Rice and Knox previously encountered another lawsuit in 2024 by two individuals who claim to have sustained numerous injuries, including brain damage and internal bleeding.
DALLAS — Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice and former SMU football athlete Theodore “Teddy” Knox are facing a new lawsuit linked to a multi-vehicle accident on U.S. 75 in Dallas that occurred last year.
The most recent lawsuit was filed in Dallas County this month by a woman who claims that she and her son were returning home when their vehicle was involved in a high-speed accident on U.S. Highway 75 on March 30, 2024, as stated in court documents.
“Rice and Knox maneuvered to unlawfully pass traffic on the left side of the road in an emergency lane and struck a median. The high speeds of their vehicles caused a rotation that destroyed cars in their path and triggered a high-speed chain reaction involving other vehicles,” the lawsuit detailed. “This subsequent chain of violent collisions impacted the vehicle the Plaintiff was traveling in with her minor son.”
The woman contends in the lawsuit that individuals involved in the accident, along with other bystanders, attempted to communicate with Rice and Knox after the incident, but they departed the scene.
“After the incident, Defendant Rice, through his legal counsel, made a public acknowledgment of responsibility despite the absence of any such accountability at the scene,” the lawsuit alleged. “The Defendants’ decision to leave the crash site was a conscious choice to neglect the welfare of those injured by their grossly negligent behavior to conceal their level of intoxication from earlier that day.”
As a result of the collision, the woman claims her “injuries include physical trauma as well as emotional and mental trauma that followed, both necessitating medical treatment,” according to the lawsuit.
The woman seeks damages ranging from $250,000 to $1,000,000 in the lawsuit, as indicated in court documents.
Rice was reportedly driving a Lamborghini leased from a Fort Worth company, while Knox was allegedly behind the wheel of a Corvette leased in Rice’s name, both allegedly exceeding speeds of 100 mph on U.S. 75 shortly before 6:30 p.m. on March 30, 2024, when they lost control, resulting in a chain-reaction crash involving a total of six vehicles.
After the accident, Rice acknowledged driving the Lamborghini and turned himself in to authorities on April 11, 2024, facing eight charges related to the incident – six counts of collision involving bodily injury, one count of collision involving serious bodily injury, and one count of aggravated assault. Knox faced the same charges and was subsequently suspended from the SMU football team following the accident.
The new lawsuit follows an earlier lawsuit filed in April 2024, naming Rice and Knox as defendants. This prior case involves two individuals who allege they incurred multiple injuries, such as brain damage, lacerations, contusions, disfigurement, and internal bleeding resulting from the crash. The plaintiffs in that lawsuit are seeking at least $1 million in actual damages and $10 million in punitive damages. That case is scheduled to go to trial in June, according to court records.