Lawsuit Seeking Over $10M Filed Against Rashee Rice and Teddy Knox

Chiefs' coach Andy Reid makes first public comments at start of offseason program

Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice (4) catches a deep pass as Cincinnati Bengals / Kareem Elgazzar/The Enquirer / USA TODAY

DALLAS – The legal troubles for Rashee Rice and Teddy Knox are continuing to pile up.

Rice and Knox are being sued in Texas for more than $1 million in actual damages and $10 million in punitive damages by two plaintiffs who say they were injured in the multi-vehicle crash caused by Rice and Knox on March 30.

Rice, a receiver for Kansas City, was driving a Lamborghini Urus that he rented and Knox, a cornerback for SMU, was driving a Chevrolet Corvette that is owned by Rice. The plaintiffs, Edvard Petrovskiy and Irina Gromova, allege in their lawsuit Rice and Knox deliberately raced their vehicles at speeds well beyond the posted limits and caused the accident that led to their injuries. They claim their injuries include brain trauma, cuts requiring stitches, bruises, disfigurement and internal bleeding.

Both Rice and Knox are also facing eight felony charges: one count of aggravated assault, one count of collision involving serious bodily injury and six counts of collision involving injury.

SMU suspended Knox last week and, in a statement, said the school “takes these allegations seriously.”

Neither the NFL nor Kansas City has taken any actions against Rice. The Chiefs have said they will wait for the legal process to play out. On Monday, Chiefs coach Andy Reid made his first public comments on Rice’s situation. Reid said he expects to Rice participate in the offseason program that began Monday with virtual meetings.

"I want to keep gathering the information from the law enforcement people,'' Reid said. "We'll just see where everything goes from there and let the process take place.''