EAGLE, Colorado—The sexual assault charge against Kobe Bryant has been dropped, but his accuser—whose reluctance to participate derailed the criminal trial before it ever really got started—isn’t letting the National Basketball Association star off the hook just yet.

With jury selection under way, the criminal case was dropped late Wednesday by prosecutors, who said the 20-year-old woman accusing Bryant of rape had decided not to participate.

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