As part of a rape investigation, San Jose police have served a search warrant at the home of 49ers defensive lineman Ray McDonald, according to ABC 7.
Per the report, an adult female received treatment at a local hospital for a possible sexual assault that occurred on Tuesday. The hospital contacted San Jose police.
The victim reportedly alleged that she was “possibly sexually assaulted.” Based on the preliminary investigation, the alleged suspect is McDonald.
McDonald was investigated in August and September for domestic violence. He was never charged with any crime.
Just as McDonald provided the first potential case under the then-new domestic violence and sexual assault policy, McDonald now becomes the first potential case under the new personal conduct policy. If charged or if the league determines via an investigation that McDonald may have committed a violent crime, he’ll be suspended with pay.
With only two games left in the 2014 regular season, the team and the league soon will have the entire offseason to determine whether and to what extent McDonald should be placed on paid leave or otherwise disciplined.
Just another guy named Ray trying to get kicked out of the league
Better put the SC PD back on the payroll…
Don’t worry. The 49ers will try to protect him at all costs and claim due process…
Never mind the football implications, are we actually going to treat this guy as innocent until proven guilty again?
At least make him wear a big sign, telling women to stay away or get assaulted.
Uh-Oh they searched his house, it’s only going to take a few seconds for the media to get thier pitchforks lit demanding he be suspended and then getting mad at Goodell for suspending him since he was only accused.
Who’s surprised?
was the first officer to show up a 49ers employee?!?!
What an idiot… you escaped the first time, take it easy for the rest of the season!!
The wheels on this clown car are falling off.
Guilty or not, this guy is a freaking moron.
He plays for the 49ers, and isn’t a big name player. He only puts small market teams’ best players on the commish exempt list to ensure they don’t make the playoffs, which loses the NFL money. Then again, the 49ers are out of the playoffs anyways at this point, so this could be a good opportunity for the NFL to “crack down” and make themselves look objective. The league office is a farce.
Can this season just get over with already please?
Money grab.
Where there is smoke………..
At some point these “unfounded accusations” mandating due process are gonna come home to roost for this guy. Of all people, McDonald should try to avoid placing himself in compromising positions.
How are you possibly sexually assaulted? Isn’t a yes or no?
I’m mostly on board with the new policy, but doesn’t an independent NFL investigation have the potential for harming either a prosecution or defense case? Minimally, the end result of either a suspension or non suspension would taint the jury pool one way or another.
Role model of the year right here folks….
If I remember correctly, didn’t Jim Harbaugh say “there’s one thing that I will never, ever be okay with – if you lay your hands on a woman, you’re done?”
Isn’t this the 2nd instance of him being accused of harming women, with nothing coming of it?
Doesn’t this sound fishy? I don’t believe this guy to be that stupid.
Now that the 49ers have been eliminated from the play-offs, the lid will come off the cover-up.
All parties except one are seemingly comfortable with that arrangement. That’s the NFL way of doing business.
Another one of Urban Meyer’s goons who can’t stay out of trouble. Is anyone really surprised by this?
Once again the felon-infested roster and organization in Santa Clara strikes again! Terribly embarrassing to the NFL and NFC West.
We 12’s and the entire Seahawks organization follow the example of our coach and leader by abiding the mantras of always competing, conducting oneself with the highest levels of integrity and holding each other accountable. Santa Clara, please stop embarrassing the NFC West now that you have faded to obscurity. #RePete #HawkDynasty
Good to see the San Jose police actually doing their jobs now that they aren’t on the 49er payroll any longer. 49er fans will say due process, blah, blah , blah but these guy has a track record so I ain’t buyin’ that mess.
Feel bad for the victim.
What the hell is wrong with these players? You’d think with everything that has been happening over the past year, that they’d know that every single indiscretion will be exposed and punished. Dumb A**!
Which cops showed up?
“possibly sexually assaulted.”
:”Possibly sexually assaulted” what the heck does that even mean? Maybe she was raped?
We’re not all seriously getting aboard this train again right? He’s innocent until proven guilty. Says so right in every law book in this country. I hate the 49ers, but there is no need to condemn every person that gets a charge against them. Especially not a “maybe” charge.
Either something happened or we have another gold digger on the loo$e.
National
Felon
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The NFL has the whole system upside down. “oh, you are suspected of a violent crime. You are now suspended, but you still make money.”
