Janay Rice has said that the Ravens give her a loose script of what to say in the infamous press conference where she apologized to Ray Rice even though he was the one who KOed her in the elevator.
The Ravens have been quiet, but now they are speaking out. They aren’t denying they had some talking points, but they are saying Janay Rice never saw them according to USA Today.
Kevin Byrne, the Ravens’ senior vice president of public and community relations, issued a statement Wednesday in which he said Ray Rice, who was cut by the team in September, was given a list of “talking points” but that he twice told the Ravens his wife did not need assistance.
“Both times, Ray declined and said: ‘She’s good. She knows what she wants to say,'” Byrne said in his statement.
“At no time prior to the May 23 session did we provide talking points, a script or suggested script to Janay or speak with her about the press event. We did not recommend or suggest to Ray or Janay that she apologize in any way.”
Best way to clear this is up would be for the Ravens to release the talking points document, but I doubt that happens.
