Ray Rice spit on wife Janay Palmer twice before knocking her out inside the elevator, and then he told security she was passed out from being drunk, according to a report.
ESPN’s Outside the Lines spoke with multiple employees who worked as security at the Revel hotel in Atlantic City the night Rice and Palmer were arrested for their fight.
According to the report, security members who viewed the video multiple times say Rice spat on Palmer twice — once before they entered the elevator and another time once inside the elevator. The first spit caused Palmer to turn around and slap him with her left hand. The second spit caused her to lunge at him in retaliation. That resulted in Rice knocking her out.
“The first thing he [Rice] said is, ‘She’s intoxicated. She drank too much. I’m just trying to get her to the room,'” a staff member at the Revel hotel told Outside the Lines.
They also delivered this bombshell, which makes it seem like it wasn’t that easy for Janay to go back to Ray immediately.
“When she regained consciousness she said, ‘How could you do this to me? I’m the mother of your kid,'” the same staff member told ESPN.
Outside the Lines also says that the video released by TMZ Sports was recorded on someone’s cell phone, which could explain why it’s somewhat choppy. The video security got to see was much more clear.