Seriously?
And the criminal justice system is also strange. You don’t put out the names of the victims of these crimes, so why do you put out the names of the suspects? If a guy is innocent of a crime that bad, then just being a suspect will ruin your life. We need to respect the idea of innocent until proven guilty and stop dragging the suspects through the mud before they are convicted. And if your argument is that people should know about the suspected rapist, then he should be arrested and put behind bars because he is not a trusted part of society anymore. There is no reason to slander someone before his guilt is ascertained.
maybe the packers put them up to it so they don’t have to lose to him and the 49ers in the playoffs again!!!
What’s the matter? Wasn’t Officer Friendly around to help conceal the evidence this time?
Hmmm. Seems to be a pattern of abuse by Mr. McDonald. I’m sure most Whiner fans will tell you they are just picking on Ray, and it’s just a big coincidence. Class citizens on that defense. Bet Harbaugh doesn’t invite the them over to the house for holiday dinner…
Robert Kraft Was Duped!!!
It’s all Roger Goodell’s fault that McDonald is in trouble again right?
I can hear De Smith screaming “If Roger did this or that then Ray McDonald wouldn’t be doing this stuff”.
The media WILL make McDonald a “victim” somehow and frame Goodell as the bad guy in all of this.
Idiocracy at its best. This is what happens when there is NO personal accountability in today’s society.
I really dont understand these guys getting out of trouble to get right back into it. You just got off from the other legal stuff now this, come on dude!
I don’t understand this. Why would he be so stupid to even put himself under the shadow of doubt.
Like I always say – can’t cure stupid.
— Standard disclosure — I root for the 49ers
Ray McDonald is clearly the victim of liberal smear campaigns against an otherwise upstanding member of society
If there’s anything I’ve learned so far about crap like this, it’s to wait until all the facts come in before jumping to judgement. This can go either way and women lie every bit as much as men. There are far too many gold digging weasels out there these days.
Since the NFL has decided they won’t give anyone anything for time served anyways, it’s foolish to give them any.
Hooo boy. The authorities were searching for something used in a crime. Specifically a rape. Rape tools? Date rape drugs? In any case, they got a warrant pretty quickly. That’s not a good sign.
Still, due process; I’m not going to pile on the guy until we know more. Gotta respect the process and not jump to conclusions. NFL players/rich and famous people in general are a target for extortion and blackmail. Gotta let this one play out before condemning anyone.
Karma harbaugh.
you protect woman beaters now you lose your job as HC
“Lifetime ban, no appeal” Godell.
The victim reported that she was “possibly sexually assaulted”? Doesn’t sound good.
The lesson to learn here is the NFL and the 9ers had the opportunity to suspend him and take action. They decided not to, and now look what he does. What a joke. The 49ers are a classless organization and claimed “due process” so they could make a playoff push. Worked out well for you guys huh? Enough of this crap. He should be gone
Jake Hoyt is on the scene……
Ronald McDonald
Well this season has been a disaster on an off the field. As an east coast 49ers fan I’m confused, did the team move to Santa Clara or San Quentin? Looks like will be looking for a new parole officer, I mean head coach in two weeks….
How do these people get themselves into these situations? There are people that go their entire lives without being accused of ANYTHING, let alone domestic violence and sexual assault in the same calendar year.
@blacknole08
I know you believe Urban is the devil, but he didn’t recruit him
Just like the rest of the commentators on this site I have no idea what happened. I suspect Ray has found himself in a relationship with a complete nut case who will wind up destroying his career. NASCAR driver Kurt Busch has found himself in a similar situation. I’m still waiting for the female version of the “no more” spots on TV.
dfwhawkguy you are right, this should be embarrassing…but NOT to the NFL itself.
McDonald, the 49ers, De Smith, and the NFLPA should ALL be embarrassed about this. THEY have enabled McDonald and guys like him to pull stunts like this and make his employer look bad in public.
McDonald should be banned from the NFL forever IMO.
officialhintz says:
How are you possibly sexually assaulted? Isn’t a yes or no?
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When she wakes up, realizes she doesn’t know how she got home, thinks she might have been drugged, and has evidence that sex might have occurred without her consent. And if she felt that she was drugged, and hospital tests showed the presence of drugs in her system, the first action taken by police would be to search the home and vehicle of the accused to see if they have said drugs in their possession.
