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"Legal analysts insisted there was no reason for Bryant's defense team to go through with the preliminary hearing. Early says their reason is now obvious.
"The only reason they had this preliminary hearing was to smear the victim," said Early. "I've never seen anything like this. It was deliberate, it was despicable. That question was just sleazy."
Early said Mackey put the question out there when she did, hoping the public would hear it. When it brought the proceedings to a screeching halt, it was the last thing people in the courtroom heard, and the soundbite that resonated in print this morning and on TV talkshows last night.
"The defense hopes the public will hear that because out of the public will come the 12 jurors who will decide this case," said Early. "(Bryant's alleged victim) is suffering what every woman fears in a rape case. No one thought the defense would stoop this low."