EAGLE, Colo., 26 March 2004 — A 19-year-old woman who accuses basketball star Kobe Bryant of rape pleaded with a judge yesterday to set a trial date soon, saying she had received hundreds of death threats over the case.

“She has been forced to quit school, she cannot live at home, she cannot talk to her friends, and she has received literally hundreds of phone calls and e-mails threatening either death or mutilation,” a motion to the court by her attorney said.

“None of these consequences will end until after this case goes to trial,” said the motion prepared by lawyer John Clune.

On Wednesday the woman testified in a closed hearing about her sexual history, which defense lawyers argue should be admitted at trial to show that injuries she received could have been were caused by men other than Bryant. The woman’s name has not been released. Her mother also wrote to the court, saying her daughter has lived in four states in the past six months and is followed around by the defense and the media.

“No one else involved in this case has had to make the life changes and compromises that my daughter has had to make and will need to continue to make until this case is over,” the mother wrote.

The woman’s written filing specifically asked Judge Terry Ruckriegle for a “swift resolution” of motions for the court. “In the interest of the victim’s safety and to prevent even further harm as a consequence of reporting criminal conduct, the victim asks this court to set this case for trial,” the motion said.