Someone’s got some ‘splainin’ to do!
Although the Baltimore Ravens told the world that they had only seen the video that they ended up releasing their running back Ray Rice over, who was then subsequently suspended from the NFL, when it was released and the public first saw it.
However although they didn’t see the video, which featured Rice knocking his then-fianc├â┬⌐e out inside an elevator at the Revel Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey, new reports are that the team’s head of security was given a FULL detailed account by a police officer only hours after it happened.
One source even called the account made to Darren Sanders basically a “play-by-play.”
Sanders quickly shared what he had just learned with some of the other team executives although exactly who was made aware is unknown at this point.
Another point mentioned in the ESPN report was how the Ravens were in direct contact with Ray Rice’s attorney Michael J. Diamondstein throughout the whole period and he had talked directly to team president Dick Cass.
Here’s what the report said:
“The Ravens also consulted frequently with Rice’s Philadelphia defense attorney, Michael J. Diamondstein, who in early April had obtained a copy of the inside-elevator video and told Ravens President Dick Cass: ├óΓé¼╦£It’s f├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥-ing horrible.'”
This all will not look good for the Baltimore Ravens organization who have been adamant that they did NOT know the full details of what happened in that elevator and was part of their explanation for the release of Ray Rice, who is in the middle of the appeal process, as they said he had left out details in what happened in that elevator.
The team actually made a statement on the article this past Friday where they said:
“The ESPN.com “Outside the Lines” article contains numerous errors, inaccuracies, false assumptions and, perhaps, misunderstandings. The Ravens will address all of these next week in Baltimore after our trip to Cleveland for Sunday’s game against the Browns.”
ESPN then answered back with their own statement that said:
“We stand by our reporting.”
This is all happened after the NFL commissioner Roger Goodell‘s press conference where he admitted he handled the Ray Rice case, with only an initial two game suspension, incorrectly. He then swore he’d be heading up an overhaul of the league’s domestic violence policies.
It’s starting to sound like there was definitely some type of cover-up going on — and someone or someones may have to pay the price for that in the future!
Although who will end up being toppled over is anyone’s guess at this point.
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