Everyone a winner?

The revisionist history of the Kobe Bryant debacle is already being written. Check out this appalling article, titled, "Win-Win Situation."

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/GMA/US/kobe_bryant_dismiss_040902-1.html

Mark Hurlbert, Eagle County Prosecutor, ruined the reputation of a man on the basis of a lie. The prosecution throughout concealed exculpatory evidence, leaked information to the media, and forced Kobe Bryant to spend millions in his own defense. On the eve of trial, faced with certain defeat, he ran for the hills. A winner?

Kobe Bryant lost millions of dollars in endorsements, spent millions to defend this bogus rap, and has suffered a loss in his public image that can never be replaced. This on top of the personal and family problems created by a lie, and the prosecutor's willingness to buy wholesale into that lie. A winner?

Everyone is a loser in the Kobe Bryant case. Everyone except, perhaps, criminal defendants, who may now benefit from exposure to the fact that even a powerful man can be brought down by overzealous and illegal prosecution.