EAGLE, Colo. (AP) A pretrial hearing set for Friday in the Kobe Bryant sexual assault case was canceled because of scheduling conflicts, a state courts spokeswoman said Monday.

The next hearing is expected April 26-28.

Judge Terry Ruckriegle last week scheduled a hearing to continue arguments on the defense's request to throw out certain evidence, including a T-shirt stained with the alleged victim's blood and tape-recorded statements that Bryant made to investigators the night after the alleged attack last summer.

Also expected to continue during the hearing was witness testimony on the sexual history of the alleged victim.

If convicted of felony sexual assault, the Los Angeles Lakers' guard faces four years to life in prison or 20 years to life on probation. Bryant has said he had consensual sex with the 19-year-old woman last June at the Vail-area resort where she worked.