It is the kind of thing you hope isn't true. Would a young woman, even one who may be shallow, really accuse a celebrity of rape because she wanted to buy breast implants? Records of an interview of a witness in a notorious criminal case released recently make one wonder. A friend of the accuser in the Kobe Bryant rape case told a defense attorney the woman had a shopping list.

The Associated Press has the story.

DENVER (AP) - A month after a hotel worker accused NBA star Kobe Bryant of rape, she allegedly told a friend that she was considering suing him in civil court and planned to use any money she won for breast implants, a koala bear and opening a recording studio.

The details came in testimony from Sean Holloway, who knew the then-19-year-old woman from the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, according to court documents released Friday.

During a closed hearing March 2, defense attorney Hal Haddon asked Holloway about a conversation with the woman near the end of July 2003, about a month after the alleged assault. The hearing was to determine whether information about the woman's sexual activities could be used in court against her.

Haddon asked whether the woman had mentioned the possibility of a civil lawsuit.

``She said that after the case was over it was something that she was most likely going to do,'' Holloway said.

He testified the woman, an aspiring singer, wanted to use any award money to open a recording studio and to pay for breast augmentation surgery for herself and a friend. He also said she would buy a koala bear for another friend who liked the animals.

If the accuser believed the legal system works that way, she was sadly mistaken. There are numerous barriers between claiming to be the victim of a crime and collecting money as a result. The complainant has to convince the police and the district attorney there are grounds for charges. A court has to agree that there is sufficient evidence for the case to go forward. Various rules of evidence must be followed when introducing evidence at trial, some of them not beneficial to the accuser. A jury has to be convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that a crime occurred.