The morning after the Patrick Kane investigation took another twist as Thomas Eoannou, who was representing the woman accusing Patrick Kane of the Chicago Blackhawks of sexual assault, resigned, the Erie County District Attorney addressed allegations of evidence tampering in the case.

On Wednesday, Eoannou claimed that a brown paper bag that held the rape kit was delivered anonymously to the home of the complainant’s mother. District Attorney Frank Sedita set to re-establish the chain of custody of the actual rape kit during a Friday morning press conference.

Sedita showed through video and physical evidence that the bag Eoannou displayed did not at any point hold the rape kit.

Rape kits in Erie County, as Sedita showed, are placed in boxes, not bags. It doesn’t require a bag nor are they submitted in a bag. There was also video of detectives delivering the boxed rape kit to the County Police Services lab and a timeline of the chain of custody.

“The rape kit was never in any kind of bag,” Sedita said. “The rape kit was properly sealed and properly submitted to the CPS (County Police Services) laboratory and it has never left the custody of the CPS forensic laboratory since. It’s been there the whole time.”

“I think, although Mr. Eoannou was being reckless, I think he was being sincere, I do not think he was being disingenuous.”

Sedita added that while he will review the law, it’s unlikely he’ll press charges against the complainant’s mother, as it is not a crime in New York State. The mother was also interviewed by the DA’s office.

“She denies it, by the way,” Sedia said. “I don’t believe her denials.”

Eoannou announced on Thursday night that he was withdrawing from the case after losing confidence in the complainant's mother’s story. “The manner in which it was presented to me, in which I received it, I’m uncomfortable, and thus I do not believe the version of events is accurate,” he said.

The brown paper bag that Eoannou claimed was left in the doorstep of the complainant’s mother’s home was from the hospital. According to Sedita, the complainant went home and changed her shirt the morning of Aug. 2, the date of the alleged rape, before arriving at Erie County Medical Center to be examined.

According to Sedita, the mother went with the complainant to the hospital and the brown bag was given to her by a nurse, who asked her to put the top in the bag to give to police later. The mother left with the bag, which did not contain the rape kit.

“There was not evidence of tampering,” said Sedita. “We believe that a person — the complainant’s mother — has engaged in an elaborate hoax. Generally speaking, the sins of the mother and father are not usually transferrable to the daughter or the son.”

The DA’s office is investigating this latest development and will look to see if the complainant had any involvement.

Where does this leave the case? When about a potential timeline for the case to go a grand jury, Sedita replied, "The question in my mind is not when this case will go to a grand jury. The question in my mind is if this case will go to a grand jury.”

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