2. From the article: But sources both affiliated and unaffiliated with the team tell
"Outside the Lines" a different story: The Ravens' head of security, (Darren)
Sanders, heard a detailed description of the inside-elevator scene within hours and
shared it with Ravens officials in Baltimore.
Darren Sanders (Director of Security): “I did not receive an account of what
happened in the elevator “within hours” of the incident. Within a couple of days, I
asked the casino and the Atlantic City Police Department for a copy of any
videotape of the incident. They said they could not release a copy of the videotape
to me. Some days later—I believe it was on February 25—I spoke to an Atlantic
City police official again, asking again whether I could get a copy of the tape or, if
not, whether I could come to his New Jersey office and view it. He said I could
not, but he did offer to view the tape and describe what he saw. (As I understand
it, he was describing a raw video, not the “cleaned up,” “smoothed . . . out” version
that appeared on TMZ.) He said that Ray and Janay both appeared to be
intoxicated, and that they were involved in a heated argument that began outside
the elevator and continued inside. As he described it, Janay appeared to initiate the
altercation, but they both spit at and struck each other, resulting in Janay falling
and hitting her head against the wall railing. The officer could not tell from the
video whether Ray slapped or punched her, but Ray told me very clearly that he
did not punch her. It was not clear from the officer’s account whether it was being
intoxicated, being hit, or hitting her head against the railing that caused Janay’s
apparent unconsciousness.”
