Probe finds no sign NFL saw Rice tape before public

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No National Football League employee had an advance look at the video of ex-Baltimore star rusher Ray Rice hitting his future wife in an elevator, an independent investigation found Thursday. Former FBI director Robert Mueller said his probe, which lasted nearly four months, uncovered no evidence the NFL had advance viewing of the shocking video, which showed Rice knocking out Janay Palmer, his then-fiancee and now wife, in the elevator of an Atlantic City casino last February. The report did say the league did not do enough to uncover evidence about the incident and should have conducted a more complete investigation before NFL commissioner Roger Goodell issued an initial two-game ban to former Ravens rusher Rice, who later was suspended indefinitely after the elevator video was made public by celebrity website TMZ. "We concluded there was substantial information about the incident -- even without the in-elevator video -- indicating the need for a more thorough investigation," Mueller said.

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