Last month, Rashee Rice, a large receiver for the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs, was concerned in a multi-vehicle crash in Dallas. Consequently, he’s presently going through severe authorized bother and a warrant was issued for his arrest. After turning himself in, he was held within the Tri-Metropolis Jail in DeSoto, Texas, however was later launched on bond.
Fox 4 Kansas Metropolis reported that Rice and SMU cornerback Theodore Knox are being sued for $1 million in a Dallas County lawsuit. The plaintiffs, Irina Gromova and Edvard Petrovskiy, are searching for compensation for the accidents they sustained in the course of the accident.
In keeping with the courtroom doc, the accidents embody ‘trauma to the mind, lacerations to the face requiring stitches, a number of contusions in regards to the physique, disfigurement, inner bleeding and different inner and exterior accidents that will solely be absolutely revealed over the course of medical therapy.’ Each plaintiffs had been on the wheel for the time being of the crash.
Rice doubtlessly faces jail time
Rashee Rice is already going through eight counts for his involvement and duty within the a number of crashes: Six counts of collision involving bodily harm, one depend of collision involving extreme bodily harm, and one depend of aggravated assault, in keeping with the arrest warrant.
Rice doubtlessly faces as much as 35 years in jail if he’s discovered responsible of all costs that he’s accused of. Additionally, in keeping with WFAA Channel 8 in Dallas the police found 10.8 grams of marijuana within the car that Rice was driving, a possible Class B midsemeanor punishable with as much as 180 in jail.
In keeping with the police investigation, the broad receiver of the Chiefs was driving at a pace that was a lot larger than the restrict allowed. As per the affidavit of the arrest warrant, his prime pace was measured at 119 miles per hour simply earlier than the crash. Rice was driving a Lamborghini and was accompanied by a Chevrolet Corvette.
