I know there's a lot of girls outthere that are lining up in the hotel lobby's just for a chance to have sex with these guys, and some of them are also trying to make money out of it. Athletes are easy targets i suppose. Just look at Boris Becker, a woman got pregnant after giving him oral satisfaction. Yeah right.
I don't exactly know what Kobe did, but they shouldn't come down too hard on him. Cheating on your wife isn't right, but it sure as hell is not a crime. If it was, then more than half the worldpopulation would be criminals.