Bryant’s attorneys say expert was not permitted to view DNA testing

District attorney Hal Haddon said that his DNA expert, Elizabeth Johnson, was told she could observe any DNA tests up until June 18. However, Haddon claims he received a letter earlier this week from the prosecutors that said the laboratory chosen would not allow to Johnson to watch.

Haddon has asked District Judge Terry Ruckriegle to make the prosecution explain their choice of labs, stating Johnson was allowed to watch the tests at the CBI laboratory in February.

The prosecution has not disclosed what evidence they want tested, but it is thought to involve information gathered during hospital exams from the woman and Bryant.

The 25-year-old Bryant is accused of sexually assaulting a woman last June 30 at a Colorado resort, a Class 3 felony with penalties ranging from four years to life in prison or 20 years to life on probation.

Bryant, who was in Colorado for surgery on his right knee at the time of the alleged assault, claimed the two had consensual sex.

The defense has insisted throughout that the accuser had sex with someone else less than 15 hours after her alleged assault by Bryant, and that injuries found on the woman’s body could have been caused by sexual partners before her encounter with Bryant.

Ruckriegle has still not ruled whether the woman’s sexual history will even be admitted into evidence.

The woman’s attorney has denied that she had sex with anyone before her hospital examination.