Post by Guvmintcheeze on Oct 23, 2014 16:11:30 GMT
Roger Goodell ordered to testify in Ray Rice hearing
In the latest development in the Ray Rice case, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has been ordered to testify in the three-time Pro Bowl runner's appeal hearing, according to The Baltimore Sun.
The appeal hearing for Rice, who was indefinitely suspended in the fallout from his domestic violence incident following an original two-game suspension, has been set for Nov. 5 and Nov. 6.
Former federal judge Barbara S. Jones, the third-party arbitrator appointed by Goodell in consultation with NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith, made the decision about the NFL's top executive.
NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy told The Baltimore Sun: "We intend to comply with the confidentiality order entered by Judge Jones regarding the appeal proceedings."
Goodell increased Rice's two-game suspension for violating the NFL personal-conduct policy, which stemmed from the former Ravens player's domestic violence incident, to an indefinite suspension after a video surfaced of Rice knocking out his then-fiancee in an Atlantic City, N.J., casino elevator.
In a disciplinary letter to Rice, Goodell said he based the punishment on "new evidence," and said that the video differed from Rice's account of events.
In the latest development in the Ray Rice case, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has been ordered to testify in the three-time Pro Bowl runner's appeal hearing, according to The Baltimore Sun.
The appeal hearing for Rice, who was indefinitely suspended in the fallout from his domestic violence incident following an original two-game suspension, has been set for Nov. 5 and Nov. 6.
Former federal judge Barbara S. Jones, the third-party arbitrator appointed by Goodell in consultation with NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith, made the decision about the NFL's top executive.
NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy told The Baltimore Sun: "We intend to comply with the confidentiality order entered by Judge Jones regarding the appeal proceedings."
Goodell increased Rice's two-game suspension for violating the NFL personal-conduct policy, which stemmed from the former Ravens player's domestic violence incident, to an indefinite suspension after a video surfaced of Rice knocking out his then-fiancee in an Atlantic City, N.J., casino elevator.
In a disciplinary letter to Rice, Goodell said he based the punishment on "new evidence," and said that the video differed from Rice's account of events.
