Police release redacted Kang report

Chicago police released a heavily redacted incident report that said the woman who claimed to be a victim of a sexual assault by Pirates third baseman Jung Ho Kang did not initially cooperate with investigators.

But additional information that might have provided context to explain her initial reluctance was blacked out by the police department.

The report, which obscured Kang’s name and listed him as “offender,” was released in response to a records request from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that specifically sought documentation of the incident.

In its response, dated Monday, the police department said the case is being “actively investigated” and that release of more information might obstruct detectives’ efforts. “Witnesses are still being interviewed and witnesses are still being sought for interview,” the police department said.

Police launched an investigation in June after a 23-year-old woman said she was sexually assaulted by Kang in a Chicago hotel room. The report said the two were talking and Kang gave the woman an alcoholic drink that caused her to lose consciousness. What happened next was blacked out of the report, which picked up two days later when the woman went to Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

Rape-kit evidence was collected June 19 at the hospital, which contacted police that day. Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi has said the woman and police were in contact over the next 10 days, though he would not release details.

The report indicates the “injury extent” to the woman was “minor.” She filed a formal complaint June 29, but no charges have been filed against Kang.