Man Held in Alleged Threat against Bryant's Accuser

[realFedUp]

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/news/091803_nw_bryant2.html

Man Held in Alleged Threat against Bryant's Accuser

LOS ANGELES — A man was arrested Thursday for investigation of soliciting the murder of the Colorado woman who has accused Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant of sexual assault, authorities said.
Patrick Graber of El Segundo, Calif., was taken into custody by Los Angeles County sheriff's investigators and FBI agents, the Sheriff's Department said in a press release.

Patrick Graber of El Segundo,
Graber, 31, was booked and held on $1 million bail.

The investigation started Sept. 8, after security personnel employed by Bryant said they had received a letter stating that the writer of the letter could solve Bryant's problems, the Sheriff's Department said.

A security official met with the writer, Graber, and then contacted the sheriff's investigators. A meeting was arranged with Graber and undercover sheriff's detectives

[realFedUp]

1. This man supposedly attached to Russian mafia

wanted a million up front, two million after the job
was done....wasn't going to do the murder or whatever himself
and would have to prove it was done.
The victim and her family were contacted by the Sheriff in LA.
The bag with the money..real on top, fake underneath was
accepted by the suspect....


He's a bodybuilder in some gym in LA

[realFedUp]

2. Gee, I know there's a hurricane but this would be big news

otherwise

[flamingyouth]

3. Scary story

Sounds like a total nut, to put it mildly. Very chilling.

[realFedUp]

4. yes....get Ashcroft on this one

his visa ran out 6 months ago :-)

[ant]

5. interesting

I was just over in another thread talking about revealing the name of accusers. Earlier I said that, in high profile cases like this one at least, the woman's safety is a concern.

Sometimes I really hate being right.

[maxanne]

6. the radio announcer

that made her name public ought to be indicted for aiding and abetting. :mad:

[realFedUp]

7. and apparently he had already checked her out

got a lot more news from the Sheriff Baca news conference...

[sasquatch]

8. I don't like this Trial

They are withholding evidence from the defense about her 911 calls. I think it's just plain ol' fashioned racism and Kobe is going to be the victim of it.