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Ray Rice News: Former NFL Star Speaks Out About His Domestic Violence
Former NFL player Ray Rice who had a previous case on Domestic Violence from his 2014 attack on his fiancé and now wife Janay Rice breaks his silence and is announcing how much he regrets having beaten his wife in the past which was caught on video for everyone to see.
Talking in the show 'Outside the Lines', the former Baltimore Ravens running back regrets what happened last February 15, 2014 and is now moving forward. "I can understand some people probably never will forgive my actions. But I think that every step that I took going forward right now-over time, I want to be able to rewrite the script, to tell my daughter that daddy made the worst decision of his life, but this is what I did going forward."
Rice even directed his statements towards other victinms of Domestic Violence saying that he understands if some would never forgive him for his horrific actions in the past. "To the survivors of domestic violence, I understand how real it is, and I don't want to ever take that for granted because this is a real issue in our society. My video put the light out there-if you have never seen what domestic violence looks like and you look at my video, I could understand why some people would never forgive me."
Discouraging others to do the same thing he did, he said, "We do live in a society where public opinion matters, and I totally respect that. Domestic violence is real. It happens every 12 seconds as we speak...I think that that issue alone with me in my situation, having the video-that puts a lot in perspective. That vivid memory, obviously, that was the worst decision I've ever made in my life."
Rice was previously arrested after beating his fiancé and had to spend 12 months for a program for first time offenders. Upon his completion of the program, Rice's case was dismissed.