I think the tweeters may have missed some of the most important parts of the DA press conference:
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“It’s a dog-and-pony show,” Erie County District Attorney Frank Sedita said at a news conference on Friday.
The last few days have seen information about purported DNA evidence leaked to the media, accusations of evidence tampering and claims that a rape kit collected from Kane’s accuser was delivered anonymously to the home of the complainant’s mother. The tampering allegations took a twist on Thursday when the attorney representing the complainant suddenly pulled himself from the case because of “ethical obligations.”
On Friday, Sedita said his office had established that the mother of the complainant was behind an “elaborate hoax” that threatens to end the investigation.
“The question in my mind is not when this case will go to a grand jury. The question in my mind is if it will go to a grand jury,” Sedita said. “There will be one of two actions taken by this office:this case will either be administratively closed, as other cases have been, or this case will be presented to the grand jury.
Sedita said the complainant’s mother will likely not be prosecuted — “It is not a crime in the state of New York to make fraudulent representations to a private person,” he said — but added that he would “scour the law” to see what can be done. Either way, the complainant now finds herself under investigation.
“New questions arise,” Sedita said. “And now I have to figure out where we go from here. What do we do with this new information? Obviously, there’s been an effort to create a hoax. Obviously, there’s been an effort to manufacture a perception that forensic evidence cannot be trusted. I have to figure out who’s in on that and why they would do that and what it means vis-à-vis all the other evidence.
When asked if the any involvement by the complainant in what her mother reportedly did could affect the case, Sedita said, “it sure doesn’t help.”
“If the investigation further reveals the complainant was somehow involved in this, knew about this, that could be very relevant,” Sedita said. “We haven’t got to that point yet.”
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http://news.nationalpost.com/sports/...ng-allegations
The DA speaks for the very first time about this case...forced to by false allegations made by a lawyer who apparently was not smart enough to call the DA before declaring on national TV what he "knew" about the evidence bag...and he:
1. calls the events a dog and pony show
2. indicates the elaborate hoax threatens to end his investigation into Kane
3. says this case might get administratively closed (like any old case might)...openly wondering IF it is a case that should even go to a grand jury
4. indicates the complainant is now under an official investigation
5. acknowledges (while allowing the lingering "new questions" to swirl) that any involvement or knowledge on the part of the complainant in the mother's hoax could be "very relevant" and "sure doesn't help" the prosecution.
All of the foundation is laid to make a later announcement that the case is closed.
An elected DA running this case now and losing it (after all of the gong show it has become) would have to be very concerned he would look foolish and lacking in any common sense or judgment.