Photographer's claims against Rashee Rice laid out in Dallas police report
A victim told Dallas police that a suspect, reported to be Rashee Rice, asked him to return to a nightclub, look at Instagram messages on his phone before punching him
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- FOX4 obtained the incident report related to an investigation multiple media outlets say involves Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice's alleged assault of a photographer at a nightclub.
Rice hasn't been arrested or charged yet, but the incident report lays out a better timeline and gives the alleged victim's account of what happened.
The incident report says Dallas police officers went to Lit Kitchen and Lounge just after 3:30 a.m. for a "major disturbance call."
The man told officers he was at an after hours party at the nightclub when he decided to leave at 1:30 a.m. He said just before 2 a.m., the suspect, reported to be Rice, sent him an Instagram message asking him to come back to the nightclub.
The victim said he thought Rice wanted to hire him to take pictures and decided to drive back to the nightclub. He said when he returned, Rice asked him to look at his cellphone where there were Instagram messages between the victim and an unidentified person.
The victim told officers while he was looking at Rice's cellphone, Rice punched him on the left side of his face. The rest of the report is redacted, and the only other relevant detail is the victim had an apparent minor injury with swelling to his jaw.
Rice hasn't commented about this investigation, nor have the Chiefs.
He has been charged with eight felonies in a separate case related to a high-speed crash in Dallas at the end of March involving six vehicles. He's also facing multiple lawsuits where victims in that crash are seeking millions of dollars.