Rice was suspended for the first six games of the 2025 season after he pled guilty to two felonies for a 2024 car crash
The ex-girlfriend of Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice has filed a civil suit against Rice alleging that he abused her for over a year.
Dacoda Jones said in her suit filed Monday in Dallas County, Texas, that Rice was physically abusive from approximately December 2023 through July of 2025. Included in the suit are three specific dates in that timeframe.
(Warning: The paragraph below details accusations of physical abuse.)
“Defendant Rashee Rice and Plaintiff Dacoda Jones lived together. Following an escalation in violent behavior, in December, 2023, defendant Rashee Rice strangled plaintiff Decoda Jones at their shared home in Victory Park, Texas. Defendant Rashee Rice continued to repeatedly assault Dacoda Jones over the course of their relationship through July 2025,” the suit said. “Defendant Rice has grabbed, choked, strangled, pushed, thrown, scratched, hit and head butted Ms. Jones, as well as hit her with inanimate objects. Additionally, he has engaged in other violent and abusive behaviors towards Ms. Jones, including throwing objects, destroying property, punching walls, and breaking furniture, as well as locking her out in the middle of the night. Many of these behaviors occurred while Ms. Jones was pregnant.”
Rashee Rice was suspended for the first six games of the 2025 season. (Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images)
The suit asks for damages over $1 million. Jones and Rice have two children together. Over Valentine’s Day weekend, Rice posted a picture of himself with an Instagram influencer to his own account with a heart covering up a gesture he was making with his right hand.
The legal action comes after Jones posted and deleted pictures on social media that showed bruises and markings on her body and alleged abuse over a lengthy period of time. Rice was not directly named in that post, but the Chiefs said in a statement that it was “aware of the allegations on social media and is in communication with the National Football League.”
The Chiefs said the same thing Wednesday afternoon.
Rice’s attorney Sean Lindsey, however, released the following statement:
“On October 9th, 2025, well after the parties’ relationship had ended, Ms. Jones stated under penalty of perjury in a sworn Affidavit for Non-Prosecution that ‘Mr. Rice and I had a verbal argument, but he did not punch me. We will allow the legal process to run its course and have no further comment at this time.”
Rice was sentenced to 30 days in jail and five years of probation in July for a multi-car crash on the North Dallas Tollway that led to multiple injuries in 2024. Rice pled guilty to two third-degree felonies but those charges can be dismissed if he completes the terms of his probation.
Rice settled a civil suit regarding the crash for $1 million, but an attorney for the plaintiff said in July that his client had not been paid yet.
The NFL suspended Rice for the first six games of 2025 because of the crash. He played in just four games in 2024 before he suffered a season-ending knee injury. In 2025, Rice played in eight games with 53 catches for 571 yards and five touchdowns.