Chiefs’ Rashee Rice ordered to jail after testing positive for marijuana in violation of probation
DALLAS (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs receiver Rashee Rice was sentenced to 30 days in jail after testing positive for marijuana, violating the terms of his probation. for his role in an accident incident that injured many people on a Dallas freeway two years ago.
The Texas State Attorney’s Office said Tuesday that Rice has now been ordered to jail. his original sentence Last July, when he pleaded guilty to third-degree felony charges of crash involving serious bodily injury and racing on a highway causing bodily injury.
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As part of last summer’s plea deal, Rice was sentenced to five years of deferred probation and 30 days in jail as a condition of parole, prosecutors said at the time.
The Chiefs declined to comment on the lawsuit Tuesday. A message sent to Rice’s attorney was not immediately responded to.
“We are aware of the report and will decline further comment at this time,” NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said.
The timing coincides with the NFL’s offseason training phase, which could mean the 26-year-old misses organized team events and minicamp this spring.
On March 30, 2024, Rice was driving a car. Lamborghini Urus SUV Prosecutors said he made “numerous aggressive maneuvers through traffic” at 121 mph and crashed into other vehicles. After the crash on the North Central Expressway, Rice failed to check the welfare of the occupants of the other vehicles and fled on foot, prosecutors said.
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In training camp before last season, Rice says she’s “completely changed” and developed from experience that included a six-game suspension for violating the league’s personal conduct policy.
“You have to learn from things like this,” Rice said. “I learned the advantage of being able to learn from something like that, and I took advantage of it.”
Rice played parts of three seasons, missed time due to suspension and knee injury. He helped Kansas City win the Super Bowl in the 2023 season.
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