CHICAGO (WLS) -- The rape case against Patrick Kane has been dismissed, the Erie County district attorney said Thursday. On Aug. 6, a 21-year-old …
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The prosecutor overseeing the sexual assault investigation of Chicago Blackhawks star Patrick Kane says the accuser's mother lied about finding an evidence bag in her doorway.
"Obviously there has been an effort to create a hoax," Sedita said. "I gotta figure out who was in on that, why they would do that and what it means vis-à-vis all the other evidence."
The criminal and civil streams are separate. Even with the case dismissed against Kane, the accuser may still sue Kane civilly. She would alleged things like assault, battery and false imprisonment.
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