Dallas: Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice faces allegations of repeated physical assault in a civil lawsuit filed by Dacoda Jones, the mother of his two children, who claims she was pregnant during many of the incidents.
The suit, lodged on Monday in Dallas County District Court, accuses Rice of assaulting Jones over an 18-month period from December 2023 to July 2025 at residences in Victory Park, Texas, and Lee’s Summit, Missouri. It seeks monetary damages exceeding $1 million for alleged physical pain, impairment, mental anguish, and medical expenses.
According to court documents, Jones alleges that Rice strangled her in December 2023 at their shared home in Victory Park following an escalation in violent behavior. The filing further states that Rice “grabbed, choked, strangled, pushed, thrown, scratched, hit, and headbutted” her, and struck her with inanimate objects on multiple occasions. Many incidents reportedly occurred while she was pregnant.
Rice, 25, has not been criminally charged in connection with these allegations. A hearing in the civil case is scheduled for May 4, 2026.
Who is Rashee Rice?
Born on April 22, 2000, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and raised in North Richland Hills, Texas, Rice starred at Southern Methodist University (SMU) before entering the NFL. Selected by the Kansas City Chiefs in the second round (55th overall) of the 2023 NFL Draft, the 6-foot-1, 204-pound wide receiver set franchise rookie records with 79 receptions and seven touchdowns in his debut season. He contributed to the Chiefs’ Super Bowl LVIII victory as a rookie.
In the 2025 season, Rice recorded 53 receptions for 571 yards and five touchdowns across eight games after serving a six-game suspension for violating the league’s personal conduct policy. The suspension stemmed from his involvement in a March 2024 multi-vehicle crash in Dallas, for which he pleaded guilty to two third-degree felony charges involving serious bodily injury and racing on a highway.
An attorney for Rice, Sean Lindsey, issued a statement denying the allegations. “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,’” the statement read. “We will allow the legal process to run its course and have no further comment at this time.”
The Kansas City Chiefs released a brief statement on Wednesday: “The club is aware [of the lawsuit] and remains in communication with the National Football League.” The NFL confirmed that the matter remains under review.
The development follows Jones’ social media posts in January 2026, which included images of alleged injuries but did not name Rice directly. Those posts have since been removed.
This civil action is separate from Rice’s prior legal issues and does not impact his current standing with the Chiefs, who have made no further public comment beyond their standard protocol.
