Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice is showing up to team workouts as he faces two prongs of legal issues stemming from offseason incidents.
ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported that Rice is “attending and participating in all activities” as the Chiefs started OTAs (organized team activities) on Monday.
Rice’s offseason issues began in late March, when he and a friend, SMU wideout Theodore “Teddy” Knox, were allegedly racing each other on the highway in Dallas.
Both lost control of their vehicles and there was a six-car accident.
About 4.5 seconds before the crash, Rice was driving his Lamborghini Urus 119 mph in a 70-mph zone.
Rice, Knox and the passengers in their vehicles all fled the scene of the accident without checking whether the bystanders who got caught up in the wreck were OK.
The receiver faces eight charges in the incident, including one count of aggravated assault, one count of collision involving bodily injury and six counts of collision involving bodily injury.
Then, Rice was accused of striking a photographer at a Dallas-area nightclub earlier this month.
There have not been any charges associated with the alleged nightclub incident.
Rice faces a $10 million civil suit from victims of the March car crash.
“Despite his physical abilities and responsibilities as a public figure, Rice raced a high-powered vehicle through the public roads of Dallas County, Texas, lost control, and injured several innocent people including the Plaintiffs in this cause,” the suit said in part.
Rice is likely to face NFL discipline related to the car accident and potentially the nightclub dispute as well.
ProFootballTalk’s Mike Florio reported earlier this month that Rice (or an associate) was accused of firing shots into an empty car belonging to a basketball player he suspected of seeing his girlfriend while Rice was at SMU.
According to the report, the incident was never reported to the police, but it was believed that every NFL team, including the Chiefs, was aware of it during the pre-draft process.
Rice caught 79 balls for 938 yards and seven touchdowns last season.
He led Chiefs wide receivers in all of those stats last season, although tight end Travis Kelce had more catches and yards.