The Associated Press is reporting that an unnamed law enforcement official said he sent the NFL a video in April of former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice punching his then-fiancee Janay Palmer. This contradicts the version that NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has put out saying that the NFL was not given access to the same footage until last Monday.
Ray Rice video sent to NFL in April, per report
A new report from the Associated Press refutes the timeline given by Roger Goodell in an interview on Tuesday.
From the official AP story, the official had concrete audio evidence that the NFL received the materials:
The person played The Associated Press a 12-second voicemail from an NFL office number on April 9 confirming the video arrived. A female voice expresses thanks and says: “You’re right. It’s terrible.”
Ray Rice Elevator Video
The official also said he had no further contact with the NFL from that point forward, so there is no specific confirmation that league officials, including Goodell, saw the actual video.
The NFL refutes the AP report, with a spokesman saying they would look into it.
NFL spokesman says "we have no knowledge of this." Restates no one to their knowledge possessed or saw the vid. "We will look into it."
— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) September 10, 2014 Goodell went on record saying he had not seen the video until this week in an interview with CBS reporter Norah O’Donnell on Tuesday.
“We had not seen any videotape of what occurred in the elevator,” Goodell said. “We assumed that there was a video, we asked for video, we asked for anything that was pertinent, but we were never granted that opportunity.”
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