Blackhawks' Patrick Kane won't face rape charges

Air Langhi · Nov 6, 2015

Prosecutors announced Thursday that they will not bring rape charges against Chicago Blackhawks star Patrick Kane, citing a lack of credible evidence in a case "rife with reasonable doubt" and the accuser's decision to no longer cooperate in the investigation.

Erie County, New York, District Attorney Frank Sedita said a three-month investigation found that physical and forensic evidence "tend to contradict" the accuser's claim that she was raped on Aug. 2 at Kane's offseason home outside Buffalo.

"The totality of the credible evidence -- the proof -- does not sufficiently substantiate the complainant's allegation that she was raped by Patrick Kane and this so-called 'case' is rife with reasonable doubt," Sedita wrote in a statement released Thursday.

He said he will not present the case to a grand jury for possible charges.

"I have repeatedly said that I did nothing wrong," Kane said in a statement Thursday. "I have respected the legal process, and I am glad that this matter has now been closed, and I will have nothing further to say going forward."

Sedita said the reasons for dropping the case include "significant material inconsistencies" in the accounts of the accuser and other witnesses and that physical evidence tended "to contradict" her claim that she was raped on Kane's bed.
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http://espn.go.com/nhl/story/_/id/14057509/patrick-kane-chicago-blackhawks-face-rape-charges

Not a big hockey fan, but he is a pretty big star in hockey.

ubigred · Nov 6, 2015

Something smells fishy

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