She tried out for American Idol last November-her song was Forgive, by Rebecca Lynn Howard-in Austin. Among the details about her background that the media had reported at week's end: She was a cheerleader and choirgirl at Eagle Valley High. The alleged victim's name had not been reported as of Monday, but her identity was well known to her 3,000 fellow citizens of Eagle and to the members of the press camped in front of her parents' two-story house, which sits on a cul-de-sac and overlooks the town. While she was alone with Bryant, the alleged sexual assault occurred. Between 11:13 and midnight she went to his room and stayed for an undetermined length of time. While working at the lodge's front desk, the alleged victim, a receptionist and concierge, reportedly spoke with Bryant. He was scheduled to have arthroscopic surgery on his right knee at the Steadman Hawkins Clinic in Vail the next day. on June 30, Bryant, accompanied by three, as of Monday, unidentified men, checked into the Lodge & Spa at Cordillera, a 56-room resort located halfway between the small town of Eagle and the ski resort of Vail.
