Football Law Enforcement claims they sent Ray Rice vid to NFL in April

Archie F. Swin · 03:06 PM

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ap-ne...video-sent-nfl

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A law enforcement official says he sent a video of Ray Rice punching his then-fiancee to an NFL executive three months ago, while league officers have insisted they didn't see the violent images until this week.

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."

The law enforcement official, speaking to the AP on condition of anonymity because of the ongoing investigation, says he had no further communication with any NFL employee and can't confirm anyone watched the video. The person said they were unauthorized to release the video but shared it unsolicited, because they wanted the NFL to have it before deciding on Rice's punishment.

The NFL has repeatedly said it asked for but could not obtain the video of Rice hitting Janay Palmer — who is now his wife — at an Atlantic City casino in February.

The league says it has no record of the video, and no one in the league office had seen it until TMZ released it. When asked about the voicemail Wednesday, NFL officials repeated their assertion that no league official had seen the video before Monday.

The person said he sent a DVD copy of the security camera video to an NFL office and included his contact information. He asked the AP not to release the name of the NFL executive, for fear that the information would identify the law enforcement official as the source.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell initially suspended Rice for two games following the February incident, but the Ravens released Rice on Monday and the NFL suspended him indefinitely after the website TMZ released the video.

Goodell told CBS on Tuesday that "no one in the NFL, to my knowledge" had seen a new video of what happened on the elevator until it was posted online.

"We assumed that there was a video. We asked for video. But we were never granted that opportunity," Goodell said.

In a memo to the NFL's 32 teams on Wednesday, Goodell said that the league asked law enforcement for the video, but not the casino. "In the context of a criminal investigation, information obtained outside of law enforcement that has not been tested by prosecutors or by the court system is not necessarily a reliable basis for imposing league discipline," he wrote.

The video, shown to the AP on Monday, is slightly longer than the TMZ version, and includes some audio.

Rice and Janay Palmer — now Janay Rice — can be heard shouting obscenities at each other, and she appears to spit at Rice right before he throws a brutal punch. After she collapses, he drags her out of the elevator and is met by some hotel staff. One of them can be heard saying, "She's drunk, right?" And then, "No cops."

Rice had been charged with felony aggravated assault in the case, but in May he was accepted into a pretrial intervention program that allowed him to avoid jail time and could lead to the charge being purged from his record. A prominent New Jersey lawmaker called Tuesday for that decision to be reviewed.

Hours after portions of the video were made public by TMZ, Goodell suspended Rice indefinitely and Baltimore terminated his contract. He had originally been suspended for two games, and team officials had praised him for his apologies and actions after his arrest for aggravated assault.

Goodell and team officials said they were taking more severe action because of the violence in the video.

saphojunkie · 09-10-2014, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Archie F. Swin

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ap-ne...video-sent-nfl

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."

There's the smoking gun.

**tyler360** · 09-10-2014, 03:03 PM

Somebody is lying out their ass in all of this. I wonder who........

**Easy 6** · 09-10-2014, 03:05 PM

If this whole scandal is what it takes to shitcan Goodell, then that was the sweetest punch in the history of the NFL.

Sweet Daddy Hate · 09-10-2014, 03:08 PM

Can this get Goodell fired? Please?

Jerm · 09-10-2014, 03:08 PM

Kiss Goodell's ass goodbye....

ShowtimeSBMVP · 09-10-2014, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Jerm

Kiss Goodell's ass goodbye....

He's going nowhere. The Giants owner came out today and said his job is safe.

ShowtimeSBMVP · 09-10-2014, 03:09 PM

The person played The AP a 12-second voicemail from an NFL office number on April 9 confirming video arrived. A... http://t.co/X52dO2fcEq
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) September 10, 2014

Sweet Daddy Hate · 09-10-2014, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Jerm

Kiss Goodell's ass goodbye....

My God; that would be the best part of this entire season and torrid affair.

Discuss Thrower · 09-10-2014, 03:11 PM

NFL just denied receiving the tape.

Some hapless secretary or manager is about to be sacrificed to protect the Shield.

**Bufkin** · 09-10-2014, 03:11 PM

See ya Roger.

ShowtimeSBMVP · 09-10-2014, 03:12 PM

NFL spokesman clarifies reference to "anyone" in that statement means "anyone in our office," which is the phrase they've been using.
— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) September 10, 2014

Jerm · 09-10-2014, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by ChiefsandO'sfan

He's going nowhere. The Giants owner came out today and said his job is safe.

If this is true and they had the tape, there's not a chance in hell he makes it through this...

**Rain Man** · 09-10-2014, 03:18 PM

I saw the interview with Jon Harbaugh, and it was funny how he'd been prepared by the NFL. Right off the bat, he put in an extremely obvious, "It was the first time we had seen this ..." addition onto his response that was completely extraneous to the question. It was obvious that he had orders to say that, and he intentionally did it early to make sure he got it done.

BigCatDaddy · 09-10-2014, 03:19 PM

Goodell is just doing what the owners want. Replacing him isn't changing anything.

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