Court order in Chiefs’ Rashee Rice case focuses on phone records, guns, cars
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A judge presiding over one of two lawsuits filed against multiple people, including Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice, granted a request for a temporary restraining order in the case.
The ordered approved on May 3, asked the court to prevent Rice, SMU wide receiver Theodore Knox, Charles Bush, Jr., and Schlensker Investments, LLC from destroying certain evidence connected to the crash.
The evidence is connected to a six-car pileup on a Dallas highway on March 30, that injured several people. Investigators said Rice was behind the wheel of a Lamborghini when he lost control and crashed into a Corvette, driven by Knox. The crash caused a pileup on a Dallas highway on March 30.
According to court records Rice agreed that he would not destroy any credit cards, debit cards, or receipts for any purchases he made within six hours of the crash. The restraining order also preserves any cell phone records, GPS information, and any blood or urine reports involving Rice that were taken shortly after the crash.
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In addition, the judge ordered Rice, Knox, and Bush, Jr., from altering or destroying any fire arms that may have been in either the Corvette or the Lamborghini, and also the license plates of each car.
The negligence lawsuit, filed by Kamlesh Desai, of Dallas County, seeks more than $1 million.
The lawsuit claims Rice and Knox were speeding when the crash happened. It also claims Desai was injured in the collision, and those injuries may be permanent. He also claims to continue to suffer both physical and mental pain following the crash.
The lawsuit seeks money to cover medical care and expenses related to the crash, as well as any future medical bills. It also seeks lost wages and lost earnings capacity.
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The next hearing in the lawsuit is scheduled for June.
In addition to the two lawsuits, Rice is charged with one count of aggravated assault, one count of collision involving serious bodily injury and six counts of collision involving injury. Dallas Police said an investigation determined the 23-year-old was speeding on a Dallas highway when he lost control and crashed.
Neither the Chiefs or the NFL have said how the lawsuits and criminal charges could impact Rice’s career.
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