THE BALTIMORE RAVENS terminated running back Ray Rice’s contract Monday after the emergence of new, more graphic video of him punching his fiancée, who is now his wife, which raised fresh questions about NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell’s handling of the situation.
In July, the NFL had suspended Rice for two games.
The team, which had not disciplined Rice in any way publicly, made the announcement on its Twitter account Monday afternoon.
The website TMZ published video Monday that shows Rice and his fiancée in an elevator, where Rice punched her. He then dragged her unconscious body from the elevator.
The release of the video triggered outrage against the league and Goodell.
Previously published video of the incident was taken from a camera outside the elevator at a hotel in Atlantic City in February.
Rice was charged with felony assault in March, but after Janay Palmer declined to testify against her husband, charges were reduced to court-supervised counseling.
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