{"id":852603,"date":"2026-04-04T03:53:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T03:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/852603\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T03:53:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T03:53:27","slug":"nfl-closes-rashee-rice-investigation-with-no-discipline-after-abuse-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/852603\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL closes Rashee Rice investigation with no discipline after abuse allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rashee Rice has learned his fate from the NFL.<\/p>\n

The NFL on Friday afternoon concluded that the Chiefs wide receiver \u201chas not engaged in conduct that violates the personal conduct policy\u201d after his ex-girlfriend, Dacoda Nichole Jones, accused Rice of abuse<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The investigation into the accusations has been closed, and no disciplinary action will be taken at this time, ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cMr. Rice wants to thank the NFL for their thorough investigation, and looks forward to the start of the 2026-27 NFL season,\u201d Rice\u2019s attorney, Sean Lindsey, said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\"Rashee<\/p>\n

Rashee Rice (4) speaks during a news conference following an NFL football game against the Indianapolis Colts, Nov. 23, 2025, in Kansas City, Mo. AP<\/p>\n

Jones accused, in a lawsuit filed in February, Rice of choking, strangling, scratching, hitting and headbutting her in a period between December 2023 and July 2025. She is reportedly seeking over $1 million in the suit.<\/p>\n

Jones, who shares two children with Rice, made the allegations on social media in January without naming Rice, sparking the investigation to commence.<\/p>\n

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Rice, 25, has found himself in the headlines for other off-the-field matters.<\/p>\n

\"Dacoda<\/p>\n

Dacoda Nichole Jones, who has two children with Rice, alleged in her post that she \u201cdealt with abuse for years\u201d and that after a breakup between \u201cme and this man\u201d a couple months ago, it\u2019s been \u201cnothing but hell.\u201d Instagram\/Dacoda Jones<\/p>\n

He pleaded guilty to charges<\/a> for his part in a high-speed multi-vehicle crash in 2024 that left several people injured in Dallas.<\/p>\n

After the incident, he served a six-game suspension<\/a> handed down by the league, and he agreed to pay more than $1 million in a settlement to the victims of the crash.<\/p>\n

Rice is entering the final year of his contract with Kansas City.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rashee Rice has learned his fate from the NFL. The NFL on Friday afternoon concluded that the Chiefs…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":852604,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2059],"tags":[4191,346,2005,116601,229,7,2004,392,2381,6,4000,108980],"class_list":{"0":"post-852603","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-indianapolis-colts","8":"tag-adam-schefter","9":"tag-chiefs","10":"tag-colts","11":"tag-dacoda-nichole-jones","12":"tag-dallas","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-indianapolis","15":"tag-indianapolis-colts","16":"tag-indianapoliscolts","17":"tag-nfl","18":"tag-rashee-rice","19":"tag-thorough-investigation"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116344417571301514","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=852603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/852604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=852603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=852603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=852603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}