Judge Robbins : Everyone should watch the video of Jerry Rice with his then - fiance . Seeing it , you should n't say , as some have ( including the judge ) that she was culpable . She says domestic violence happens behind closed doors ; there Rice was terrible . Robbins : Instead of wondering why a victim stays , the world would do better to focus on punishing the batterer . NFL dumped Rice . Victim abuse has to stop . Janay , you were the victim here .
Judge Robbins : Everyone should watch the video of Jerry Rice with his then - fiance . Seeing it , you should n't say , as some have ( including the judge ) that she was culpable . She says domestic violence happens behind closed doors ; there Rice was terrible . Robbins : NFL dumped Rice . Victim abuse has to stop . Janay , you were the victim here .