The prosecutor overseeing the sexual assault investigation of Patrick Kane says the accuser's mother lied about finding an evidence bag in her doorway.

Erie County District Attorney Frank Sedita said during a news conference Friday that he is not sure how the two-day "dog and pony show" focusing on how evidence was handled affects the main case. Sedita said all the evidence, including the rape kit used to examine the accuser, was handled properly and is still in custody of authorities.

"Obviously there has been an effort to create a hoax," Sedita said. "I gotta figure out who was in on that, why they would do that and what it means vis-a-vis all the other evidence."

Questions about the bag were raised publicly Wednesday by the accuser's former attorney, Thomas Eoannou, who abruptly quit the case Thursday night and said he no longer believed the story about how the folded-up paper bag was found. Eoannou said he was still confident in the accuser's allegations against Kane.