Janay Rice is none too pleased with the Halloween costumes some people are choosing to wear this year, which seem to make a mockery of her husband’s fall from grace.
Her husband, Ray Rice, was cut from the Baltimore Ravens and suspended indefinitely from the NFL after a video hit the internet of him knocking his then-fiancée out inside a New Jersey casino elevator.
Photos were posted on social media last week of truly disturbing costume choices that are wrong on so many levels.
People dressed up as the Rices, donning NFL costumes and sporting black eyes, mocking the couple’s Feb. 15 assault incident. One photo, in particular, shows a young boy wearing an NFL costume and black face while dragging a black doll. Another shows a woman sporting a black eye and pretending to be punched by a man wearing football gear.
Ray Rice is taking the high road. Wait… WHAT?!? http://t.co/Zm89mWCvve pic.twitter.com/fwpyYWfCM8
— TMZ (@TMZ) October 28, 2014
The Rices aren’t thrilled, to say the least, but they are taking the high road.
“[They’re] praying for those people,” a source told TMZ on Tuesday.
DOES THIS COSTUME GO TOO FAR? Ray and Janay Rice Halloween costume gaining popularity http://t.co/JJEgFMu0hm pic.twitter.com/eWJj8t8ZET
— FOX 32 News (@fox32news) October 29, 2014
Janay went on to marry the former running back after the assault and has since stuck by her man through thick and thin.
Dress up as Ray Rice for Halloween? Critics blast costumes –> http://t.co/kTT5r631v4 pic.twitter.com/Qq250ePha1
— wusa9 (@wusa9) October 27, 2014
Rice was indicted in March by a grand jury for third-degree aggravated-assault. Janay refused to testify against him, and the charges will likely be dropped if he completes a pre-trial intervention program.
People are *actually* dressing up as Ray Rice for Halloween, these costumes are SO horrible: http://t.co/34h4yyg8xX pic.twitter.com/P9bH1bCyB1
— Cosmopolitan (@Cosmopolitan) October 27, 2014