Lawyer for accuser of NHL’s Kane sees possible evidence tampering

“It does call for a review of the process and auditing of the chain of custody to determine how it could have broken down”, Pirro said Wednesday. He is now calling for an “independent investigation by a separate law enforcement agency” to find out how the rape kit evidence bag apparently left the hands of law enforcement.

The investigation has shadowed the Stanley Cup champions for weeks as they prepare for a season that begins at home on October 7. “Absolutely nothing in it”. As Eoannou said, “In a rape case, the victim gets attacked”. “They would have an incentive to say it’s compromised”.

“All evidence related to this case that was given to Erie County Central Police Services by the Town of Hamburg Police Department is accounted for and remains in its original packaging in the possession of Erie County Central Police Services”, Glascott said in a written statement.

A nurse asks the victim questions about what happened during the alleged assault and then conducts the physical exam, during which evidence is collected using a rape kit. He presented the evidence bag to the public, visibly torn open. That he actually has the real evidence bag and the police do not, and therefore are lying?

The authenticity of the bag hasn’t been confirmed by the police department in Hamburg, New York, but the department did post on its Facebook page its handling of evidence in the case has been “unassailable”.

It wasn’t clear Wednesday what exactly the bag left at the alleged victim’s mother’s house had held.

Erie County Central Police Services is an administrative agency meant to provide centralized support to the county.

But the claim has not been substantiated by police and was mocked by Kane’s lawyer Paul Cambria.

“Only someone who is unhappy with the DNA results would have a motivation to claim that it’s compromised”, Cambria told The Associated Press. ‘We are obviously quite pleased with the DNA results’.

Cambria said both sides in the case have been told that none of Kane’s DNA was found “from the waist down” on the woman.

He declined to speculate how the disclosure would affect the investigation, but added: “If you’re looking for a surefire way to scuttle a prosecution, you may tamper with the evidence”.

The ripped bag is only the most exceptionally disturbing development in a case that tells an all-too-familiar story: how the hero worship of athletes leads to the systematic attacking of accusers by the media and fans who view the place of women in the sports world as little more than the spoils of stardom.

Police have previously said they were investigating an incident that allegedly occurred at Kane’s home in early August. Kane is a celebrity, especially in the Buffalo area where he grew up.

Eoannou said the person that left the evidence bag did not knock on the door or ring the doorbell. “This is supposed to be a secret investigation”, Eoannou said.

“The majority of rape victims do not come forward”.

“I have never seen anything like this”. “I can’t imagine anyone botching it”, he said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he did not have authorization to discuss the case.

“Something seriously has gone amiss”, Eoannou said at a news conference in his office. He said he’s never see any sort of evidence get out of the police chain of custody let alone end up at the doorway of a victim’s family member.

Kane did not travel to Detroit on Wednesday for a preseason game against the Red Wings, although he did play on Tuesday, reported the Chicago Tribune.

He addressed the allegations against him at a news conference last week.

Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville said “nothing’s changed”, regarding Kane’s status with the team. We’re doing the best we can within the framework of what we can talk about today’.