{"id":1939,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/1939","headline":"Chiefs receiver Rashee Rice files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy","dek":"Rice claims more than $3.45 million in debts, much of it tied to civil lawsuits against him.","body":"Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on Wednesday, Nov. 4, according to court documents filed in the Northern District of Texas bankruptcy court. Rice listed more than $3.45 million in debts in the filing.\n\nA majority of those debts stem from civil litigation, with varying plaintiffs suing Rice in cases that have either already been settled or are still awaiting trial, according to the filing.\n\nRice is in the final year of his four-year, $6.45 million rookie contract with the Chiefs. The bankruptcy filing comes after a stretch of legal battles for the receiver, though the exact nature of those underlying lawsuits was not detailed beyond their connection to the listed debts.\n\nIt remains to be seen how the Chapter 7 filing will affect Rice's finances going forward or whether it carries any implications for his standing with the Chiefs as he plays out the final season of his rookie deal.","published_at":"2026-11-05T23:34:19.762266+00:00","source_count":3,"written_from":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Why Chiefs WR Rashee Rice reportedly filed for bankruptcy after legal battles","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/why-chiefs-wr-rashee-rice-224523355.html"},{"outlet":"Pro Football Talk","publisher":"NBC Sports","title":"Rashee Rice files for bankruptcy, citing more than $3.45 million in debt","url":"https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/rashee-rice-files-for-bankruptcy-citing-more-than-3-45-million-in-debt"},{"outlet":"ESPN","publisher":"ESPN","title":"Chiefs WR Rice files for bankruptcy, claims he owes over $3.45M in debts","url":"https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/50391911/chiefs-rashee-rice-files-bankruptcy-cites-345m-debt"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Chiefs star files for bankruptcy ahead of Week 9 matchup vs. Jets","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/chiefs-star-files-bankruptcy-ahead-220310156.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Chiefs WR Rashee Rice reportedly files for bankruptcy, citing $3.45 million in debts following fallout from 2024 car crash","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/article/chiefs-wr-rashee-rice-reportedly-files-for-bankruptcy-citing-345-million-in-debts-following-fallout-from-2024-car-crash-221842676.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Chiefs receiver Rice files for bankruptcy amid lawsuits","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/chiefs-receiver-rice-files-bankruptcy-231910909.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Chiefs WR Rashee Rice files for bankruptcy, claiming more than $3.45 million in debt","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/chiefs-wr-rashee-rice-files-230836658.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Chiefs receiver Rashee Rice files for bankruptcy over debts from crash, alleged assault","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/chiefs-receiver-rashee-rice-files-234751883.html"}],"image":{"url":"https://nbcsports.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/622d315/2147483647/strip/false/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/1920x1080!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhdliveextra-a.akamaihd.net%2FHD%2Fimage_sports%2FNBCU_Sports_Group_-_nbcsports%2F764%2F458%2Fnbc_pftpm_nyjvkc_261105.jpg","credit":"Pro Football Talk","width":1920},"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. Credit brokenews and link to the story page you took it from. Source headlines, story titles taken from a source headline, and quoted passages remain the property of their publishers and are quoted for comparison, not licensed onward.","terms":"https://www.brokenews.co/about#reuse"}