Bryant could learn today if he'll go on trial

DENVER (AP) -- Kobe Bryant could learn this week whether he will be tried on charges he raped a 19-year-old hotel worker.
Eagle County Judge Frederick Gannett was expected to issue a ruling as early as today, with many legal analysts predicting Bryant would be ordered to stand trial.
A preliminary hearing that ended last week revealed graphic and sometimes conflicting evidence about the June 30 encounter between the basketball player and his 19-year-old accuser. Bryant has said the sex was consensual.
A relatively low threshold of proof is required at a preliminary hearing before a case can go to trial. Under state law, evidence at such a hearing must be considered in a light most favorable to prosecutors.
Attorneys for Bryant have attacked the woman's credibility by questioning her sexual history and bringing out evidence indicating she had sex with another man shortly before the alleged attack.
Prosecutors tried to portray Bryant as an arrogant athlete who held the woman down and raped her, concerned only that she might talk about the encounter.