statement to the commission he wrote in a moment of stupidity and weakness i allowed satan and the world to dictate terms to me the cyclist who was till that point an icon for many for having survived testicular cancer and made a miraculous comeback had suddenly fallen from grace or maybe even a seat in parliament after that woods made an attempt at redemption by admitting on tv like armstrong to living a life of a lie and saying sorry to his wife and mother but it was a case of too little too late kobe bryanttill 2003 nba star bryant had been living a charmed life of sporting fame the following year the charges against bryant were dropped owing to the refusal of the victim to testify but the damage had been done he had lost his milliondollar endorsements and his respect woods could never become the same golfer he used to be after that scandal losing his wife who divorced him some of his milliondollar endorsements and his status as the numero uno golfer even though bryant admitted to adultery he denied having raped her