Prosecutors plan to play videotaped statements of Kobe Bryant and his alleged victim, and show photographs of her injuries at his sexual assault preliminary hearing next month.
That preview of Bryant's scheduled Oct. 9 hearing is contained in a prosecution motion filed Wednesday that seeks to block a defense bid to force Bryant's alleged victim to testify at the hearing in person.
The same document also states Bryant's videotaped interview with investigators is "electronically enhanced," but offers no detail as to how or why.
The photographs of injuries allegedly sustained by the woman, according to the motion, will be accompanied by interpretation of those injuries' significance, provided by a forensic specialist representing Colorado's Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner program.
Prosecutors in Eagle County hope to spare the 19-year-old woman an appearance in court that day, preferring instead to introduce her statements to police through an investigator, Eagle County Sheriff's Detective Doug Winters.
The three-page motion to quash the alleged victim's subpoena states the young woman - identified only as "Jane Doe" - is no longer living in Eagle County. It also suggests she may no longer be employed by the upscale Lodge & Spa at Cordillera, where she was working as a concierge at the time of her encounter with Bryant.
"Requiring her to appear for the hearing would necessitate a half-day of travel and missing work for one to two days, thus causing a hardship without legal justification," states the motion filed by Deputy District Attorney Ingrid Bakke.
The Cordillera resort is in Edwards, about a 30-minute drive east on Interstate 70 from Eagle. Officials there declined to comment on her status Wednesday.
