Video After The Jump
Video footage obtained by TMZ heavily suggests that Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice knocked his fiancee, Janay Palmer, unconscious during a fight between the two at Revel Casino in Atlantic City on Saturday (February 15).
Janay Palmer and Ray Rice
Rice's attorney, Andrew Alperstein, initially told The Baltimore Sun that that the incident was a "very minor physical altercation."
The Atlantic City Police Department arrested both Rice and Palmer and charged them with simple assault-domestic violence, before releasing them.
The police report reads in part:
On Saturday February 15, 2014 at 2:51am Atlantic City Police responded to Revel Casino for a domestic dispute. Uniformed Officer Cuong Sam and Officer Bryon Hargis met Revel Security at the porte-cochere and were escorted to both parties involved in the incident. The male and female involved were identified as Raymell Rice and Janay A. Palmer. After reviewing surveillance footage it appeared both parties were involved in a physical altercation. The complaint summons indicates that both Rich [sic] and Palmer struck each other with their hands. The responding officer signed a simple assault complaint against both Rice and Palmer.
Both Ms. Palmer and Mr. Rice refused any medical attention as no injuries were reported by either party. The couple were transported to the Atlantic City Police Department holding facility and charged with Simple Assault-Domestic Violence. They were both released on a summons to appear in court.
Rumors have been flying that the fight was more serious than reported, and that Rice knocked Palmer out with an uppercut. The video footage makes a compelling case that could be true
Michael Diamondstein, who also represents Rice legally told TMZ that his client won't be put on trial by the media.
"Neither Ray nor myself will try this case in the media. However, the video that's being posted by TMZ Sports is not the complete event, but is merely the end result of what transpired. We'll assure the public that when this matter is fully tried and completed, you'll have a better understanding of what happened and we ask the public to reserve making any judgment until all of the facts come out."
Roger Goodell
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is likely to get involved at some point. According to The Baltimore Sun, the league is reviewing the situation under the NFL personal-conduct policy
Goodell has a history of disciplining players, including suspending them for bad off the field conduct.
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