Adam Schefter, ESPN Provide 'Clarity' On Rashee Rice's Legal Situation

Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice was ordered to serve jail time after violating his probation.

Dallas County online records show that Rice was sentenced to serve 30 days in jail after testing positive for marijuana. He was booked on Tuesday and is scheduled to be released from custody on June 19.

The positive test violated the terms of his probation from a 2024 crash in Dallas. Rice was sentenced to five years of deferred probation and 30 days in jail after pleading guilty to third-degree felony charges of collision involving serious bodily injury and racing on a highway causing bodily injury.

ESPN's Nate Taylor and Adam Schefter clarified that Rice is now serving his original 30-day sentence. The 26-year-old must serve those 30 days now because of his violation.

Rice's legal situation

In March 2024, Rice was driving 119 mph on a Dallas highway, leading to a multi-car wreck that resulted in multiple people getting injured. Rice, former SMU teammate Theodore Knox, and their friends fled the scene on foot without checking on any victims before police arrived.

Rice took responsibility and apologized before turning himself in to the Glenn Heights Police Department. He paid $115,000 in restitution to the victims and served a six-game suspension at the start of the 2025 season.

Earlier this year, the mother of Rice's two children filed a civil lawsuit accusing him of assault. The lawsuit claimed he caused "severe and permanent injuries" to her from December 2023 to July 2025

Rice allegedly "grabbed, choked, strangled, pushed, thrown, scratched, hit, and headbutted" the accuser. The lawsuit claimed he also threw objects at her, and several of these incidents occurred while she was pregnant.

After concluding an investigation last month, the NFL found no evidence of Rice violating the league's personal conduct policy. Rice hasn't received any discipline for the domestic assault allegations.

Neither the Chiefs nor the NFL has yet to comment on Rice's latest circumstances. He'll still be serving his sentence when Kansas City holds mandatory minicamp from June 9-11.

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This story was originally published May 19, 2026 at 1:17 PM.