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DENVER (AP) -- Attorneys for Kobe Bryant urged a federal judge on Monday
to
lift the anonymity of the woman accusing the Los Angeles Lakers star of
rape, saying she should not be able to bring a ``false accusation'' in her
civil lawsuit without being identified.
``The plaintiff's desire to have it both ways -- preserving her anonymity
while exposing the intimate details of her sexual encounter with Mr.
Bryant
and requiring him to bear alone the burden of constant public scrutiny''
suggests that her lawsuit is more about putting pressure on the basketball
star than anything else, the attorneys wrote.
There have been few public court filings in the civil case, which was
filed
in August and is now before U.S. District Judge Richard Matsch. But on
Monday, the defense confirmed Bryant has again hired attorneys including
Pamela Mackey, who was behind some of the blistering court filings and
arguments in the criminal case.
``Her anonymity, such as it is, is in the hands of the media,'' the
defense
said in its filing, which also claimed the woman has moved to the East
Coast.
Attorneys for a dozen news organizations have objected to requests by the
woman's attorneys to seal documents in the civil case. On Monday, the
Rocky
Mountain News called for keeping the proceedings open.
``The News and most other media organizations to date have exercised their
editorial judgment and not published her name,'' the newspaper's attorneys
wrote. ``However, in continuing to report on the plaintiff's civil claim
against Mr. Bryant, the News may determine to use the parties' names as it
would in other civil proceedings.''