Ray Rice claims TMZ elevator footage was edited
By Josh Sanchez
Former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice and NFL commissioner Roger Goodell have something in common: they both must think that the public is full of gullible and stupid people.
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In case there were some out who were still willing to give Rice the benefit of the doubt, he is trying to now claim the video footage that was released by TMZ from the Revel Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey was edited.
From an ESPN.com report:
"Legal sources told Schefter that the TMZ tape of Rice hitting his then-fiancee was a cleaned-up, whittled down and condensed version of the events that took place in the Atlantic City casino elevator.Rice’s side is expected to argue that the NFL suspended the former Baltimore Ravens running back indefinitely off an edited videotape that was not the extended version."
TMZ previously admitted to editing the tape in order to stabilize the footage.
However, if the video would have been edited from what was viewed by law enforcement and/or the casino security then we would have already heard about it by someone who is much more reputable.
Sorry, Ray, but we aren’t buying this one.
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