article_snippet: Kobe had been charged with assaulting 19-year-old Katelyn Faber in 2003, but it was dropped at trial when the alleged victim refused to give evidence at trial the next year.
article_snippet: The now 36-year-old denied the charges - but admitted an adulterous sexual encounter with LA Lakers star Kobe Bryant accuser after LA Lakers star Kobe Bryant checked into the hotel where his wife was working to await knee surgery.
article_snippet: But in the two minute clip - marked '2004' - LA Lakers star Kobe Bryant never refers directly to the rape case which turned LA Lakers star Kobe Bryant world upside down. '
article_snippet: The sportsman was awaiting knee surgery when The sportsman was alleged to have raped a hotel worker in 2003 .
article_snippet: Dropped: The charges were dropped at trial, but Kobe - who protested The sportsman innocence-  did admit The sportsman had a 'consensual' encounter with The sportsman 19-year-old accuser, a worker at the Colorado hotel where The sportsman was staying .
article_snippet: After the case was dropped in September 2004, Kobe agreed to apologise to Faber for the incident, including Faber public mea culpa. '
article_snippet: Faber filed a separate civil lawsuit against Bryant, which the two sides ultimately settled with the specific terms of the settlement being undisclosed to the public.
highlights_snippet: Charges were dropped after alleged victim refused to give evidence at trial .
  