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(Gossip-Grind News) Baltimore Ravens Release Ray Rice:

Running back Ray Rice’s contract has been terminated by the Baltimore Ravens and the NFL has suspended him indefinitely hours after TMZ released a video showing Rice striking his then-fiancee Janay Palmer twice inside the elevator of an Atlantic City casino. The video shows the couple entering an elevator. Once inside Rice strikes Palmer, she hits him back and then Rice hits her again and she falls unconscious onto the floor.

The Baltimore Ravens posted the following message via Twitter:

The Ravens, meanwhile, had no other comment in its statement announcing Rice’s release.

Goodell’s initial suspension for Rice was so severely criticized as too lenient led Goodell to revamp the league’s personal conduct policies covering domestic violence and assault.

The NFL said earlier in the day it never saw the video until Monday. The grainy video apparently shows Rice and Palmer in an elevator at the Revel Casino on Feb. 15. Each hits the other before Rice knocks Palmer off her feet and into a railing. Earlier video of Rice dragging Palmer from the elevator has been shown repeatedly, but the video shown Monday showed Rice striking Palmer twice, the second time apparently rendering her unconscious.

League spokesman Brian McCarthy said earlier in the day, regarding the video: “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.”

A Revel spokesperson told ABC News that the hotel gave a copy of the video posted by TMZ Sports to the police. The hotel, which closed Sept. 2, says it did not give it to TMZ.

Rice had three years remaining on his contract at $4 million this season, $3 million next season and $3 million in 2016. The Ravens will not owe Rice any money.

In the NFL’s revamped policy against domestic violence, first-time offenders will be suspended for six games while players will receive a lifetime ban for a second offense.

“I made the biggest mistake of my life,” Rice said in a news conference when the Ravens returned to camp in late July. “I want to own it.” (ESPN)