By: Amanda Anderson-Niles
Months ago it was confirmed that Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice knocked out his then fiancee and now wife Janay Palmer during an argument in an elevator, and the athlete was suspended for two games as a result and forced to take anger management courses.
But now TMZ got its hands on the actual footage and it’s so terrible that people are calling for Ray Rice to be suspended for the entire season.
TMZ writes:
This is what a two game suspension looks like — Ray Rice delivering a vicious punch to his fiancee’s face, knocking her out cold … and TMZ Sports has the shocking video.
We’ve already shown you the aftermath outside the elevator … Rice dragging the unconscious woman on the floor. But we’ve now obtained video of the punch that put her down, raising the question … What was the NFL thinking when it wrist-slapped Rice with such feeble punishment?
Just weeks after the news about the assault leaked, Ray and Janay married.
UPDATE: Ray Rice has been released from the Baltimore Ravens and suspended from the NFL indefinitely according to CNN.
Disturbing video but I see the hypocrisy because everyone was laughing when Solange spat on, and kicked Jay Z like it was a kickboxing match. Why is it women get passes for assaulting men?
Why did she marry him after this? What on earth was she thinking?
Ray Rice is an idiot. And his wife is dumb too. That’s all I got.
So you mean to tell me this woman actually married this violent fool after he did this to her? And I’m disgusted at how carelessly he dragged her body out of the elevator. This is a very sick relationship.
This is very disturbing I thought reports said she spit on him. I didn’t see her spit on him at all he punched her twice and he just stood there like nothing smh.
Welp. His career is over.
The NFL has to give him a longer suspension now. This is just…wow.
She wanted toe athlete wife lifestyle so bad she married him anyway. The f-ck…
Fix it Jesus.
They have to add more days to his suspension now. There’s no if, ands or buts about it.
Just wow! She married this fool after receiving that KO punch. Any man that can knuckle up and knock a woman out like that is not someone that I’d want to be around. Oh welp…..she knows what she’s getting herself into.
Ray Rice is a despicable human being. Isn’t she the mother of his kids?
Without pointing fingers at either person, I’ll just say that this is obviously a very toxic relationship. Even if in the “heat of the moment” he were to hit her and not expect the result to be so extreme, his reaction AFTER she laid there unconscious makes the hit itself that much worse. He is careless and abusive. People can automatically default to assuming money is why she stayed, but domestic violence is serious, and reasons people (not just women) stay in those situations go far beyond what a “rational” mind would attribute their decisions to. This is sad all across the board and it reflects very poorly on the NFL as well.
The NFL is lying too. I know they saw this video weeks ago when the story first broke. Someone needs to call them out for that.
SAD.
This sadly speaks to a larger issue of how domestic violence is usually handled for a “celebrity” or sports figure. After the way the entertainment industry refused to sanction Chris Brown, and the fact that some went as far as to blame Rihanna for causing her own battering, I have to say that the NFL’s handling of this situation doesn’t surprise me. Jay Z was one of the few who actually blasted Chris – everyone else, women included, acted like it was life as usual. Until we take a stand, and hold men, and women accountable for DV, and punish them where it hurts – in their pockets, this crap will continue unabated.
I won’t touch on his marrying him – cause that speaks to her issues…and that is another separate conversation.
This whole situation is just wild man. And there’s no excuse for a man hitting a woman. he deserves way more than a two game suspension.
My dad always told me NEVER EVER Give a man that hits you a second chance because LOVE DOESN’T HIT.
Welp, he’s really messed up now because he has kids who will now have to suffer because no one is going to hire daddy now.
I’m shocked the NFL and Ravens cut ties. I didn’t think they would. I’m glad people are taking domestic violence more seriously.
The release is deserved. Hopefully he continues to participate in counseling.
Good.
I just hope the NFL and Ravens did the right thing and not doing this to save face. I just find it hard to believe they didn’t see the video before especially the NFL.
That backlash got the job done.
Wow. This is sad because the kids are going to suffer than anyone else now. This is why you can’t put your hands on people.
Dumba-s. I hope he was at least smart with his money.
I hope he learns from this.
And I don’t feel sorry for him at all.
I’m glad the Ravens cut him. His wife needs to get out now. He doesn’t love her.
A real man doesn’t hit women.
Is it just me, the first thing I thought after hearing about the suspension…I really hope Janay is ok. Who knows how Rice may have reacted to hearing about his suspension.