D.A. In Kobe Case Is Confident

The district attorney who will be prosecuting basketball superstar Kobe Bryant is confident he has a strong case.

"I reviewed both physical and testimonial evidence and felt that, after that review, I could prove a case beyond a reasonable doubt," Eagle County, Colorado, D.A. said Monday on CBS News' The Early Show.

The Los Angeles Lakers guard, who was charged Friday, says his sexual encounter with the 19-year-old woman was consensual. Bryant is free on $25,000 bail, but must return to court in Eagle on Aug. 6 for a hearing.

Bryant, who is married, has said he and the woman had consensual sex at the Lodge & Spa at Cordillera in Edwards, Colo., on June 30. At a news conference last week, he publicly admitted committing adultery and apologized to his wife, who was by his side.

Meanwhile, a California newspaper is reporting the woman who has accused him was taken to the hospital after an overdose two months before the incident involving Bryant.

The Orange County Register quoted three friends of the woman in a Sunday story that said the woman "suffered under such mental anguish that she overdosed on pills and was rushed to a hospital."

But Hurlbert told Early Show co-anchor Hannah Storm that Colorado's rape shield statute may not allow Bryant's defense attorneys to use that information in court.

In Eagle, Colorado, a rural community not far from Vail, CBS News Correspondent Vince Gonzalez reports many of its 3,500 residents are rallying behind the alleged victim.

"She's an honest girl," said one. "She's really good in school and obviously really talented, and I don't think she'd make something like that up."

But in Los Angeles, fans of the basketball hero with the until-now sterling image can't believe Bryant is guilty as charged.

"Kobe has always been a big role model for me," said a fan. "I don't think he's as guilty as everybody says he is."

New York Times sports reporter Mike Wise says he was surprised but not shocked by Bryant's arrest.

"What we've seen in the locker room ... is what he wants us to see," Wise said on The Early Show. "Like any athlete or celebrity, he's got his own private life outside of what is public persona. ... Now, as we've come to see, he's at least an adulterer and possibly more."

Bryant faces a sentence of four years to life in prison if convicted of sexual assault, or 20 years to life if he is placed on probation.