Seems pretty simple to me.
As to the Niners, way to stay above reproach!
Well, don’t worry Ray, when the Niners cut you right along with Harbaugh, you will have a home waiting with the Seadderall Seachickens!!
time for the new policy to swing down hard…. and about time they started doing it at that
blacknole08 – this has NOTHING to do with Urban Meyer.
McDonald did all of this to himself. Is he not a legal adult? Is he not a grown man who signed a contract to play football?
Only McDonald and his enablers can be blamed for this crime. Those enablers are the sports media, his agents, and the NFLPA.
We told you 14 weeks ago.
Who’s got it better?
jeffmage says:
Dec 17, 2014 1:25 PM
Never mind the football implications, are we actually going to treat this guy as innocent until proven guilty again?
At least make him wear a big sign, telling women to stay away or get assaulted.
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Any women who comes in contact with him from now on knows what they are potentially getting into. No sign needed unless they are using their future settlement money.
BTW, any fool who actually believes Pete is above reproach, ask yourself why he would leave USC so abruptly? Oh, that’s right, so Reggie Bush would be left to take all of the fallout for Pete’s YEARS of cheating while the head coach!! SC is still reeling thanks to good ‘ole boy Pete!
officialhintz says: Dec 17, 2014 1:31 PM
How are you possibly sexually assaulted? Isn’t a yes or no?
You’ve heard of date-rape drugs before right???
And classless Harbaugh and the rest of the dirty organization will continue to start him, disgusting.
dfwhawkguy if that’s the case then why is Tom cable, an admitted woman beater on the hawks payroll?
He’s not that dumb. Surely.
Possibly assaulted means “let me get back to you after I contact my lawyer”
Is anybody else getting fed up with the way today’s athletes go about their business on and off the field?….
Either he’s really unlucky, or there is fire behind the smoke. Even if not, trouble just follows some people. Bye bye.
at this point it’s still an accusation, unfortunately we live in a society where false accusations are made all the time, if he’s guilty the NFL should give a lifetime ban in addition to whatever legal penalties he may receive. The 49ers should suspend him the rest of the year ala Hardy and Peterson, and if there’s any truth to the allegations part ways.
I think the NFL should add to the policy an out clause where if a team cuts a man for criminal acts (assault, etc…) that his salary doesn’t count against the cap at all.
RING RING RING RING
Woman: Yes, I was possibly, maybe sexually assaulted but im not sure.
Police: We’re getting a warrant to search his home now. Dont worry.
Is that all it takes now????
“Suspended with pay”…..
At least his Fiance isn’t complaining about anything this time.
If I were the niners, I wouldn’t do any discipline at all with McDonald until all the facts come out. Innocent until proven guilty is the American way, after all. Guilty or not, you won’t get credit for any games you suspended your player from Goodell, so don’t volunteer any games to him. What the league’s policy says a penalty should be never seems to end up what the NFL decides to hand out.
Your move, Roger.
I smell a MONEY GRAB!!!!!!
The guy prob thinks he’s above the law at this point.
He stole the Jets playbook??? Wonder if the police found it yet!!
Somewhere Jim Harbaugh is sitting back laughing his butt off saying……”Who cares, I’m outta here in a few weeks”.
nice to see the suspension would be WITH pay…yeah that will surely teach him!! lol NFL = JOKE
Fool me once shame on you…fool me twice…
I am going to wait until a few more facts come out before I make a judgement on Ray McDonald. If you remember, a few weeks back, a lady (and I use the term loosely) made an assault accusation against Marshwn Lynch, only to find out he was in the team hotel all night long with multiple witnesses. So those of you that are piling on the poor guy need to hold your horses until there is more info. Everyone rails against the media for piling on without all the facts, and most folks here are doing the same thing.
Now do you all know why jim Harbaugh is a complete piece of crap? He let this guy play all year along with Aldon Smith. Kharma… Rules.
Who is surprised? Half the Santa Clara roster has been charged with some criminal offense last year and this year. When is Chris Culliver going to face his charges?
The Santa Clara Empire has collapsed. As well as their fair weather fan base. LOL
They should question Eddie Lacy, he’s always hanging around a McDonalds.
Now that they’re out of the playoffs they’ll likely show character and not play him.
Hypocrites.
I can’t get suspended with pay . Oh this has to be America
Ray McDonald must not have watched the “No More” commercials.
