Chicago Blackhawks All-Star forward Patrick Kane will not face criminal charges stemming from a rape allegation made by a 21-year-old woman, the Erie County District Attorney’s Office announced on Thursday.
The accuser, who alleged she was sexually assaulted in Kane’s suburban Buffalo home in August, has stopped cooperating with investigators and Erie County District Attorney Frank A. Sedita III, said in a news release that there were “significant material inconsistencies between the complainant’s accounts and those of other witnesses.”
“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 said. “Accordingly, the Office of the Erie County District Attorney will not present this matter to an Erie County Grand Jury.”
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