EAGLE, Colo. (AP) — The attorney for Kobe Bryant's accuser in a sexual assault case on Tuesday denied as "patently false" claims his client had sex with another man the morning after her encounter with the NBA star.

The judge later agreed to allow Bryant's attorneys to question the woman in significant detail about her sexual history.

State District Judge Terry Ruckriegle's decision was announced as a two-day hearing ended without rulings on two main issues: the relevance of the woman's sexual conduct in the days surrounding her encounter with Bryant, and whether investigators questioned the NBA star illegally.

Those matters will be taken up again during a March 24-25 hearing at which the accuser is expected to testify.

As he left the courthouse, Bryant smiled, waved and flashed the peace sign to a dozen children who shouted his name and held cardboard signs saying, "Kobe Bryant is Innocent."

Earlier, seven young people arrived to testify in the closed hearing about the 19-year-old woman's sexual history.

The woman has told police she had sex with someone two days before the alleged attack. The defense, however, insists she slept with "multiple" partners that week — including someone less than 15 hours after her encounter with Bryant.

In a rare public statement Tuesday, the woman's attorney, John Clune, called that claim "patently false" and said attorneys trying to prove otherwise would be "chasing ghosts." He said his client is confident the trial will remain focused on Bryant's conduct.

Bryant, 25, has said the two had consensual sex. The Los Angeles Lakers star faces four years to life in prison or 20 years to life on probation if convicted of the felony sexual assault charge.

The sexual activity of an alleged victim is presumed irrelevant under Colorado's rape-shield law, which Bryant's attorneys have challenged as unconstitutional. Defense attorneys must prove to a judge such details are relevant.

Defense attorneys Hal Haddon and Pamela Mackey say details of the woman's sex life are important in determining whether she was injured by other sexual partners and whether she suffered emotional trauma, as prosecutors claim. They also want to know whether she had a "scheme" to sleep with Bryant at the Vail-area resort where she worked last June to win attention from an ex-boyfriend.