::THE SLICE REPORT WITH MONA AUSTIN

buzzz worthy. . . By Mona Austin A victim by any other name is still a victim. Janay Rice has finally spoken at length about the elevator incident that left her unconscious and caused her husband Ray Rice to be cut from the Baltimore Ravens. The first interview went to ESPN, published only hours after news of the suspecned appel broke. the  Dayas later she spoke to Matt Lauer in an exclusiveinterveiw. From the start, the thought of leaving her husband did not enter her mind, Mrs.Rice told ESPN, saying  she knew their relationship would not end because she "knew [this] was not us," in reference to her state of mind immediately following the fight.  SOme reports say alshohol was invlied and that may have exascebated circumstance. Said Mrs. Rice, "As we were arguing, he was on his phone and not looking at me. I went to reach for his phone, and when he grabbed it back, he spit at me and I slapped him." Janay Rice insists that she ...