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KOBE: MANIC SEX FUELED MY ACCUSER

By BARRY BORTNICK
PHOTO KOBE BRYANT
Defense cites woman's ex.
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January 14, 2004 -- DENVER, Colo. - Kobe Bryant's accuser allegedly suffers from bipolar disorder - and may have been in such a "manic state" at the time of the reputed attack that it boosted her sex drive and willingness to bed someone, the defense is charging.

The basketball star's legal team, in court papers released yesterday, quotes John Ray Strickland, one of the accuser's ex-love as saying she is bipolar.

It also says she overdosed on the antidepressant Seroquel a month before the alleged sex assault, and had been prescribed Wellbutrin, another antidepressant, when she had the fateful encounter with Bryant.

"Strickland's assertions that the accuser suffered from bipolar disorder, or manic depression, is perhaps substantiated by the medications she has been prescribed," the defense motion states.

And "one of the common symptoms of mania is an increased sexual drive and engaging in sexual indiscretions."

"The facts of this case strongly suggest the possibility that the accuser was either in a manic state or experiencing rapid cycling of manic and depressive states at the time of the incident with Mr. Bryant."

The motion adds, "Such evidence would be relevant to explain why she might be suffering from a delusion about what occurred in Mr. Bryant's hotel room."



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