I think you will see a different stance from the 49ers and their fans. While this sounds like it is very new, it still does link a person of question before. Since the 49ers are out of the playoffs, I suspect they may have a harsher stance this time. Nonetheless, this one has less shadiness on questionable police involvement vs. the earlier, so I side on “get the facts” before judgement.
Where there’s enough smoke, there’s usually a fire somewhere.
This guy is clearly a problem.
To all the people who keep claiming it is impossible for someone to be uncertain if they were raped or not:
Women today live with the reality that you can be drugged, pass out, and be sexually assaulted with little or no memory of what occurred. This is exactly what happens in the majority of rape cases, in fact.
For further evidence of this, see Bill Cosby and Darren Sharper. Two celebrities who drugged and raped multiple women, many of whom lived with the uncertainty and shame for years before realizing it really did happen, and to a LOT of people.
Whenever a rape is reported to police, the victim is tested to determine if drugs are present in their blood. This is because the majority of rape cases involve the drugging of victims. When blood tests show the presence of various “date rape drugs” in the blood of a potential rape victim – the accusation is investigated as a rape case because 99.9999999% of the time, that’s exactly what happened.
Before you accuse victims of fabricating rape charges, please educate yourself. Rape is not a joke. Stop blaming victims.
With all that has been going on you would think these guys would be smart enough to not take these chances. But then again I don’t see how they were smart enough to get through college anyway. That’s why I believe that they were helped along, because of their football talent.
All that suspended with pay does is punish financially the team and the owner of the team that a player is on.all it amounts to is a paid vacation. if a player is under suspicion allow him to play and make him earn his money and help his team if he isnt in jail,why should a team be penalized with paying his salary when he sits home counting his unearned cash,its not the teams fault he is being investigated so stop taking millions away from the team for any crimes a player is suspected of but has not been found innocent of.WAKE UP NFL!
Some guys are just evil
Haha of course someone else takes the blame for Kapernick
Think I’ll await some facts.
thegreenandcold says:
Dec 17, 2014 1:38 PM
:”Possibly sexually assaulted” what the heck does that even mean? Maybe she was raped?
We’re not all seriously getting aboard this train again right? He’s innocent until proven guilty. Says so right in every law book in this country. I hate the 49ers, but there is no need to condemn every person that gets a charge against them. Especially not a “maybe” charge.
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Actually the “innocent until proven guilty is “in a court of law” which you conveniently left out. Employers and society as a whole can and will decide guilt based on their opinions.
I wonder if it ever even crosses these young super rich athletes minds that the sperm bank that they are making their deposits in will one day soon turn around and declare that their bank door was forced open by the athlete,if not they better soon start.
he sure does get wrongly accused a lot…
Another of Urban Meyer’s gangsta’s …
“possibly sexually assaulted”
Ray must get his drink recipes from Bill Cosby.
Another San Quentin Niner doing wrong. What do Seahawk haters keep saying? “Adderal” and crap like that that hasnt happened in over a year. No arrests, nothing.
All of these rape and abuse issues lately is nothing knew. It has been going on since the middle ages. It is just now starting to get the attention in the media and that’s a good thing!
If she’s not sure if she was, or wasn’t, she wasn’t.
perhaps ray ray did not see those NO MORE PSAs starring his co-workers
Betcha he jumps at the chance to negotiate with NFL and get on that commissioners list!
LOL at you Roger!!!
Fire Goodell.
officialhintz says:
Dec 17, 2014 1:31 PM
How are you possibly sexually assaulted? Isn’t a yes or no?
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Hopefully she doesn’t end up kind of pregnant.
But he’s innocent! It’s just someone Goodell paid off to make him look bad, right 9ers fans?
They won’t find a superbowl ring.
I guess those people trolling the 49ers right now are acting in a shutting up fashion. Contract terminated. Career over.
Somebody explain what is a possible sexual assault. For all intent and purposes, his career is over.
sounds fishy to me she is a gold digger and goddell gave all the women a weapon to blackmail these guys with.too many women trying to get with rich guys even those cosby chicks are lying
#1 I wouldn’t call her a gold digger until a civil suit is filed, this is criminal.
#2 To the people saying innocent until proven guilty, remember this isn’t a court of law.
#3 “possible rape” I would venture a guess it would be drug related.