Vanessa Bryant blames Evan Rachel Wood for calling Kobe a ‘rapist’ on the day he died

Vanessa Bryant slammed Evan Rachel Wood on Saturday for what she described as a “vile and disturbing” tweet about her late husband by the actress posted over a year ago. On the day of the fatal helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter in January 2020, the Westworld the actress tweeted: “What happened is tragic. I am heartbroken for the Kobe family. He was a sports hero. He was also a rapist. All of these truths can exist simultaneously. Vanessa Bryant reacted on Saturday, about a year later, via Instagram: “It just caught my attention … vile and disturbing to say the least. Behavior like this is part of the reason innocent black men go to jail for crimes they didn’t commit. An accusation does not make someone guilty. A 19-year-old accused Bryant of raping her in 2003 in a Colorado hotel room, but the charges were later dropped when she refused to testify against him. Kobe has denied the allegations.