One of the darkest moments in NFL history may have never come to light if not for $91,000.
That's how much the video footage of Ray Rice assaulting his then-fiancee in an Atlantic City elevator was sold to TMZ for before being published on Sept. 8, 2014, a person with knowledge of the sale and the NFL's investigation into the video told USA TODAY Sports. The person was not authorized to publicly speak because details of the league's investigation remain private.
The release of the video set off a chain reaction, leading the Baltimore Ravens to release Rice, who would never again play in the NFL, and putting Commissioner Roger Goodell and the NFL under such intense scrutiny that former FBI Director Robert Mueller was hired to conduct an investigation into the league's handling of the case. Call it the original Mueller report.
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