as she knew, there was enough evidence to try each of the cases. Several other deputy district attorneys left the office about the same time she did. Parks declined to say why she left her job.
  • Ingrid Bakke, Boulder Deputy District Attorney
    Boulder District Attorney
    Justice Center
    1777 Sixth Street
    Boulder, CO 80302
    Tel: (303)441-3700

    R�sum�: Head of Boulder's sexual-assault and domestic-violence unit.

  • Krista R. Flannigan, District Attorney spokesperson (Bar No. 20464, admitted 05/09/91) Flannigan has asked witnesses to stop speaking to the media.
  • Joseph D. Hoy, Sheriff
    Office of the Sheriff
    0885 East Chambers Avenue
    Eagle, Colorado 81631
    Tel: (970) 328-8500

    R�sum�: Patrol officer in 1988; most of his 14 years as a deputy worked as the Sheriff's officer for anti-substance abuse DARE program; flew Army helicopters in Vietnam. Elected Sheriff in November 2002 and took office in January 2003.

  • Doug Winters, Sheriff's Detective

    As lead detective on the case, Det. Winters conducts two interviews of Kate Faber at her home and later at the Sheriff's station on July 1, 2003. During over 1-and-1/2 hours of interviewing, Det. Winters never sees a scratch mark, a bruise or any finger marks on Kate. This physical observation is further confirmed by another officer, Deputy Rich. Notwitstanding, a nurse at Valley View Hospital who examined Kate approximately 45-minutes later notes for the first time on a diagram that Kate has a 1-centimer bruise on her left jawline.

    During the interview, Kate states that prior to Bryant, her last sexual encounter was on June 28, 2003 and during that sexual encounter a condom was used. Yet, during Kate's rape-kit test on July 1, 2003, semen and Caucasian pubic hairs that "do not match the DNA profile of Mr. Bryant" were discovered in Kate's yellow panties -- the panties she was wearing the day after the purported attack. In other words, the physical evidence suggests that Kate had sex with three different men in three days -- the last man she had sex with is during a 12-hour window from the time she was purportedly raped (approx. midnight on June 30th) to the time she is interviewed by Det. Winters (approx. noon on July 1st).

  • Kim Andree, Sherriff's spokesperson.
  • Gary Ward, Acting Police Chief
    Eagle Police Department
    108 West 2nd Avenue
    Eagle, Colorado 81631
    Tel: (970) 328-6351

    Will not release three police reports related to two 911-dispatches to the Faber residence.

Kate's "Friends"

 

  • Annie, friend of Kate's ex-boyfriend and Katie Lovell. Maintains a weblog and writes, in part:I don't "know" this girl, per say. I've spoken to her in the hallways at school, and seen her a lot because she's "popular"--cheerleader, drama star, etc. I'm unpopular (and proud) so she dare not say a word to scum like me. Anyways, since my school is so small (my senior class was 96 people) everyone knows EVERYTHING. Everyone knows what and who you did last night and everyone knows people's secrets. I also know her ex boyfriend (yes, the one she went to see a doctor for because she came home from college to see that he had [duh] moved on and was dating another good friend of mine) pretty well. He was on the ski team, and one of the best. When they were dating, her boyfriend always bragged about the "wild animal sex" that they had had the night before. I even remember one trip to Winter Park where he told us that he was worried that he had gotten her pregnant. So this "victim" is not the holy-goody two shoes girl she is made up to be. I heard from several people that she's a nymphomaniac. She didn't really "sleep around" that is, while she was dating her boyfriend. She did love to have sex though, I hear. She's also the biggest damn drama queen I know. She even over-dosed on pills because of some petty matter. Always looking for any possible way to draw attention to herself. Whether it be wearing skanky clothes or freaking out in the hallway because her boyfriend had broken up with her for the 9th time. She'd always cry in the hallway, with several of her ditzy friends around to give her the attention she wanted... In my opinion, this is just a desperate attempt to get her 15 minutes of fame..
  • Luke Bray, 21-year old construction worker and former classmate. Bray often talks with Kate at length during her recent stays at the Bray residence. Bray tells the Denver Post, "visible evidence" of the alleged attack is still on Kate a week later. Bray says he does not want to be more specific, but adds "I can't wait for this to get in front of a jury so they can see what happened. Their jaws will hit the floor, and they will convict him." According to Bray, after a short time arriving at the resort, Bryant asked Kate to show him around the resort. Kate was flattered by Bryant's attention and felt "a certain amount of chemistry with" him. At some point during their stroll around the resort, Bryant invited Kate into his room.
  • Starlene Bray, Luke Bray's wife, friend of Kate since second grade. Tells Good Morning America, "She was emotionally fragile and sought medical help after a friend's death and after she broke up with her boyfriend." She tells the Denver Post, "They were communicating at a friendship level, and it just went too far. He was a really nice guy, sweet and kind of shy. But no means no."
  • Nicole Clements, friend, died in car accident in November 2002.
  • Sara Dabner, sang in choir with Kate.
  • Steve Evancho, party host. Tells Dateline, "She was bragging about the whole thing," Kate seemed "happy. She was having fun." Kate even answers a question about Bryant's anatomy, according to five people at the party.
  • Rich Fredrick, friend, lived in same UNC dorm as Kate. Says, "Kate was very nice and someone that would be there for you"
  • Delores Gomez, friend. Likes Kobe but says Kate is a good person.
  • Tyson Ivie, friend, works for Dominoes Pizza. Tells the Orange County Register that victim's suicide attempt was a big secret.
  • Katie Lovell, 18 year old Eagle Valley High School graduate and former prom queen who made excellent grades in school, was active in community service and a member of the school's dance team. Accepts a flight to New York to appear on Good Morning America to tell the world that she was wrongly identified as Bryant's accuser on dozens of websites that posted her photos. Says, "I want to take my pictures off these Websites. You've got the wrong girl. I'd much rather be on TV." Retains local attorney, Sienna LaRene, to investigate her legal options against the websites.
  • Brigitte Lowry, self-described as Kate's best friend. Says Kate "just didn't think that it was going to get this big."
  • Lindsey McKinney, former roomate. Was offered $12,500 by the National Enquirer for her story. Tells the Orange County Register that Kate overdosed on non-prescription pills this past May and also attempted suicide while at the University of Northern Colorado.
  • Lauren McNeil, friend. Describes Kate as "likeable."
  • Beth Matthews, Katie Lovell's mother. Sent cease and desist notices to numerous websites informing them that her daughter was wrongly identified as Bryant's accuser. Says, "I'm a helpless mother and my daughter is smeared all over the Internet."
  • Bob Matthews, Katie Lovell's stepfather. Upset his stepdaughter was wrongly identified on numerous websites as Bryant's accuser.
  • Janelle Medina, friend. Says Internet photos of Kate are actually those of a different girl, Katie Lovell, who has a similar first name. Medina drives a car that reads, "Kobe is innocent" on the back window.
  • Bobby Pietrack, former high school schoolmate and co-worker. Pietrack works as a bellman at the Cordillera and was reportedly the first person to see Kate after she left Bryant's room on the night of the alleged sexual assualt. He described Kate as visibly upset, disheveled and had red marks on her neck and face.
  • Josh Putnam, Kate's ex-boyfriend who describes her as a showoff, "a total starve for attention." Putnam adds, "It doesn't matter if [the attention] was good or bad. It was always good to her."
  • Casey Strickler, friend. Appears on the Today show and says, "Kobe went the whole way."
  • Rachel Yandle, friend and former cheerleader with Kate. Accepts a flight to New York to appear on the Today show to say that Kobe's press conference made Kate sick to her stomach.
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