Ravens RB Ray Rice Pleads Not Guilty To Assault Charge

Ray-Rice

Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice was in court Thursday morning stemming from his Atlantic City altercation with his then fianceé, Janay Palmer-Rice,  in a hotel elevator.

Rice pleaded not guilty to a third-degree charge of aggravated assault and applied for a pretrial intervention program

The pretrial intervention program is a diversionary program which permits certain defendants (particularly first-time ones) to avoid formal prosecution.

If Rice is not approved for the program, his next court date is scheduled for May 29. Prosecutors have offered a plea agreement in which Rice would receive probation with no jail time and undergo anger management counseling.

Rice and Palmer married in late March.