A Texas court on Wednesday issued a default judgment of more than $2.8 million against Theodore Knox, the co-defendant in one of the lawsuits against Kansas City Chiefs receiver Rashee Rice stemming from a 2024 street racing crash in Dallas.
Judge Kim Bailey Phipps ruled that Knox, one of Rice's teammates at Southern Methodist University, was "grossly negligent" after he and Rice lost control of their cars and crashed on a central Dallas highway on March 30, 2024.
The judgment was handled by submission, meaning the decision was rendered based on written documents and already-filed evidence. Knox was not present for the hearing, and no attorney was listed for him in court records. Messages left with Knox on the day of the initial default judgment filing went unreturned to ESPN.