Baltimore Ravens star running back Ray Rice and fiancé Janay Palmer were arrested in Atlantic City early Saturday morning for attacking each other.
Surveillance footage captured the couple engaging in a physical dispute in the Revel Casino. Rice, 27 and Palmer, 26 were charged with simple assault and domestic dispute for striking one another with their hands.
“There was an argument that included Ray,” said Michael Diamondstein, an attorney hired to represent Rice told the Baltimore Sun before the police report had been released. “I can’t give any specifics because we haven’t seen the document yet. Once we’re able to go through the evidence, it should wind up to be little more than a misunderstanding.”
Conflicting stories about the extent of the altercation has circulated. Black Sports Online reports that Rice struck Palmer with an uppercut, knocking her unconscious after she spit on him. But Andrew Alperstein, Rice’s attorney, described the dispute as a “very minor physical altercation.”
The couple, who has known each other since high school and has been engaged since 2011, refused medical attention and reported no injuries. The couple have a daughter, Rayven, together.