Sports Mockery has received two different pieces of information, from separate sources with knowledge of the investigation, that indicate Patrick Kane will not be charged “at this time” with rape due to lack of evidence. This information has not been verified by the Buffalo News, Hamburg Police Department or the Erie County District Attorney’s Office.

At this point, it can be considered a rumor from reliable sources.

The first piece of information comes from an inside source with ties to the alleged victim and her friends. This source has already verified information for us that’s been accurate, especially regarding details about the victim.

Kane will be cleared because of lack of evidence indicating a rape occurred. The alleged victim has been informed and is hysterical crying. Investigators called the alleged victims lawyers last night , said not enough evidence to charge Kane “at this time” they will continue to investigate to see if any other leads or witnesses come forward. Might not be made public for a few weeks.

The second piece of information comes from a source with ties to the Buffalo Police Department. This source told us Kane’s driver was a police officer before Buffalo News reported it.

I was told that court security personnel and officers who are not currently on vacation were told they should remain the the area and avaiable. Presumably for an upcoming press conference, however that could take a while.

When you piece this together, if true, it would make sense why Kane and an investigator from the District Attorney’s Office recently met (report doesn’t say it was recent, but it reads as such). It would presumably be to inform Kane that there’s a lack of evidence. However, none of this has been verified.

Paul Cambria, Kane’s attorney, may have declined to comment in light of a press conference that could be coming. Why tell the Buffalo News Kane is innocent if you can tell the whole world on television?

Again, we want to remind you that this information comes from independent sources Sports Mockery has been working with throughout this investigation. If it was verified we would not be reporting it as a rumor.

However, if we didn’t believe these specific sources to be reliable, we wouldn’t have reported it at all.

When we heard this rumor, one of the first things we did was check Twitter to see if anyone else was talking about it. We found nobody, except one person.

We will continue to update you as we find information.

Information came from multiple sources, we are working to verify and provide more info. Not 100% by any means yet. — ✶ Sports Mockery ✶ (@sportsmockery) August 25, 2015

Sexual assault, civil case, etc. still in play. Our sources indicate rape is not going to be charged tho. Again, we are working to verify. — ✶ Sports Mockery ✶ (@sportsmockery) August 25, 2015

Sports Mockery is currently working other sources to verify this rumor. When we hear unverified information from reliable sources we report it as RUMOR. It should be read as a rumor until our verification is complete.