Rashee Rice charged in connection to accident - Now being investigated for assault

[90sBills]

So…0-3 on their 2nd WR picks the last few years. lol 

[Roundybout]

Crap, means the Chiefs will be trading up

[QCity]

8 felonies? I guess saying "I'm sorry" wasn't enough.

[Warcodered]

27 minutes ago, Beck Water said:

Wow!  

 

I legitimately Did Not See That Coming.

 

I wonder how many "stick" after Rice's best lawyers get on it?

I mean the injuries are going to be based on Doctor's diagnosis right, he rented one car owns the other is on camera.......🤷‍♂️

[Mikie2times]

On 4/5/2024 at 4:49 PM, Nextmanup said:

1) In due course, pot will be legal everywhere in America, as it should be, though backward states like Texas may be the last to adapt.

 

2) If we are going to start caring about pot and enforcing anti-pot policies among ALL NFL PLAYERS, there will not be anyone left to play football.

 

Abandoning an accident scene with injured people who were receiving medical care is a serious offense.

 

The pot thing is not worth discussing.

 

 

 

You can get a DUI for smoking MJ and driving so I would think it's relevant? 

[Beck Water]

21 minutes ago, Warcodered said:

I mean the injuries are going to be based on Doctor's diagnosis right, he rented one car owns the other is on camera.......🤷‍♂️

 

One would think, but when you're wealthy and can afford the best attorneys, you get all kinds of stuff like the Kansas City prosecuting attorney accepting a plea deal from Britt Reid for 4 years (commuted by the Governor after 16 months) because they were afraid they wouldn't win in court and get the 7 years he could have faced.....

 

I'm just thinking that a bunch of the charges will get dropped on some technicalities unearthed by a crack legal team or due to quiet offers to settle with the injured parties who will then stop cooperating with police and ask that the charges be dropped.  Then he'll be offered a plea deal.

 

35 minutes ago, 90sBills said:

So…0-3 on their 2nd WR picks the last few years. lol 

 

KC isn't the team to give up on a rookie who had 938 yds and 79 receptions, just 'cuz of a felony charge, or two, or eight.

Edited April 10 by Beck Water

[90sBills]

49 minutes ago, Beck Water said:

KC isn't the team to give up on a rookie who had 938 yds and 79 receptions, just 'cuz of a felony charge, or two, or eight.

Well he does have very impressive yards after crashed ability.

[Haslett_Stomp]

I witnessed a similar scenario on FDR Drive on the west side of Manhattan last summer.  Don't know if they were "rich athletes" however one of the cars missed hitting my car by inches and then took out a family in a minivan a mile or so later.  These cretins have no regard for human life and should be put in jail.

[Doc]

15 hours ago, PetermansRedemption said:

He’ll get a weekend in jail or something idiotic. I have zero faith in the justice system to actually work when it comes to the uber-wealthy and famous. 

 

Hard to get away with a slap on the wrist with 8 felonies.  

[Bob Chandler's Hands]

3 minutes ago, Doc said:

 

Hard to get away with a slap on the wrist with 8 felonies.  

I heard about a national politician with way more than 8 felonies pending against him and it seems unlikely he even gets a slap on the wrist. 

[Bruffalo]

Given what we know, he should be sharing a cell with Reid's son, but the rich have different rules than the rest of us.

 

The Chiefs are just full of scumbags, don't get me wrong, it's worked for them football wise...

[SectionC3]

On 4/5/2024 at 10:02 PM, Logic said:

I'm on record here as agreeing with that take.

I believe a plea to a lesser charge, a fine, and minimal league discipline is the most likely outcome. I do not believe for a second that Rice will go to jail, because that's not how the American justice system tends to work for rich athletes.

Still, the possibility of jail time exists, and to pretend that it doesn't is silly.

Yes and no.  Yes, they probably get a few more breaks than would others.  But when something egregious happens (like this), or when the star athlete “big times” an officer, they get treated just like everyone else.  Maybe a little more strictly, actually, because the eyes of the public then are upon them.  For example, last year around here a certain mercurial star player acted like a jerk one too many times and found out the hard way that he’s no different from everyone else.  

11 minutes ago, Doc said:

 

Hard to get away with a slap on the wrist with 8 felonies.  

Yeah, that’s gonna take some work to get to slap on a wrist territory.  It’s not impossible, but it’s an issue.  Particularly in view of the fact that there are a lot of “eyes” now on this case. 

[Warcodered]

15 hours ago, Beck Water said:

 

One would think, but when you're wealthy and can afford the best attorneys, you get all kinds of stuff like the Kansas City prosecuting attorney accepting a plea deal from Britt Reid for 4 years (commuted by the Governor after 16 months) because they were afraid they wouldn't win in court and get the 7 years he could have faced.....

