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Packers' Jacobs addresses latest allegations, not worried about missing more games
Confirmed
In Short: Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs said Wednesday that he isn't concerned about the possibility of missing more games due to new allegations of physical and verbal abuse against him.
In response to a public records request, the Hobart-Lawrence Police Department released records Friday night that included accounts from three women who reported similar allegations from years before.
Jacobs' lawyers have a 'substantial body of tangible evidence' disputing the allegations, which they described as 'unsupported and stale.'
The records show that three women alleged abuse by Jacobs to the department in incidents dating to April 2021.
The NFL said it would look into the previous allegations that came to light with the release of those records.
During his Monday media session, Packers head coach Matt LaFleur acknowledged that the team knew about the earlier allegations involving Jacobs.
Jacobs signed a four-year, $48 million contract with the Packers as an unrestricted free agent in 2024.
The NFL has said its investigation into Jacobs is ongoing.
Jacobs made his season debut against the Detroit Lions in Week 7 and followed that up with a strong performance against the Carolina Panthers.
The NFL announced Saturday it will investigate additional allegations of physical and verbal abuse by Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs, as revealed in a public records release from the Hobart/Lawrence Police Department.
The records show that one woman contacted police after Jacobs' arrest in May to say she had experienced something similar with him in 2022, when he was with the Las Vegas Raiders.
Background
The NFL said it will review additional allegations of physical and verbal abuse against Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs, revealed in a public records release.
What's confirmed
- "With all the evidence that we have and that they have at this point, it's not one of those things where I'm sitting back on my hands like, 'OK, am I going to play this week?' " Jacobs said Wednesday.
- Lawyers representing Jacobs said he has a "substantial body of tangible evidence" disputing the allegations that surfaced in Friday's records release.
- In response to a public records request, the Hobart-Lawrence (Wisconsin) Police Department released records from their investigation Friday night that included the accounts of three other women who reported similar allegations from years before.
- (AP) — Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs says he isn't worrying about the possibility he may have to miss more games due to the release of allegations that were made against him years before he pleaded no contest to two misdemeanor charges stemming from a May altercation with his then-girlfriend.
- "old, are hearsay and easily disproven."
- "has kept evidence that supports his accounts and the NFL's decision."
- GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Packers running back Josh Jacobs said he's operating under the assumption that he won't have to sit out any more games than the six he already missed while on the NFL commissioner exempt list despite the release of additional allegations of physical and verbal abuse against him.
- The NFL has said its investigation into Jacobs is ongoing.
What's still developing
- Three days after Jacobs' attorneys dismissed the claims as "unsupported and stale allegations," Jacobs on Wednesday further defended himself.
- Deshaun Watson was accused of sexual misconduct by 25 women prior to his suspension, along with another two more afterwards, and he was barred for a total of 11 games in 2022.
- Now, he is facing additional allegations of physical abuse and misconduct from multiple women, raising questions about whether he belongs in the NFL.
- Detroit Lions linebacker Derrick Barnes (55) breaks up a pass intended for Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Oct.
- Jacobs does not seem worried that these new revelations will change his playing status, though.
- "I fully understand the seriousness of the situation and I take full responsibility," Jacobs said in addressing the bench.
- The court, in accepting Jacobs' pleas of no contest, then ordered Jacobs to pay a $1,000 fine for the battery charge and as to the criminal damage to property charge he must over the next 12 months: If Jacobs fails to meet all those requirements, he can be returned to court and found guilty on the charges, each of which carries a nine-month maximum sentence in county jail and a $10,000 fine.
- Jacobs pled no contest to misdemeanor battery and criminal damage to property charges after the court moved his hearing up to September 10 from November 17.
- After being cleared, Jacobs made his season debut against Detroit and followed that up with a 39-yard rushing day in the Packers' 27-19 win over the Carolina Panthers on Thursday night, adding one rushing touchdown along with another receiving score.
- NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said Saturday that the league would review these allegations as part of its investigation, which has remained open.