Additional details from the night of Ray Rice’s assault on his then-fiancee Janay Palmer have been made available in a new report from ESPN. These details include Rice spitting on the victim before hitting her and that Rice knew he was going to be arrested.
Ray Rice spat at Janay Palmer, per report
Former and current security staffers at an Atlantic City hotel told ESPN’s Outside the Lines that Rice said his now-wife had just been drinking:
“The first thing he [Rice] said is, ‘She’s intoxicated. She drank too much. I’m just trying to get her to the room,’” one staffer said.
“When she regained consciousness she said, ‘How could you do this to me? I’m the mother of your kid,’” that same staffer told “Outside the Lines.”
With his fiancée still groggy, Rice dialed somebody on his cellphone and said, “I’m getting arrested tonight,” the staffer said. Police arrived in 10 to 15 minutes.
The report adds that there was no visible sign of injury on Palmer’s face or head due to hair covering the area. There was also no blood on the elevator railing or anywhere on the floor.
Rice was released by the Baltimore Ravens and subsequently suspended indefinitely by the NFL after the assault video leaked via TMZ on Monday.
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