Police Records in Josh Jacobs Case Include Accounts From Other Women
Accounts from other women are now part of the police file in the battery case against Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs. The Hobart/Lawrence Police Department released the records Friday night in response to a public records request, according to The Guardian. Green Bay TV station NBC 26 first reported the release.
Jacobs, 28, pleaded no contest on September 10 to misdemeanor counts of battery and criminal damage to property. Police arrested him on May 26, three days after a woman said he threw her to the ground. While officers investigated that case, multiple other women contacted them with their own allegations.
One woman told police about an incident she first placed around 2023 and later said happened on January 5, 2022. She said that after she told Jacobs she had not come to his home for sex, he slapped her across the face. She also said he took her phone and threw it into a swimming pool, pinned her down, spat on her and said, "I should kill you right now." She told police she had stayed quiet because she remained friends with him and feared she would not be believed.
Another woman said she had sex with Jacobs in April 2021 and asked him to get tested for sexually transmitted infections after a condom broke. She said he later pushed her against a wall and threw her belongings out, leaving her with bruises and swelling around her ribs. Police said their records from that night showed officers saw "no visible signs of injury, bruising or damage consistent with a physical altercation."
A third woman said she met Jacobs through social media. She said he flew her to a residence in May 2022, where he grabbed her by the hair, placed his hands on her head and neck, and dragged her. Reuters reported that three other women have accused Jacobs.
Jacobs' lawyers, David Z Chesnoff, Richard A Schonfeld and Clarence F Duchac III, issued a statement Saturday. They said the Brown County District Attorney's office had the uncorroborated allegations for months and decided only two misdemeanor charges were warranted. The lawyers described the new allegations as old and previously unreported, according to Yahoo Sports.
The NFL acted in August, placing Jacobs on the commissioner's exempt list after the charges were filed. That move kept him out of the Packers' first six games of the season. The league is still investigating the May incident, and it has said it will review the additional allegations, Fox News reported.
The released material includes police and supplemental reports, dispatch records, photographs, audio and video recordings, and witness statements. Earlier this fall, Jacobs had filed a lawsuit to keep those records private, and Reuters reported on that filing in October.
No charges have been filed over the newer allegations. The NFL's review is the next step to watch, and it will decide what consequences, if any, Jacobs faces from the league.
