For the first time in ages, we missed an entire day of blogging. Between court for clients in the morning, and coveriing the Kobe Bryant hearing in the afternoon and evening, we just didn't get to a computer. We're amazed that our site stats show that 7,500 unique visitors stopped by anyway. Thanks to all of you readers, that feels really good.

As to Kobe Bryant, here's the top five news items from today's hearing:

1. The detective testified that the accuser went to her rape exam the day after the event wearing panties that contained blood and semen from someone other than Kobe Bryant. These panties were yellow, and not the same as the ones she was wearing during the encounter with Kobe, which she also turned over to police. Also, there was a caucasian hair found in her pubic area at the time of her rape exam, about 18 hours after her encounter with Kobe.

2. The detective testified that the accuser said she had consensual sex with another partner two or three days before the incident with Kobe, during which her partner wore a condom.

3. The detective testified the accuser did not tell him in the first interview that she said "no" to Kobe during their five minutes of intercourse. It wasn't until a later interview that she added that she said "no." In the first interview, she told the detective that Kobe stopped when she resisted.

4. The night auditor of the hotel saw the accuser right after the incident and says she did not appear distraught and it did not seem like anything was amiss.

5. Kobe Bryant was examined from head to toe and had no marks on him.

The Judge refused the People's request to close today's hearing and allowed Pamela Mackey to resume questioning where she left off last week - with evidence of the woman's sexual activity that occurred near the time of her encounter with Kobe.

All in all, the Judge will bind the case over because the burden of proof is so low at a preliminary hearing, but a conviction seems less and less likely. All of the evidence today came from prosecution reports turned over to the defense. We haven't even seen an iota of what the defense investigation has revealed, and we bet its considerable.

The Judge is expected to rule on the issue of probable cause by Monday. Relevant news articles can be found here and here.

We'll be back tomorrow with non-Kobe related coverage.