The prosecution in the Kobe Bryant case has filed a motion accusing the defense of leaking details of the semen found on the accuser's underwear that did not match Kobe Bryant. The origninal news article publishing the details is here.

The source of the information, a retired Colorado Judge, has stated that the reporter mis-stated his comments and that he (the Judge) has not spoken with defense attorney Hal Haddon in ten years. The prosecution alleges the Judge is lying, but does not set forth facts to support the allegation--other than that the reporter says he got the quote right. Also, there is no time frame for the alleged statement from Haddon to Retired Judge Jones. What basis does the prosecution have for alleging the comment, if made, was made after the July 24 Order limiting extra-judicial comments? And what evidence does it have that if the statement was made by a member of the defense team or someone associated with it, that the statement was not made in confidence rather than intended for dissemination?

In other Kobe news, now that the Kobe Bryant case has been transferred from county court to district court, a new judge will be taking over. There are 22 districts in Colorado. Each district is made up of one or more counties. In districts with multiple counties, the counties are within close geographic proximity to each other. The Fifth judicial district includes Eagle, Clear Creek, Lake and Summit Counties. Each district has a chief judge. In the 5th District, the chief Judge is Terry Ruckriegle of Summit County (Breckenridge and Georgeown).

In the ordinary case, a district court judge from Eagle would preside over Kobe Bryant's trial. That would be Judge Richard Hart or Thomas Moorhead.

It was announced today that Fifth District chief Judge Terry Ruckriegle will preside over the Kobe trial. The Eagle county district court judges are being bypassed.

Does Ruckriegle intend to grant a change of venue to Breckenridge? In a locally high profile murder trial last year, Ruckriegle moved the trial from Breckenridge to Eagle and presided over the trial there.