Besides providing security, NBA bodyguards have taken on additional roles in the wake of Kobe Bryant's sexual assault case.
According to a GQ story on NBA groupies, some players are asking friends or bodyguards to stand in and watch any bedroom activities that might take place on the road.
That way, should an accusation surface, a witness can help sort out the truth. For the players, writer Lisa DePaulo points out, this "isn't just kinky, it's smart business."
Of course, a simple solution might be to stop fooling around with skanky groupies.
All joking aside, though, this speaks to just how much of a problem false rape accusations have become. As someone who has done a fair amount of work in the criminal defense field (I've assisted in the defense of two cases involving rape allegations that were proven false and heard of many more while talking to clients and colleagues), I can tell you that false accusations happen a lot more than any of you would like to believe.
The problem with rape accusations is that, physical evidence aside, they are often little more than he-said/she-said affairs. And juries and judges tend to be biased toward the "she said" side of things, mostly because a tearful and accusatory female in court cuts a much more sympathetic image than a defensive male.
Even physical evidence can be tricky as rough or arduous consensual sex can often leave evidence that makes things look like rape even if it isn't.