Still no trial date set in Kobe Bryant case

Pre-trial hearings continued Thursday and a trial date has still not been set.

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.

Judge Terry Ruckriegle heard arguments Thursday from Bryant’s attorneys asking to have a co-worker and a former boyfriend of the alleged victim submit DNA samples in an effort to prove she lied about her sexual history.

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

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.

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