Kansas City Chiefs receiver Rashee Rice is back in the news, and once again it’s for all the wrong reasons.

Rice’s ex-girlfriend has filed a civil lawsuit against the Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver, alleging he assaulted her multiple times over a 19-month period.

Dacoda Jones filed the lawsuit on Monday in Dallas County District Court, which alleges that Rice abused her numerous times from December of 2023 through July of 2025. The lawsuit claims the abuse happened in the homes they shared in the Victory Park area of Dallas and Lee’s Summit, Missouri, a suburb of Kansas City.

Rice “grabbed, choked, strangled, pushed, thrown, scratched, hit, and headbutted Ms. Jones, as well as hit her with inanimate objects. Additionally, he has engaged in other violent and abusive behaviors towards Ms. Jones, including throwing objects, destroying property, punching walls, and breaking furniture, as well as locking her out in the middle of the night. Many of these behaviors occurred while Ms. Jones was pregnant,” the lawsuit says.

“The club is aware [of the lawsuit] and remains in communication with the National Football League,” the Chiefs said in a statement Wednesday. Messages with Rice’s agents and Rice were not immediately returned to ESPN.

Jones initially posted photos of the alleged abuse on Instagram last month, displaying a bruised lip, bruising on her legs and chest, scratches on her face and shoulders and multiple photos of damaged property. Jones referred to her alleged abuser indirectly as the father of her two children.

In the since-deleted Instagram post, she wrote: “I’m so tired of keeping quiet I’m so tired of protecting his image. I’ve been through too much in a span of 8 years and I’ve had ENOUGH!” She said she and Rice broke up in 2025 “and since then it’s been nothing but hell.”