The Baltimore Ravens terminated NFL running back Ray Rice's contract Monday afternoon, the team said in a tweet. The move comes hours after TMZ posted a video that it says shows Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice punching his then-fiancee in the face in the elevator of an Atlantic City hotel in February.Shortly after, an NFL spokesperson announced that the running back has been suspended indefinitely.The punch initially drew a two-game suspension from NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, a penalty that was so severely criticized as too lenient that Goodell revamped the league's policies against domestic violence.Watch video of incident (warning, graphic)Video of Rice dragging Janay Palmer, whom he married after the incident, from the elevator has been shown repeatedly. But this is the first time video purporting to show Rice hitting Palmer directly has been shown of the incident, which happened on Feb. 15."We requested from law enforcement any and all information about the incident, including the video from inside the elevator. That video was not made available to us and no one in our office has seen it until today," the league said in a statement released to NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport.Rice was entering his seventh season in Baltimore, including the last five years as a starter. He was a three-time Pro Bowl selection who signed a five-year, $40 million contract extension in July 2012, NFL.com reported. 27932504

The Baltimore Ravens terminated NFL running back Ray Rice's contract Monday afternoon, the team said in a tweet.

The move comes hours after TMZ posted a video that it says shows Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice punching his then-fiancee in the face in the elevator of an Atlantic City hotel in February.




Shortly after, an NFL spokesperson announced that the running back has been suspended indefinitely.



The punch initially drew a two-game suspension from NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, a penalty that was so severely criticized as too lenient that Goodell revamped the league's policies against domestic violence.

Watch video of incident (warning, graphic)



Video of Rice dragging Janay Palmer, whom he married after the incident, from the elevator has been shown repeatedly.

But this is the first time video purporting to show Rice hitting Palmer directly has been shown of the incident, which happened on Feb. 15.

"We requested from law enforcement any and all information about the incident, including the video from inside the elevator. That video was not made available to us and no one in our office has seen it until today," the league said in a statement released to NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport.

Rice was entering his seventh season in Baltimore, including the last five years as a starter. He was a three-time Pro Bowl selection who signed a five-year, $40 million contract extension in July 2012, NFL.com reported.



