Chiefs' Rashee Rice received't face costs from individual over alleged assault

Kansas Metropolis Chiefs receiver Rashee Rice will not face costs from the injured individual over his reported involvement in an alleged assault a bit of over a month after Rice was one of many rushing drivers in a chain-reaction crash that led to a number of costs.

Dallas police stated Tuesday that the reporting celebration had signed an affidavit of non-prosecution over the incident at a downtown nightclub, however that the investigation is continuous.

Regulation enforcement officers have informed The Dallas Morning Information that Rice was suspected of assaulting an individual early Could 6, and that the individual went to a hospital after the encounter.

Dallas police didn’t title Rice because the suspect in detailing a report of the incident to The Related Press.

Rice’s lawyer, Texas state Sen. Royce West, did not reply to a message from the AP searching for remark. The NFL declined to remark.

Rice reported to the Chiefs for voluntary exercises final month, not lengthy after turning himself in to Dallas police over a number of costs, together with aggravated assault, involving the high-speed crash.

West has beforehand acknowledged Rice was rushing in a Lamborghini SUV when the crash involving six automobiles occurred March 30. Police stated Theodore Knox was driving a Corvette.

In accordance with a Texas Division of Transportation report, Rice was driving the Lamborghini at a high velocity of 119 mph earlier than affect, whereas the Corvette that Knox was driving had a high velocity of 116 mph.

Rice, a former SMU and Dallas-area highschool participant who turned 24 final month, and Knox have been charged with one rely of aggravated assault, one rely of collision involving severe bodily harm and 6 counts of collision involving harm. Knox additionally performed for SMU.

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4 folks had been injured within the crash, and police stated the occupants of the Lamborghini and Corvette left the scene with out offering info or figuring out whether or not anybody wanted medical consideration.

Rice was drafted within the second spherical by Kansas Metropolis final yr and performed in 20 video games, together with the Chiefs’ 25-22 time beyond regulation victory over San Francisco within the Tremendous Bowl. He led the staff with seven touchdowns receiving within the common season.

Reporting by The Related Press.

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