 

I'm just thinking that a bunch of the charges will get dropped on some technicalities unearthed by a crack legal team or due to quiet offers to settle with the injured parties who will then stop cooperating with police and ask that the charges be dropped.  Then he'll be offered a plea deal.

 

 

KC isn't the team to give up on a rookie who had 938 yds and 79 receptions, just 'cuz of a felony charge, or two, or eight.

Yeah I definitely never count out the rich/powerful/or adjacent to it from getting bailed out trouble the rest of us wouldn't, on a positive note he's not in trouble in the same State or district as the team he plays for.

 

Maybe could plea down to lesser charges, it's hard to see this not being serious though with how aggressive they went at him though.

Edited April 11 by Warcodered

[muppy]

greetings.

My thinking is that by fleeing the accident he did save himself the DUI charges that he allegedly could have had otherwise.  It REEKS of being circumstantial he was partying when this all went down

 

So he did get over on that. How much penalty he saved himself by doing that is an interesting thought.

[Beck Water]

3 minutes ago, muppy said:

greetings.

My thinking is that by fleeing the accident he did save himself the DUI charges that he allegedly could have had otherwise.  It REEKS of being circumstantial he was partying when this all went down

 

So he did get over on that. How much penalty he saved himself by doing that is an interesting thought.

 

What are the penalties for DUI vs leaving the scene of an accident?

[muppy]

1 minute ago, Beck Water said:

 

What are the penalties for DUI vs leaving the scene of an accident?

basically yes and in a drag racing context  in which both would have allegedly occured.

[HereComesTheReignAgain]

15 hours ago, Beck Water said:

 

 

 

KC isn't the team to give up on a rookie who had 938 yds and 79 receptions, just 'cuz of a felony charge, or two, or eight.

They will probably make him a captain.

[Warcodered]

10 minutes ago, muppy said:

greetings.

My thinking is that by fleeing the accident he did save himself the DUI charges that he allegedly could have had otherwise.  It REEKS of being circumstantial he was partying when this all went down

 

So he did get over on that. How much penalty he saved himself by doing that is an interesting thought.

Some random people on twitter reacting to the story suggested they removed a firearm which that could be wild speculation, but they are in Texas, and from when they tried to give Ed Oliver that DUI having a firearm in the vehicle while committing a crime is another misdemeanor not sure how that's worse than leaving the scene of an accident.

[Logic]

19 minutes ago, SectionC3 said:

Yes and no.  Yes, they probably get a few more breaks than would others.  But when something egregious happens (like this), or when the star athlete “big times” an officer, they get treated just like everyone else.  Maybe a little more strictly, actually, because the eyes of the public then are upon them.  For example, last year around here a certain mercurial star player acted like a jerk one too many times and found out the hard way that he’s no different from everyone else.  

Yeah, that’s gonna take some work to get to slap on a wrist territory.  It’s not impossible, but it’s an issue.  Particularly in view of the fact that there are a lot of “eyes” now on this case. 

Right. But in this case, Rice has admitted full guilt, turned himself in, is fully cooperating, and is going the total contrition, "throw himself on the mercy of the court" route.

In these types of cases, it's my understanding that prior legal history and a stance of remorse both play big parts, and Rice has been in absolutely no prior legal trouble, and is at least feigning (if not actually feeling) remorse.

At the end of the day, I STILL expect this to be plead down to lesser misdemeanor chargers, a hefty fine and financial restitution paid, no jail time, and no more than four games suspension. Likely just two.

That's my prediction and I'm stickin to it!

Edited April 11 by Logic

[Bleeding Bills Blue]

1 minute ago, Logic said:

Right. But in this case, Rice has admitted full guilt, turned himself in, is fully cooperating, and is going the total contrition, "throw himself on the mercy of the court" route.

In these types of cases, it's my understanding that prior legal history and a stance of remorse both play big parts, and Rice has been in absolutely no prior legal trouble, and is at least feigning (if not actually feeling) remorse.

At the end of the day, I STILL expect this to be plead down to lesser misdemeanor chargers, a hefty fine and financial restitution paid, no jail time, and no more than four games suspension. Likely just two.

That's my prediction and I'm stickin to it!

 

Seems logical.  Honestly - this is sort of how the justice system should work?  Ideally you give someone a sufficient enough punishment to change their behavior, and with no priors and a high profile job, you can be expected to have the fine and stuff to cover all the time lawyers/judges wasted, and restitution for the damages you caused, and some level of - if you're back here on similar charges, you're going to have a much worse time.  

 

I personally don't want to send everyone to jail for everything.  It's just a problem when having money is the reason that you don't get a charge - not... chances of reoccurrence.  At the same time, insurance companies aren't going to want to pay out when the driver was racing, possibly drunk, with a gun in the car.  So having money can pay some of that, whereas if you were broke doing the same thing?  I'm not sure what else they can do other than put you in jail.