While I obviously couldn't know the stats on such a thing, I'd suspect we don't know about more settlements than we do. And, in most cases, when the money is paid we probably never hear the story. Which is probably the initial plan from most of these guys. Either pay the money or take it to court and face a long, exhausting PR nightmare.
But yeah, it can follow you around in the way you mention, of course, especially if the story had already gotten out beforehand. But even in that case, you're still avoiding a potentially months-long spectacle if you go to court — such as in the Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard thing — where you're going to be headline news every day a new witness hits the stand (exposing every detail of your life to the masses). So while the problem is still haunting you (as it would regardless of what you do) at least it's not an active beast anymore. You settled, it's done. Now just try and move on, deal with the damage that's already done, and hope people either side with you or forget about it.
(I'm not saying I agree or disagree with this mentality, but I can see how even an innocent person may have it)
As far as the specifics of Kobe buying his wife a diamond ring afterward, like I said, I don't know whether he's guilty or not. I don't really have an opinion. I'm not trying to defend him specifically. I was just speaking about settlements in general lol.
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