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Just over a year after Ray Rice was arrested following a brutal altercation with then fiancée Janay Palmer, the charges against him have been dismissed.
According to USA Today, New Jersey Judge Michael Donio dismissed the charges against Rice after Atlantic City prosecutor confirmed that Rice had fulfilled the requirements of his pretrial intervention. Per the deal, which kept the former Baltimore Raven out of prison, Rice was required to attend anger management counseling and pay a $125 fine. Rice was charged with third-degree assault in February of 2014 after the highly publicized incident.
“This decision was arrived at after careful consideration of the information contained in Mr. Rice’s application in light of all of the facts gathered during the investigation,” acting Atlantic County Prosecutor Jim McClain said of the intervention program last year. “After considering all relevant information in light of applicable law, it was determined that this was the appropriate disposition.”
According to New Jersey guidelines, defendants who commit violent crimes should “generally be rejected” from the pretrial intervention program, but McClain justified Rice’s admission into the program after reviewing the circumstances of the 2014 incident.
The program was set in place to keep low-level suspects out of prison. In March, Rice and Palmer celebrated their first wedding anniversary.
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