Kobe Bryant Sparks Debate On Twitter Following His Oscars Nomination

 

Kobe Bryant Sparks Debate On Twitter Following His Oscars Nomination

The Oscars nominations have been announced, and fans have a lot of opinions about this year’s pool of nominees. While some Oscar nods have thrilled movie goers, others are particularly disappointed with the organization’s decision to nominate Kobe Bryant.

The former Lakers all-star has been nominated for Best Animated Short Film for his movie, Dear Basketball, and now, fans are calling out the Oscars for hypocritically nominating someone who has previously been accused of sexual assault and rape. Fans claim organizers have a double standard when it come to Bryant and other men in Hollywood.

For those who are unaware, Bryant was formally charged with rape in 2003. The basketball star was accused of assaulting a 19-year-old hotel employee in Colorado. Bryant claimed that the sex was consensual. But he was never prosecuted for the alleged crime because the victim dropped the case after reportedly receiving a flood of hate mail and death threats from sports fans. Instead, the alleged victim filed a civil suit against Kobe, to which they settled quietly.

“Although I truly believe this encounter between us was consensual, I recognize now that she did not and does not view this incident the same way I did,” Kobe said about the incident at the time. “After months of reviewing discovery, listening to her attorney, and even her testimony in person, I now understand how she feels that she did not consent to this encounter.”

Many Twitter users are accusing Bryant of not receiving the same consequences as some of the men in Hollywood. Russell Simmons was forced to step down from his companies following an outpour of sexual assault allegations. Kevin Spacey was also booted off of Netflix’s House of Cards.

 

Kobe Bryant's short film was nominated for an Academy Award! That puts him on a very short list of people who have been nominated for an Oscar AND have been publicly accused of rape. CONGRATS KOBE!

— Hari Kondabolu (@harikondabolu) January 23, 2018

 

BUT…they nominated Kobe Bryant who was accused of rape and settled out of court in a civil suit. https://t.co/5LUH4YpVNp

— ♕ The Rebel ♕ (@MadonnaRebel) January 23, 2018

 

Kobe Bryant's defense against rape charges was essentially, "Who wouldn't want to fuck Kobe? It didn't seem like rape to me." His legal strategy was essentially, "Lady, we will make your life a living hell." And we're complicit: America let it slide.

— Jesse Thorn (@JesseThorn) January 23, 2018

Just a reminder that Aziz Ansari's career is fine. Mike Tyson's career is fine. Sean Penn's career is fine. Woody Allen's career is fine. Kobe Bryant's career is fine. Stop talking about how women are "ruining these men's careers." We've seen very few careers actually ruined.

— Sophie Ellman-Golan (@EgSophie) January 17, 2018

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