Kansas City Chiefs release statement after new domestic violence allegations against WR Rashee Rice surface online
Kansas City Chiefs WR Rashee Rice faces new off-field allegations.
Content warning: The following story contains details and photos of domestic violence.
The Kansas City Chiefs have issued a statement after domestic violence allegations against WR Rashee Rice surfaced online on Wednesday, Jan. 7.
“The club is aware of the allegations on social media and is in communication with the National Football League,” Chiefs PR wrote in a statement issued to media members. “We have no further comment at this time.”
Dacoda Nichole Jones, who has two children with Rice, shared an Instagram post with photographic evidence alleging physical abuse, destruction of property, and more.
“I’m so tired of keeping quiet I’m so tired of protecting his image. I’ve been through too much in a span of 8 years and I’ve had ENOUGH! I’ve dealt with abuse for years, me and this man decided to break up a couple months ago and since then it’s been nothing but hell. He’s very controlling there’s been times he’s came to my new home broken my door, there’s been times when he would put his hands on me while I was pregnant even had the audacity to lock me outside all night in ten degree weather because he got caught cheating. He’s cut up all my shoes and clothes leaving me with nothing because he’s gotten caught up. And there’s multiple instances of cheating but besides that I’m just tired of him not doing right by my boys. It’s not fair he doesn’t call them. He rather be layed up with hoes. He literally left us in Kansas and I had to beg him to send money so that I could drive to Texas with my kids and all our stuff. We have an agreement because of everything he’s put me through and he still doesn’t follow it. He’s now trying to remove me and my kids from our home for no apparent reason. I’ve known this man for YEARS. He tries to put on this persona like he’s dad of the year. He does the bare minimum and I have to beg for that. I’ve protected his image too long and I’m done doing that. It’s time to protect my peace, protect my children and stand up for myself”
Domestic violence allegations surface while Chiefs WR Rashee Rice is on probation for 2024 Dallas street-racing crash
These allegations have serious implications for Rice if they are substantiated. Not only would this be the second major off-field incident for Rice in the early goings of his NFL career, but Rice was also sentenced to five years’ probation and 30 days in jail (served at his discretion) in July of 2025. That’s on top of restitution pay for a March 2024 street-racing crash in Dallas, Texas, that left multiple people injured.
The NFL issued a six-game suspension for the start of the 2025 season stemming from that incident, and Rice was officially reinstated in Week 7. He was placed on injured reserve ahead of the team’s Week 17 game against the Denver Broncos due to a concussion. Since entering the league as a second-round draft pick in 2023, Rice has 156 receptions for 1,797 receiving yards in 14 touchdowns across 28 career games played.
Rice is now not only at risk of another, longer suspension, but, if the allegations are proven, they’d constitute a substantive violation of his probation. He could see that probation was revoked, and he could face the imposition of the original sentencing on top of a sentencing for the newly alleged crime(s).
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