LOS ANGELES, 16 August 2003 — Police were called to Kobe Bryant’s house on July 3 following a 911 call that was made on behalf of the basketball superstar’s wife, Newport Beach officials on Wednesday.
The 911 call was made just one day before Bryant was booked by Colorado law enforcement officials on a sexual assault charge against a teenage hotel employee.
Summaries of calls for aid from the $4.1 million home in early July and March 5 were released by police in the suburb of Newport Beach, 35 miles south of Los Angeles.
The documents do not contain details of the reason for the calls other than to say the call was “for medical assistance for (Bryant’s) wife”. The dispatcher who called back spoke to Bryant, his wife, Vanessa, and a person who identified herself as his wife’s mother, according to the summary.
Both Bryant and his wife told the dispatcher that no medical aid was necessary, but police responded anyway.
The March 5 call also came as a request for medical aid for Vanessa Bryant.
Rob Pelinka, a Los Angeles resident, identified himself as a representative of Bryant. Pelinka said he was calling for Bryant regarding a medical condition concerning his wife. Pelinka said Bryant was at a sports arena in another state and had received a call from his wife. Bryant then called Pelinka to get help for his wife.
The All-Star player was the often scandal-wracked National Basketball Association’s clean-cut pin-up boy until his July 4 arrest.
He has strongly denied charges that he sexually assaulted the 19-year-old woman on June 30 in Edwards, Colorado, where he was staying while undergoing knee surgery in nearby Vail, but has admitted cheating on his wife with the woman.
