After missing the Chiefs’ OTAs and mandatory minicamp, receiver Rashee Rice soon will be free.
Via KCUR, Rice is scheduled to be released from jail on Tuesday, June 16.
Last month, Rice was required to serve 30 days immediately, after testing positive for THC. He had been sentenced to 30 days to be served at his discretion over the five-year term of his probation following the resolution of charges arising from a March 2024 street-racing incident. He pleaded guilty last year to two felonies.
Per the report, Rice ultimately was permitted to exit the facility to rehab a knee on which he had surgery shortly before his incarceration. The court order allowing it was entered on May 28.
Rice also was moved from an “isolated cell” to general population, at his lawyer’s request.
The league has shown no inclination to impose further punishment on Rice for his probation violation. He was suspended for the first six games of the 2025 season, due to his guilty plea.
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