Twitter Reacts to Kobe Bryant Winning Oscar After Settling Sex Assault Claim: ‘Kind of Spoiling the #MeToo Moment’
History was made at the Oscars when NBA all-star Kobe Bryant won an Oscar for his animated short film Dear Basketball.
While much of Twitter was in amazement that the basketball player now has as many Academy Awards as Leonardo DiCaprio, several invoked his accusation of sexual misconduct.
In 2003, Bryant was accused of raping a 19-year-old and was charged with sexual assault and false imprisonment, but the case was dismissed when his accuser refused to testify. He did offer an apology and while admitting to giving the bruises on her neck, he insisted their encounter was consensual.
However, as Hollywood is in the midst of a #MeToo after the downfall of disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein, many on Twitter felt Bryant’s Oscar win was pretty inconsistent.
Anything inconsistent in Kobe Bryant winning an Oscar in the midst of #MeToo ?
— Scott Simon (@nprscottsimon) March 5, 2018
Hollywood – “Women are important!”
Also Hollywood – “Here’s Kobe Bryant, who sexually assaulted a woman!”
— ChrisWarcraft@mastodon.social (@ChrisWarcraft) March 5, 2018
Kobe Bryant’s apology to the woman who accused him of rape. pic.twitter.com/ezsctMGm4N
— Angus Johnston (@studentactivism) March 5, 2018
The legacy of the Kobe Bryant rape case https://t.co/q2KRccTaEG pic.twitter.com/qnM4XeHBDV
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) March 5, 2018
Kobe Bryant wins an Oscar at the #metoo #timesup Oscars because hahahahahhahahaha women
— Siobhan Morris (@siomo) March 5, 2018
With his Oscar win Kobe Bryant joins the historic ranks of Roman Polanski, Woody Allen, stop me if you see where I am going with this
— Jack Hamilton (@jack_hamilton) March 5, 2018
Hollywood: Times Up
[cut to Kobe Bryant on stage]
Hollywood: whoops— #TeamKillmonger. (@thewayoftheid) March 5, 2018
Hilarious. In the year of #MeToo Kobe Bryant, charged in a rape case he settled for big bucks, gets voted an #Oscars by a bunch of #AcademyAwards members who used to go to his basketball games.
And I doubt it will even become a major issue.
— John Ziegler (@Zigmanfreud) March 5, 2018
Kobe kind of spoiling the #metoo moment vibe here.
— Sam Stein (@samstein) March 5, 2018
Watch the clip above, via ABC.
