According to Kobe Bryant?s attorneys, the woman accusing the Lakers? star of rape reached a money settlement with the owners of The Globe and other tabloids that printed her picture and stories about her hotel encounter with Bryant.

The woman has denied the claim, saying Bryant is trying to shift responsibility away from himself.

L. Lin Wood, an attorney representing the woman, did not immediately return after-hours phone messages Thursday. Calls to tabloid publisher American Media Inc., based in Boca Raton, Fla., went unanswered Thursday evening.