Wide receiver Rashee Rice is facing domestic violence allegations from his ex-girlfriend, Dacoda Nichole Jones.
On Wednesday (Jan 7), Jones posted 14 photos to her Instagram account. She began the post’s caption with “DOMESTIC AWARENESS WARNING!!” In the carousel post, images are shown with bruises, scratch marks and a broken lip. Other photos show damage inside of the home including a hole in a wall, damage to a cabinet, a closet, and a kitchen.
While she did not name Rice, 25, explicitly, she did mention enduring abuse for eight years while living in Kansas and Texas.
“I’m so tired of keeping quiet I’m so tired of protecting his image. I’ve been through too much in a span of 8 years and l’ve had ENOUGH! I’ve dealt with abuse for years, me and this man decided to break up a couple months ago and since then it’s been nothing but hell,” Jones wrote. “He’s very controlling there’s been times he’s came to my new home broken my door, there’s been times when he would put his hands on me while I was pregnant even had the audacity to lock me outside all night in ten degree weather because he got caught cheating.”
“I’ve protected his image too long”
Jones, who shares two children with Rice, adds that the football player is “not doing right by my boys.” She alleges that Rice fails to call and check in on their children and has attempted to kick them out of his home.
“And there’s multiple instances of cheating but besides that I’m just tired of him not doing right by my boys. It’s not fair he doesn’t call them. He rather be layed up with hoes. He literally left us in Kansas and I had to beg him to send money so that I could drive to Texas with my kids and all our stuff. We have an agreement because of everything he’s put me through and he still doesn’t follow it. He’s now trying to remove me and my kids from our home for no apparent reason.”
She concluded the post asserting that she is done with protecting his image. “I’ve protected his image too long and I’m done doing that. It’s time to protect my peace, protect my children and stand up for myself,”
The Kansas City Chiefs released a brief statement on Thursday. “The club is aware of the allegations on social media and is in communication with the National Football League,” the Chiefs’ statement read. “We have no further comment at this time.”
The NFL’s statement was equally short, saying the league was in contact with the club and would review “the matter.”
Neither statements specified that the allegation involves Rice.
In July, Rice was sentenced to 30 days in jail and five years’ probation for his role in a multicar crash in Dallas. The following month the NFL suspended Rice for six games after violating the league’s personal conduct policy.
Rice was a second-round pick of the Chiefs in the 2023 NFL Draft.