Controversial former NFL star Ray Rice may not have a future in football, but it looks like he won’t be facing any prison time either.
An Atlantic City judge dismissed pending domestic violence charges against the ex-Baltimore Ravens running back due to his completion of a required pre-trial intervention program. Rice was caught on tape striking his now-wife Janay Rice in an Atlantic City elevator last February. After initially receiving a two-game suspension from the NFL, Rice was banned from the league indefinitely once graphic video surfaced of the assault.
Rice appealed the indefinite suspension and won the right to be reinstated in the NFL last fall, but has struggled to find any team willing to avail themselves of his services. Rice and his wife have insisted repeatedly that he had never engaged in domestic abuse prior to the elevator incident, which he calls “the biggest mistake of my life.” In April, Rice was interviewed by New York magazine, and he spoke candidly about the uphill battle to redeem his image.
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“The hardest part for me was people who don’t know me at all were writing about me or talking about me. I understand the seriousness of what I did. But I’m like, man, they just don’t know who I am,” Rice said.








