What Kind of Stuff Can You Do Online?
Well, a lot actually. As I am sure everyone happily knows.
But among the things that one can do online that you may not have thought of is this:
Publish an online book.
Why would one do that? Perhaps because legit publishing houses want nothing to do with the trash being peddled? Which might explain why a guy who claims he used to be Kobe Bryant's bodyguard and claims further that he was asked by Bryant to kill the woman accusing Bryant of rape would use that venue for his libel. The quick details from the Baltimore Sun:
"Patrick Graber was charged in September 2003 with soliciting the murder of the woman who accused Bryant of rape in Colorado the same year. That charge was later dropped in exchange for a no-contest plea to grand theft, for which Graber, of El Segundo, Calif., was sentenced to three years in prison and ordered to pay $191,000 in restitution.
Nonetheless, Graber recently released an online book, Dead Women Tell No Tales, in which he accuses Bryant of, among other things, asking him to kill the woman who accused Bryant of rape. Bryant, who might consider legal action against Graber, declined to comment on the book beyond saying that he doesn't even know who Graber is and that the man never worked for him. Bryant's spokeswoman, Catherine Sebring, said, "We have no comment."
Tough spot for Bryant. Pursuit of a libel lawsuit in this instance brings unwanted publicity. And the accusation is so outlandish on the surface, that it might make sense to let it be. At the least, we know from the title of the on-line missive that the guy is a Pirates of the Carribbean fan...
