Ravens Terminate Ray Rice’s Contract, NFL Suspends Rice Indefinitely
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Rob Carr/Getty Images(BALTIMORE) — The Baltimore Ravens terminated the contract of running back Ray Rice on Monday in wake of TMZ Sports releasing a new video of him punching his then-fiancee in the face in an elevator at a hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell also announced Monday that Rice is suspended indefinitely in the wake of the newly released video.
Rice hit Janay Palmer with a left fist to the head. Palmer fell on the hand rail and landed on the floor before Rice is shown dragging her seemingly unconscious body out into the lobby.
On July 25, Rice was suspended by the NFL for two games and fined more than $500,000. The move was highly criticized and led to Goodell instituting a six-game suspension for any first offenders to a domestic abuse case and a lifetime ban for a second offense.
“We requested from law enforcement any and all information about the incident, including the video from inside the elevator,” the NFL released in a statement on Monday regarding the new video. “That video was not made available to us and no one in our office has seen it until today.”
Rice had three years and $10 million remaining on his contract.
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