New Ray Rice Surveillance Video Reveals Aftermath of Elevator Assault

New footage from the February incident involving former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice and his then-fiancee, Janay Palmer, in which Rice punched Palmer in an elevator has emerged.

According to a report from Josh Margolin of ABC News, via Good Morning America, the latest surveillance video runs nearly 45 minutes long and shows what happened after Rice struck Palmer:

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Palmer is seen physically pushing Rice away from her when he approached her immediately after the incident. Palmer was then protected by hotel security guards as Rice attempted to move closer.

The video then shows Palmer going through something of an emotional evolution in the middle of the night. Almost immediately after the assault, she appears angry. Soon after, Palmer begins to cry. And by the time she and Rice are both escorted into an elevator -- handcuffed -- she appears to kiss and nuzzle the one-time NFL star.

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Margolin's report also notes that Rice "went to court to stop ABC News from obtaining the recording but lost." Rice's attorney, Peter Ginsberg, said in an interview, via Kevin Manahan of NJ.com, that he's disappointed in the media's handling of this new evidence:

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This is a time of healing and he, quite naturally, doesn't want another media showing of what must have been the worst event of his life. 

What the media ought to be focusing on is the issue of domestic violence and why the NFL never did anything to construct a personal conduct program that works and why the NFL ignored the issue of domestic violence. Showing yet another Ray Rice video is simply a distraction.

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In the time since TMZ made the original video of Rice striking Palmer available, the former running back has been suspended indefinitely by the NFL and released by the Ravens. He won an appeal of the indefinite suspension in November and was eligible to return immediately though no team has signed him thus far. 

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