Kobe is a Gen X'er. They stick together no matter what and suck at self reflection. Momma was at work all day, daddy was gone somewhere getting high or with his other family. So they were home all alone with the doors locked unsupervised with no one teaching them that lying is wrong and about having integrity and how to build up your children and the people after you. They are self centered and operate out of their own self interest ONLY. That's why they gravitate to selfish basketball players like Kobe and Jordan and try to portray them as flawless people. That's why they use the technology of the internet not to empower but to sanitize their story and throw the people after them under the bus. Gen X is gonna defend Gen X no matter what. Pedo or rapist, it don't matter. R. Kelly, Kobe Bryant, P Diddy, Tyler Perry, Kanye West, Jay-Z, they always gone make excuses for these sorry dudes just because they are from their era.