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About the only of Bryant's responses Ruckriegle allowed Tuesday was a
description by an undercover detective that Bryant "seemed upset" when
he accompanied Winters and Loya through the Lodge and Spa at
Cordillera lobby so they could drive him to Glenwood Springs.
Winters said that at about 4 p.m. July 1, he asked three undercover
agents from the Eagle County Crime Response Team to head up to
Cordillera to keep an eye on Bryant and his entourage. He told them
not to contact Bryant and call him regularly. If Bryant left, Winter
said, follow him but don't stop him.
Bryant, along with bodyguard Troy Laster, an off-duty Los Angeles
police detective, were about 10 feet from the back of Loya's van,
having walked over after Loya parked. Bryant's appearance was such a
surprise that the undercover agents, who were trying to pull on their
bulletproof vests, dropped their gear in the truck and climbed out.
"What's up, fellas?" one of the detectives said Kobe asked cheerfully.
Loya said they identified themselves as sheriff's detectives, told
Bryant he was free to leave, and that that wanted to talk to him about
something that had happened the night before.
Loya said Bryant turned to Laster and said, "I'm OK with these guys."
Loya said Laster returned to the hotel lobby.
The three undercover agents had already headed into the hotel lobby,
where Laster began chatting up one of them, asking what was going on.
"Will he need legal advice?" the detective said Laster asked about
Bryant.
The detective testified that when Laster, an African American, had his
answer, he and a tall white bodyguard headed back out to the parking
lot toward Bryant. Laster called Kobe's name. The detective said when
Bryant saw them approaching, he waved them off, staying outside to
talk to Winters and Loya for about 20 minutes, as Loya began tape
recording the conversation with a microcassette recorder in his shirt
pocket.
The detective testified that Laster seemed to start putting some
distance between himself and the situation right then.
"If this is what I think it is, I don't want to be involved in any
way," the detective testified that Laster told him.
During cross examination Tuesday, Bryant's defense attorney Pamela
Mackey hammered at the detective, his report and his recollection of
the situation.
"Did you know Troy Laster read your report?" Mackey asked.
"No," said the detective.
"You didn't know that?" Mackey asked again.
"No I didn't," said the detective.
"He said your report was a complete lie," said Mackey.
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On 3 Feb 2004 22:33:04 -0800, s_knight8@hotmail.com (s_knight8) wrote:
http://www.vaildaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040203/BREAKING/402030151
About the only of Bryant's responses Ruckriegle allowed Tuesday was a
description by an undercover detective that Bryant "seemed upset" when
he accompanied Winters and Loya through the Lodge and Spa at
Cordillera lobby so they could drive him to Glenwood Springs.
Winters said that at about 4 p.m. July 1, he asked three undercover
agents from the Eagle County Crime Response Team to head up to
Cordillera to keep an eye on Bryant and his entourage. He told them
not to contact Bryant and call him regularly. If Bryant left, Winter
said, follow him but don't stop him.
Bryant, along with bodyguard Troy Laster, an off-duty Los Angeles
police detective, were about 10 feet from the back of Loya's van,
having walked over after Loya parked. Bryant's appearance was such a
surprise that the undercover agents, who were trying to pull on their
bulletproof vests, dropped their gear in the truck and climbed out.
Well, Shaq always complains that Kobe shoots too much... *ba-dum-dum*
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