New video Ray Rice's lawyer did not want made public
After Ray Rice knocked his then-fianc茅e unconscious in an Atlantic City casino, a video released Friday shows her crying and kissing him.
Former Baltimore Ravens NFL running back Ray Rice (R) and his wife Janay arrive for a hearing at a New York City office building, in this November 5, 2014 file photo.
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Atlantic City, N.J.
A video released Friday shows聽Ray聽Rice's聽then-fiancee crying and kissing him while they are both handcuffed and being taken to jail by police officers after聽Rice聽punched her in a casino elevator.
through a public records request filed with the New Jersey Gaming Enforcement Division.聽Rice's聽attorney fought to keep the video from being released but lost.
The video shows Janay Palmer鈥� now married to the former Baltimore Ravens running back 鈥� crying and being comforted by officers or security officials at the Revel casino early on the morning of Feb. 15.
An officer walked a handcuffed聽Rice聽toward an elevator, pulling聽Rice's聽sweatshirt hood over his head. Palmer, also handcuffed, appeared to be crying as another officer led her behind聽Rice.
Both of them were placed in an elevator with several officers.聽Rice聽and Palmer moved their heads together as if they were talking. Palmer leaned in and appeared to kiss聽Rice聽before they were escorted out of the elevator.
ABC said the total length of the video is about 45 minutes long. The network released excerpts that last about 2 1/2 minutes.
鈥淭his is a time of healing and he, quite naturally, doesn鈥檛 want another media showing of what must have been the worst event of his life,鈥� Rice鈥檚 lawyer, Peter Ginsberg, told ABC News.聽 鈥淲hat the media ought to be focusing on is the issue of domestic violence.鈥�
TMZ first published video of Rice punching his聽then-fianc茅e unconscious and then dragged her out of the elevator at the Atlantic City casino. In September, a law enforcement official showed the Associated Press multiple videos from the casino the night聽Rice聽was arrested. Those videos included security cameras from inside and outside the elevator and two cell phone videos that included some audio as staff members and others tried to assist Palmer. None of the videos shown to the AP included the newly released footage obtained by ABC. The videos were shown to the AP on condition of anonymity because the official wasn't authorized to release them.
Rice聽was charged with assault, and entered an intervention program to have the charges dropped. Charges against Palmer were dropped for a lack of evidence.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell initially suspended聽Rice聽for two games. After the video of the punch became public, Goodell changed the suspension to indefinite and the Ravens released聽Rice.
An arbitrator later ruled in favor of聽Rice聽and threw out the indefinite suspension, freeing聽Rice聽to play again. No team has signed聽Rice聽and it's unclear if a team will take him on for next season.