A contrite, reflective and hopeful Ray Rice appeared on ESPN’s SportsCenter on Tuesday evening, clearly hopeful his NFL future isn’t over but seemingly at least equally concerned about changing the narrative in the wake of the infamous domestic violence incident that has come to define him.
“I’m not afraid to say right now I'm a rehabilitated man,” Rice said in a one-on-one interview with Jemele Hill. “Some people will probably never forgive my actions but I think … over time I want to be able to rewrite the script."
It’s been 18 months since Rice was caught on videotape dragging the inert body of his then-fiancee, Janay, from an Atlantic City casino elevator after slugging her.