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Patrick Kane, star of NHL's Blackhawks, will not face rape charges: prosecutors
Source: Reuters
US | Thu Nov 5, 2015 10:36am EST
Patrick Kane, star of NHL's Blackhawks, will not face rape charges: prosecutors
BY STEVE GINSBURG
Patrick Kane, star of the NHL's Chicago Blackhawks, will not face rape charges related to an incident in New York state involving a woman he met at a nightclub because her account was not backed up by "credible evidence," a county prosecutor said on Thursday.
The woman had accused Kane of raping her in his offseason home in Hamburg, a Buffalo suburb, early on Aug. 2.
"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," Erie County District Attorney Frank Sedita said in a statement.
DNA evidence gathered in the case did not confirm the woman's allegation that she had been raped by the 26-year-old Kane, Sedita said, adding that there were "significant" inconsistencies in the accuser's account and those of other witnesses.
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Patrick Kane, star of NHL's Blackhawks, will not face rape charges: prosecutors
BY STEVE GINSBURG
Patrick Kane, star of the NHL's Chicago Blackhawks, will not face rape charges related to an incident in New York state involving a woman he met at a nightclub because her account was not backed up by "credible evidence," a county prosecutor said on Thursday.
The woman had accused Kane of raping her in his offseason home in Hamburg, a Buffalo suburb, early on Aug. 2.
"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," Erie County District Attorney Frank Sedita said in a statement.
DNA evidence gathered in the case did not confirm the woman's allegation that she had been raped by the 26-year-old Kane, Sedita said, adding that there were "significant" inconsistencies in the accuser's account and those of other witnesses.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/05/us-nhl-kane-rape-idUSKCN0SU2AQ20151105
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