A highly-redacted report obtained by WFAA said a photographer had been hit by Rice. WFAA later spoke with the owner of the club, who denied the allegations.
DALLAS — The man accusing Kansas City wide receiver Rashee Rice of assaulting him at a Dallas nightclub is no longer pursuing charges, police said, though police are still investigating the incident.
The man signed “an affidavit of non-prosecution,” Dallas police confirmed to WFAA on Tuesday.
Police said the investigation is still ongoing. More details were not released by police.
NFL Network Reporter Tom Pelissero first reported on “The Insiders” that the assault charges had been dropped against Rice.
A highly-redacted report obtained by WFAA said a photographer had been hit by Rice. WFAA spoke with the owner of the club, Lit Kitchen & Lounge, who denied the allegations.
“We went through all the videos, cameras outside to see and then the detective pointed out that’s the accuser,” Lit Kitchen & Lounge owner Reza Dibaje told WFAA. “You see him coming across the street with his camera, it doesn’t look like the guy got a head or punch or anything.”
Rice still faces eight felony charges in connection to a high-speed, hit-and-run crash in late March in Dallas — six counts of collision involving bodily injury, one count of collision involving serious bodily injury, and one count of aggravated assault, according to the warrant. All of the charges are felonies.
Collision involving injury carries a penalty of imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for not more than five years or confinement in the county jail for not more than one year, a fine not to exceed $5,000, or both.
Collision involving serious bodily injury – a third-degree felony – carries a punishment of imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice of not more than 10 years or less than 2 years. Aggravated assault – a second-degree felony – is punishable by two to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000.
Pelissero also reported on “The Insiders” that Rice had reported to Phase 3 of OTAs with the Chiefs.
(Note: The video below was a WFAA report from May 10 when WFAA spoke to the bar owner.)
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