Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  E kī ana a Ray Rice i tata ia ki te whakamomori i te wā o te riri nui i runga i ngā pikitia e whakaatu ana i a ia e patu ana i tana hoa wahine i taua wā. Kua neke atu i te kotahi tau mai i te wa i hopukina ai te kaitakaro o mua o Baltimore Ravens i runga i nga kāmera tirotiro e whakaeke ana ki a Janay Palmer i te ararewa o te casino i Atlantic City, New Jersey. I a ia e whakaaro ana ki te tau kua hipa, i kite ia i a ia e hinga ana i te riiki, i kii a Rice ki te Baltimore Sun i whakaaro ia 'kaore e tika ana te ora'. 'Ko te pikitia nui o te katoa, ko te tangata ko ahau, i tino pouri ahau,' i kii a Rice ki te niupepa i roto i tetahi uiui. Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. I kitea i konei me tana wahine a Janay, ka mihi a Rice, ka tono mihi ki nga kaiwhaiwhai, te taone o Baltimore, tana kapa o mua, tae atu ki te rangatira o Raven a Steve Bisciotti i a ia e whakareri ana ki te wehe atu i te taone nui ki a ia ki te whenua o New York. 'Kei te hiahia koe ki te whiu i a koe anō. E mohio ana ahau e kore rawa ahau e wikitoria i te pakanga o te whakaaro o te iwi. He pono, i tata tonu ahau ki te whakaaro i tētahi wā, kāore e tika ana kia ora. E mōhio ana ahau he aha te tangata e whakamate ai i a ia anō. He tino mamae. I raro ahau, i raro rawa. He tino mamae, nā te mea i mahi koe i tō oranga katoa ki te mahi i ngā mea tika katoa, ā, ko koe te tangata tino kino rawa atu o te ao. He tino uaua. E taku tamahine, e te Ariki, i tupu ake ahau, kahore he papa, kahore he ara e taea e ahau te tirohia i runga i toku ake utuafare. I puta mai i muri i tana tono whakarere ki ngā kaiwhaiwhai o ngā Ravens, i tae mai i te tau kua hipa ki te whakawhiti i ō rātau koti Rice mō ētahi hou me ngā ingoa o ētahi atu kaitākaro. I peia a Rice mai i te Baltimore Ravens i muri i te rerenga o ngā pikitia e whakaatu ana i a ia e patu ana i tana wahine o nāianei i roto i te ararewa o te hōtera. I whakakahoretia e te NFL te rēhitatanga o Rice i Whiringa-ā-rangi, ā, i whakaaetia ia kia noho hei kaitākaro koreutu engari kāore anō kia pāngia e tētahi kapa. I roto i tētahi tauākī i runga i Facebook, ka tuhituhi ia: 'Ki ngā tamariki katoa i titiro ake ki ahau, e pouri ana ahau mō te whakararuraru i a koutou, engari ko te tūmanako ka āwhina i a koutou ki te ako e taea ana e tētahi whakatau hē te huri i tō moemoea hei moemoea. 'Kāore he take mō te tūkino ā-whānau, ā, e mihi ana ahau mō te hapa nui i mahia e au.' Ko te kaitautoko, nāna i āwhina te Ravens...
E mea ana a Ray Rice e mōhio ana ia ki te āhua o te tangata ki te whakamate i a ia anō. He kaihoko koreutu a Rice mai i te Whiringa-a-rangi i te wa i whakakorehia ai e te NFL tana whakatārewatanga, kaore ano ia kia tata ki te hainatanga me tetahi atu tiima. I mutu tōna mahi i muri i te hopu o tētahi ataata aroturuki i a ia e patu ana i tana wahine o nāianei a Janay i roto i tētahi ararewa hōtera i New Jersey.