BRYANT CASE Judge will wait for more data before ruling

EAGLE, Colo. (AP) -- The judge in the Kobe Bryant case is waiting for more information before he rules on key issues, including whether the medical history of the woman allegedly raped by the NBA star should be allowed as evidence.
State District Judge Terry Ruckriegle delayed action Friday after sending witnesses home and then meeting privately with attorneys for both sides.
Prosecutors and lawyers for the woman say her medical history should remain out of public view. They urged the judge to hold any arguments about the issue behind closed doors, and he agreed.
The defense wants to use the woman's medical history as proof that she had mental problems clouding her perception of what happened between her and Bryant in a Colorado hotel room last June.
Bryant, 25, has insisted they had consensual sex.
The judge set a Jan. 9 deadline for briefs on the medical history question. The next hearing is scheduled for Jan. 23. "I want the opportunity to reflect on it," Ruckriegle said.
Prosecutors and Bryant's lawyers left the courthouse without comment. Ruckriegle also denied a prosecution request for an investigation into media leaks, set deadlines for DNA evidence testing and told prosecutors to find out whether sheriff's investigators had received T-shirts that mock the NBA star.