Two of the central figures in the JonBenet Ramsey case are thrusting themselves into the Kobe Bryant sexual assault investigation.
But no one's quite sure why.
Fleet and Priscilla White wrote a nine-page letter to Eagle County Judge Fred Gannett asserting that his order lacked teeth where it reminded court officials and those connected with the Bryant case not to discuss the case with the media.
The Whites claim that the Colorado law upon which Gannett's order is based has been gutted and won't keep attorneys or anyone else from talking about the case if they want to.
But again, no one's quite why they want to be involved in the Kobe case.
"The Whites have a long history of interjecting themselves into public matters," said Linn Wood, the attorney for John and Patsy Ramsey. "I find it curious that they have decided to interject themselves into a matter that doesn't really concern them."
The Whites were formerly friends of the Ramseys. The Ramseys were at the White's house on Christmas Day 1996, the day before JonBenet's body was discovered. As the Ramseys were on their way home, JonBenet fell asleep. The Ramseys carried her inside. The Ramseys found their daughter dead the next day.
Among the calls they made first was to the Whites.
"For people who claim they want to protect their privacy, they have repeatedly been very public. Which, from my view, I find to be somewhat bizarre," Wood said.
Along with several others, the Whites were questioned by police investigators trying to get to the bottom of the Ramsey case.
Wood said the tabloids seized the opportunity to publish rumor and innuendo about the Whites.
Wood took Fleet White's deposition in a civil lawsuit brought by the Ramseys. He said he had firsthand knowledge of White's declaration that privacy is of the utmost importance.
"I don't know how they managed to come up with the idea that this is any of their business," said Wood. "But this is not the last bizarre issue that will pop up in Eagle."
Wood successfully sued the Globe, Star and their parent company, American Media for some of the stunts they pulled during their coverage of the JonBenet Ramsey case.
Wood now is preparing a lawsuit against tabloids for former U.S. Rep. Gary Condit of California, whom the tabloids implicated in the death of Shondra Levy. It's not yet filed, he said.
"So far we've had great success," said Wood.
Bryant is charged with one count of felony sexual assault. He allegedly raped a 19-year-old Eagle woman on June 30, while he was staying at the Lodge and Spa at Cordillera. His next date in a courtroom is a preliminary hearing in County Court before Judge Gannett.