APRIL 4: Rice’s lawyer confirmed (via the Kansas City Star’s Sam McDowell) his client was involved in the crash. Rice was driving the Lamborghini SUV, not the Corvette, on Saturday. No charges have been filed, but Rice’s attorney (via the Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s James Hartley) expects charges to come down soon.
Rice’s attorney, Texas state senator Royce West, declined to answer a question as to why the Chiefs wideout and others left the scene but indicated his client intends to take care of the injury- and damage-driven expenses incurred by the other crash victims.
APRIL 3: Rashee Rice met with Dallas police about his alleged role in the Saturday hit-and-run incident, a six-car crash believed to have been caused by two vehicles street racing.
The Chiefs wide receiver accepted “full responsibility” for his role in the accident, though the 23-year-old did not specify what that role was. A Corvette and a Lamborghini Urus were racing along a stretch of the North Central Expressway, and Rice now has ties to both vehicles. A police call sheet suspected Rice as the driver of the Corvette, and Kelli Smith of the Dallas Morning News reports the SMU alum rented the Lamborghini SUV in March.
The only person contractually allowed to drive the Urus while renting it, Rice rented the vehicle for more than $10K per month. He was expected to return it “sometime in June,” Smith adds. A text message reviewed by the Morning News indicated “Rashee” promised to pay for any damages. Rice said Wednesday he will continue to cooperate with authorities.
Both drivers lost control of their vehicles in the crash, causing a high-speed collision when the Lamborghini barreled into a center median wall just before 6:30pm Saturday. The two drivers fled the scene before providing any information. Three men were in the Lamborghini. Two other people involved in the accident suffered minor injuries and needed to be hospitalized. No arrest has been made.
More details on the wreck have since emerged. The two vehicles attempted to pass cars in the left lane, per Smith, who adds the cars collided with other vehicles across several lanes along the Dallas-area highway. At least three victims in this accident have brought in legal counsel; Rice did so on Sunday.
It remains uncertain which car Rice was driving in this accident — if, in fact, he was behind the wheel of either vehicle — but the 2023 second-round pick is closely tied to the wreck. It may be too early to suggest Rice is a clear candidate for an NFL suspension, but that would be on the radar if a charge is eventually filed.
Should get a similar punishment to Ruggs, if he was driving. A person shouldn’t have to die for there to be accountability.
There can be accountability without him facing the same punishment as someone who drove drunk and killed someone (and a dog).
The punishment should be based on the crime, not the outcome of the crime, IMO.
I get the spirit, but manslaughter, attempted murder, and murder are different crimes for a reason. Heck, all three of those cover a number of different crimes. This country already has too many people in prison without charging everyone who commits reckless endangerment like they killed someone.
There is a balance between “charge him as if he killed someone” and “don’t put him in jail because of statistics”. Rice falls somewhere in there.
If Rice had stayed on scene and done his legal (not to mention humanitarian) duty, it’s much easier to make the anti-jail argument. Fleeing from what is an obviously serious wreck is what makes the jail time argument much stronger. Crimes like reckless driving have provenances for jail time in most states because of this.
So, yes, you do keep the possible outcomes in mind, but at the same time, you shouldn’t exaggerate your response too far from reality. I think that most of us can agree that both should be weighed. What Rice did was not murder or manslaughter, but it could have easily ended up as such. Both matters must be considered. The fact that he ran is a separate, but arguably more serious, element in terms of determining punishment/restitution.
That’s all reasonable. Treating him as similar to Ruggs is not.
I agree. I get the sentiment of the post, but I agree with you.
The problem is he left the scene. Could be because he needed to sober up. TMZ posted photos of Rice (maybe drinking) at an Easter lunch with his family before the crash. Luckily no one died, but they way they were driving, they could’ve killed someone.
Plus3 you say “could be” and “maybe”……
We will never know. He may have ran because he was drunk. He may have ran because he’s 23 and knew he’d done something stupid.
