New Video Shows Ray Rice In Handcuffs And Kissing Janay Palmer After Infamous Elevator Punch

ABC News has exclusively obtained previously unreleased video that shows the curious aftermath of when Ray Rice knocked out his then-fiancee, now-wife Janay Palmer.

The 45 minutes of never-before-seen footage is from the fateful encounter when Rice assaulted his fiancee in the now-defunct Revel Casino in Atlantic City on Feb. 15. The new two-minute summary video shows hotel employees tending to a battered Palmer after being brutalized by Rice. Hotel staffers were so concerned with Palmer’s injuries that they gave her first aid and even brought her wheel chair in case she had issues walking on her own. Meanwhile Rice attempts to talk to his fiancee, but he is waived away by what appears to be a hotel higher-up. Palmer is seen explaining the dreadful situation to several individuals and even breaks down and cries at one point.

Cops arrive on the scene to arrest both Rice and Janay. He is led out of the hotel lobby in handcuffs and asks the officer to put his hood over his head to hide his identity. Palmer and Rice are escorted to an elevator (I probably would have taken the stairs if I was Ray Rice). Once in the elevator, Rice bangs his head on the wall in frustration. The couple then appear to console each other and at one point actually kiss, less than an hour after Rice smashed Palmer so hard that she was unconscious. Talk about kiss and make up.

Both Rice and Palmer were charged with one count of assault each. However the charge against Palmer was later dropped for insufficient evidence, while the charge against Rice was upgraded to aggravated assault.

ABC News acquired the video by filing a public-records request with the N.J. Gaming Enforcement Division (That didn’t seem so difficult to do, does it Roger Goodell?).

Rice attempted to stop ABC News from obtaining the footage by going to court, but was unsuccessful.

“This is a time of healing and he, quite naturally, doesn’t want another media showing of what must have been the worst event of his life,” Rice’s attorney, Peter Ginsberg said. “What the media ought to be focusing on is the issue of domestic violence.” During the two-hour hearing in Trenton, N.J. on Wednesday the lawyer pleaded for the video to not be released, “Ray Rice literally does not talk to me about the events [at the casino] without crying — to this day.”

Rice won the appeal of the NFL’s indefinite suspension a few weeks ago. On Thursday night, Rice appeared at a charity event in Baltimore and talked about the horrible incident.

“I made a horrible mistake in my life, but if you truly believe in second chances, they will forgive me,” Rice said. “I think all the fans have looked deep into who I am.”