There is a time and a place for everything and on the day someone tragically dies with his 13-year-old daughter and at least one other child in a horrific crash is not the time to sling mud.
Felicia Sonmez, a reporter for the Washington Post, found that out the hard way after deciding to post an article about the rape allegations made against Kobe Bryant within hours of his death…
Not Backing Down
After Sonmez sent out her tweet, the backlash was immediate.
The link in her story detailed the rape allegations that were made against Koby early in his career.
In 2003, he was staying at a Colorado hotel, where he was taken on a tour of the facility by a female front desk clerk.
She later went to his room, and that is where their stories differ.
Bryant stated he thought the encounter was consensual, but the woman claimed she was raped.
Kobe never hid from the allegations and later issued an apology, stating that after hearing the woman’s side of the story, he realized she did not believe the encounter to be consensual.
The case was eventually abandoned due to a private settlement that was worked out with Bryant and the alleged victim.
This was clearly a dark time for Bryant and an even darker time for that young lady but because the case never played out, there are people on both sides of this argument still today.
Sonmez clearly thought that before people rained down praise on the career or Bryant, this was time to make sure his entire legacy was remembered in full.
She even stated as much after being attacked online for posting the link to the Daily Beast story.
Sonmez sent out follow up tweets, stating, “Any public figure is worth remembering in their totality… even if that public figured is beloved and that totality unsettling.
“That folks are responding with rage & threats toward me… speaks volumes about the pressure people come under to stay silent in these cases.”
Apparently, her newspaper did not feel the same way.
After word of her tweets went viral, the Washington Post suspended Sonmez and issued a statement:
“National political reporter Felicia Sonmez was placed on administrative leave while The Post reviews whether tweets about the death of Kobe Bryant violated The Post newsroom’s social media policy.
“The tweets displayed poor judgment that undermined the work of her colleagues.”
In my personal opinion, Sonmez was both right and wrong. This is an ugly fact about Kobe’s past that is not going to go away and as the days pass, this will surely be brought into focus by numerous outlets looking for clicks and exposure.
However, due to the fact his child and at least one other child were lost in this accident, I think it could have waited.
This was a horrific event over and above the death of Kobe Bryant, and this was simply not the time to try to gain relevance with the shock factor.
Give people a chance to mourn their loss before throwing sh** on the man’s grave.
This is an example of the cancel culture canceling a subject (a person in this case) even after it has been totally canceled.
This Self-Serving Hack Reporter needs to be FIRED and I Hope her home Address is Put on Blast So people can Take Garbage n Trash and Dump it in her Front Yard !
NOW if he she been a President Trump hater and democrat then what the reporter printed would have been just find!you smuck,smuck It is a Hebrew Word for the Foreskin that gets chopped off at birth. So when a person that is educated or a Jew calls you a Smuck. He or She is calling you a useless piece of dick.
NOW if he had been a President Trump supporter and white then what the reporter printed would have been just find!