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Blackhawks' Patrick Kane won't face charges as rape investigation comes to a close

For nearly three months, Patrick Kane has been the investigation of an alleged rape. On Thursday, that investigation officially came to a close.

No charges will be filed against Kane according to Erie County district attorney Frank Sedita III, who announced that his office has completed its investigation of the Blackhawks right wing. A woman had accused Kane of raping her at his Buffalo, N.Y.-area home in early August.

Sedita posted a statement on the Erie County D.A.’s website, saying “The Town of Hamburg Police Department and the Office of the Erie County District Attorney have conducted an exhaustive investigation over the course of the past three months.