Bryant exam results will be admissible in trial
(CNN) -- The findings of a physical examination of NBA star Kobe Bryant hours after he was accused of sexual assault will be allowed to be used at trial, the judge in the case has decided.
The decision by Judge Terry Ruckriegle reverses an earlier decision to suppress those results.
In redacted notes of Monday's closed-door hearing that were released Thursday, Ruckriegle modified an order he made last week to exclude the results of Bryant's examination at a hospital.
Bryant was taken to the hospital by police to undergo physical examination after a female employee of a resort in Edwards, Colorado, accused the Los Angeles Lakers guard of sexual assault June 30, 2003. Bryant had been staying at the resort.
Ruckriegle said the results of the examination could be used in the trial, as the prosecution had wanted, because the defense filed notice it would introduce the evidence.
Last week, the judge ruled that the results could not be used because police failed to read Bryant his rights when they informed him they had a court order to take him to the hospital for the exam.
There was also a technical problem with the search warrant the police had, and the judge ruled to suppress any statements made or evidence seized after police told Bryant about the court order.
Bryant, a 25-year-old NBA All-Star, is scheduled to go on trial August 27. He has pleaded not guilty, saying he had consensual sex with the now-20-year-old woman in June 2003.
If convicted Bryant faces four years to life in prison or 20 years to life on probation, and a fine up to $750,000.