True. Glad we knew Ruggs was DUI because he didn’t run from the scene!
A 16 year old with a license knows you’re not supposed to leave the scene of an accident. You can’t use ‘youth’ as an excuse.
Fleeing just screams the possibility of driving under the influence which should also be added on.
Regardless if he stayed or fled the scene, he has to go to jail to be processed. There is no getting around that no matter who you are or what attorney you hire. We all know there isn’t any prison time on this charge and he will take probation and probably get 1 or 2 game suspension from the NFL.
“ The punishment should be based on the crime, not the outcome of the crime, IMO.”
So we should assume a couple yelling at each other would have resulted in physical altercation and charge spouses with assault and battery even if none occurred?
There’s a reason charges as based on outcomes not solely on actions. Cause you can’t charge people with something they may not have done.
The fact that they were racing, if they were going over 100 mph then he would face a felony of reckless driving.
I mean, you want someone charged for manslaughter when no one’s dead?
“ A person shouldn’t have to die for there to be accountability.”
Which is why we have felony level reckless driving if someone suffers bruises, injuries, etc.
It’s not what you know, it’s what you can prove
“The Chiefs wide receiver accepted ‘full responsibility’ for his role in the accident, though the 23-year-old did not specify what that role was.” That’s quite a sentence.
Also, renting a Lamborghini for north of $10k for month when you have less than $2 million guaranteed in your contract and can’t get a raise for two years would be foolish even if you were going to handle the car as responsibly as possible.
Texas passed a law to discourage street racing. The city can take any car involved in a street race and just sell it and keep the profits. This law also affects cars that are being rented. So the City keeps both cars, and Rice would have to buy a Lamborghini for the rental company. I do not think Rice can afford the trouble he is facing.
Yikes. That would put a pretty big dent in his career earnings so far.
Plus damages to other cars that got hit, potential lawsuits from people in those cars that got hit and an almost certain suspension from the league that will significantly reduce his income. Obviously the most important thing is the health of everyone involved but Rice just went broke before he ever got paid.
So the city corporation can steal vehicles? LMAO
NFL players are notorious for going broke when their playing career is over
So best case scenario at this point is rice let people borrow cars and wasn’t involved at all in the street racing. And worst case scenario is he’s one of the drivers whether sober or under the influence.
Well let’s wait till all facts are out at this point before jumping to conclusions one way or the other
“Now remember, both cars are in my name, so if anything pops off … RUN!!”
You can’t teach stupid
“The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has it’s limits” / Albert Einstein
If you watch the dash cam footage Rice clearly gets out of the front passenger side door. But he is the 2nd guy to get out of that front passenger side door. Which means Rice was in the front seats, which one? Well he wasn’t sitting in the front passenger seat while the driver climbed out over him, it is much more reasonable to suggest that the front passenger got out first then Rice climbed out after him. In fact if you watch the Video of Rice you can actually see his feet landing on the pavement in awkward manner that doesn’t look like a traditional person stepping out of a car more of a person leaping over the center console as he quickly gets out of the car.
Both cars are linked to him, the guy clearly did this, he raced, he risked lives, he lied, he fled the scene, but he does play in the NFL so he will probably get a lite slap on the wrist, pathetic.
Spot on.
Loose translation-“ now that enough time has passed for whatever substance I was under the influence of, to no longer show up in my blood, I have turned myself in, and I accept full responsibility “.
And possibly got a call from a phone with a Kansas City area code…
moron
Can’t believe it will be less than a year suspension. Buffalo and KC on the wide receiver market.
It won’t be anywhere near a one year suspension.
What does the concept of taking full responsibility mean?
Accepting any and all punishment?
Accepting any reasonable punishment?
What does this whole concept even mean that we hear daily?
Without context, accepting responsibility is a most vague and pointless exercise we have created. What do words, with no expectation of action, mean?
Does even 1% believe this person will take full responsibility?
