Janay Rice gave Jemele Hill of ESPN the go ahead to release a no holds barred first person account that was filmed in her New Rochelle home on November 5.
Rice obviously decided to wait until her husband was reinstated before releasing the story. Janay Rice touched on everything from that fateful night in Atlantic City.
She also gave details about everything that took place after that, including the Ravens allegedly scripting the news conference that saw Janay apologize for causing the elevator incident.
Janay said the Ravens told them they should hold the news conference. She said she thought it would be good for people to see Rice “taking ownership” for what he did.
“When it was my turn to speak, I said I regretted my role in the incident,” she wrote. “I know some people disagreed with me publicly apologizing. I’m not saying that what Ray did wasn’t wrong. He and I both know it was wrong. It’s been made clear to him that it was wrong. But at the same time, who am I to put my hands on somebody? I had already apologized to Ray, and I felt that I should take responsibility for what I did. Even though this followed the Ravens’ suggested script, I owned my words.”