Detailed evidence about the sex life of the woman who accused the basketball star Kobe Bryant of rape last summer is legally relevant and can be presented at Mr. Bryant's trial when it begins next month, the judge in the case ruled on Friday.
The decision, which legal experts said was a huge victory for Mr. Bryant's defense team, has been anticipated for months as an indicator about the temper and tone of Mr. Bryant's trial, and beyond as a measure of how victim-protection laws like Colorado's work, or how they do not, in high-profile cases like this one.
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