Answer to last question: NO
When are reporters going to start telling the obvious truth by stating:
“The player read from a prepared statement written by his agent.”
Some of these players couldn’t spell “cat” if you spotted them the “c” and the “a”.
What are you really trying to say? “Obvious truth”.
he is getting jail time for this…
Fookin’ meathead chef…
How exactly do you accept full responsibility for something that you have not identified your role in?
He said he was driving the Lambo which means he was probably in the Vette but throwing a smokescreen.
Lock him up!
Great googly moogly. I think was heard in KC.
No shortage of stupid here! Taking lives has some sever blowback coming!
People only flee the scene of a traffic accident when they have been drinking. The consequences of leaving the scene are much less than the consequences of a DUI.
Sometimes they do it because they’re suspended, sometimes because they’re wanted, sometimes because they have no insurance, sometimes for not having a license, sometimes for using a vehicle without permission, sometimes for having drugs in the car, sometimes for having guns that they’re not supposed to have, sometimes for just being dumb…
There are a lot of reasons. None of them are particularly good, though. And if the other driver was his friend, and had a reason to flee, that could have convinced Rice to so so as well. Fleeing the scene of a wreck with an occupied vehicle carries a maximum $10,000 fine in my state. It’s significantly higher than a baseline DUI, with similar consequences criminally. The social consequences of a DUI, however, I would agree are much more extreme (not many potential employers ask about fleeing the scene like they do DUI). I don’t want to make it sound like I disagree with you regarding DUI as being a large share of flights from wrecks, but there are a lot of other (bad) reasons that people try to not be around when they wreck a car.
Also, your name is perfect.
“his client intends to take care of the injury- and damage-driven expenses incurred by the other crash victims”.
That will be expensive and put a dent in Rachee’s lifestyle. I suspect he will driving a 77 Ford Pinto rather than a Lamborghini for the foreseeable future.
Gonna get a slap on the wrist
For those think his status will insulate him somehow … nope
He fled the scene. There’s absolutely no narrative for that.
None
Zilch
Nada
There’s a laundry list of possible narratives to the events leading UP TO the incident … ranging from laughable to probable … but he fled the scene.
There’s no viable excuse.
At best, it only reinforces the patented lack of responsibility, remorse, accountability, concern for the results of his actions.
NFL is gonna swing its Claymore
This guy flees the scene of an accident, Reid’s kid injures someone with a DUI, I guess chiefs will tolerate a lot as long as they win.
Reid’s kid doesn’t work for them. Should they fire Andy Reid because of his son? Bizarre.
Reid’s kid worked for the Chiefs at the time, and has since been relieved of his duties
Britt Reid is a former American football coach and convicted felon. He most recently served as an outside linebackers coach for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League.
Wikipedia
He worked for them. Not sure why you think that he didn’t.
If he’s fessing up to the Lamborghini he must’ve been driving the Vette and there’s a reason why he’s shifting responsibility.
Well, Rice was apparently the only authorized driver of the Urus. That may be why. Or, he could have actually been driving it, which is of course possible.
Rice should be treated as the knuckleheads 23 year old he is, not as an NFL player, and have every charge that should be filed against him, filed. His reckless driving is an egregious offense and unless the book is thrown at him, he won’t learn anything. He’s lucky he didn’t kill anyone, but what will happen next time he drives like this? What a punk and Rice deserves whatever punishment comes his way
Can’t remember his name but the Raiders had a kid do a similar thing, and now he’s in jail for a long time. Young, cocky, and rich is becoming a bad combination in the NFL.
I can’t drive 55, dummy n he’s responsible 4both of the racing vehicles. Lucky nobody died. Now we’ll see how good a player he is in nfl, kind that league let’s meander through such a mess unscathed or he’s already cut n we just haven’t read about it yet ?
Plead insanity, “I was crazy bout that car”
Andy Reid is a great judge of character.