Kobe Bryant: The Game of His Life
by Jeffrey Scott Shapiro

It was bound to happen. A former tabloid journalist was bound to write a book claiming inside details of the Kobe Bryant case. The book is by former Globe reporter Jeff Shapiro, who also wrote about the JonBenet Ramsey case.

Shapiro will be giving away his book Monday to journalists at the courthouse in Eagle, the next scheduled hearing date.

The book boasts interviews with the accuser. If she did speak with the Shapiro, we think the defense will have more support for their argument that she waived her privilege of confidentiality in her medical records.

Other purported book revelations:

• Whose DNA was detected in the woman's underwear the day she had her rape exam. Court testimony has revealed it was from someone other than Bryant.

• The story behind the implication by Bryant attorney Pamela Mackey that the accuser had had sex with three men in three days.

• What Bryant, 25, said in his first police interview the night after the alleged rape, when officers spoke with him for 75 minutes but didn't tell him they were tape-recording the conversation. The defense wants Bryant's statements thrown out, but they're said to be crucial to the prosecution's case.

Shapiro is now a law student in Florida. He says that after graduating, "he hopes to establish a foundation to help people fight back when they feel they've been victimized by tabloid tactics."

Need we say more?