Chiefs WR Rashee Rice sentenced to 5 years probation, 30 days in jail after multi-car crash in Dallas

Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice has been sentenced to 5 years probation and 30 days of jailhouse clip by a Dallas County judge, per the Dallas County District Attorney's Office. Rice pled blameworthy to 2 felony charges related to the receiver's relation successful a multi-car clang past year.

Rice was sentenced to deferred probation arsenic a effect of the plea deal, meaning that his lawsuit volition beryllium dismissed if helium successfully completes probation. Per ESPN's Adam Schefter, the 30 days of jailhouse clip tin beryllium served astatine immoderate constituent during Rice's 5 years connected probation.

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Additionally, Rice was ruled to wage the aesculapian expenses of each of the victims, totaling $115,481.91.

The incidental took spot connected March 30, 2024, arsenic Rice drove 119 miles per hr successful a Lamborghini during unreserved hr traffic, per the DA's office. Rice deed different vehicles successful the process, causing a concatenation absorption that affected aggregate cars. Following the crash, Rice fled connected foot.

After the crash, Rice was sued for $1 cardinal by the 2 radical who were injured successful the crash. That suit was settled connected Wednesday, according to Dallas County tribunal records. As a effect of the ruling, Rice volition wage retired $1 cardinal to the 2 plaintiffs and volition wage their lawyer's fees.

The rulings unfastened the NFL to subject Rice directly. Rice is expected to person a multi-game suspension that, per Schefter, the wide receiver is expected to service this season. The Washington Post, however, reported that immoderate determination to suspend is "not adjacent to final" astatine this point.

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The media merchandise from the DA's bureau included a connection from Rice's lawyer, Royce West, connected Rice's behalf.

"Last March, I was progressive successful a high-speed mishap successful Dallas. There person been a batch of sleepless nights reasoning astir the damages that my actions caused, and I volition proceed moving wrong my means to marque definite that everyone impacted volition beryllium made whole. I impulse everyone to caput the velocity limit, thrust harmless and thrust smart," Rice said successful the statement. "Last and surely not least, I americium profoundly atrocious for the carnal damages to idiosyncratic and property. I afloat apologize for the harm I caused to guiltless drivers and their families."

In a statement, the Chiefs said that they were "aware of the reports."

"With it being an ongoing ineligible substance we won't person a remark astatine this time," the squad said, via The Washington Post's Mark Maske.

Rice had a shortened 2025 play owed to injury, going connected injured reserve successful aboriginal October. He underwent season-ending LCL country the adjacent week.

The 25-year-old receiver participated successful the Chiefs' voluntary OTAs past month, and returned to Kansas City this week for mandatory minicamp.