As Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant gears up for the defensive play of his life, experts said Sunday that the 19-year-old woman who says he raped her must brace herself for a well-financed, highly sophisticated smear campaign.

"The only limits into an investigation is the law, the client's money and the investigator's imagination," said private eye Adam Dawson.

Every detail, such as the medication the college coed takes and her reputation -- not only in the 3,000-person town of Eagle, Colo., but also in the tightly knit community of Vail and other nearby towns -- will be fair game in the background check, he said.