More Women Contact Police With Allegations Against Packers Running Back Josh Jacobs After His Arrest

Records released on Friday show that several women contacted police with their own allegations against Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs after he was arrested in connection with a domestic violence incident. The Hobart/Lawrence Police Department made the evidence public Friday night in response to a public records request, according to the Associated Press.

One woman told police she had experienced a similar incident with Jacobs. She first placed it around 2023, then said it happened on Jan. 5, 2022. She said she had communicated with him for about six months before spending roughly 11 hours at his home. After she told him she had not come for sex, she said, Jacobs slapped her and told her not to disrespect him.

She claimed he took her phone and threw it in a swimming pool, grabbed her by the hair, threw her to the floor and said, "I should kill you right now." She also said he spit on her. She told police she did not report it earlier because they stayed friends and she did not think people would believe her.

A second woman said she had sex with Jacobs in April 2021 and the condom broke, so she told him to get tested for sexually transmitted diseases because both had been involved with other people. She said he later removed her from the residence, grabbed her by the arms and bicep area, pushed her against a wall and threw her belongings out. She reported bruises on her arms and swelling in her rib area. Police said records from that earlier matter showed officers observed "no visible signs of injury, bruising or damage consistent with a physical altercation."

A third woman said Jacobs flew her to a residence in May 2022 after they met on social media. She claims he grabbed her by the hair, put his hands on her head and neck, dragged her, scratched her chest and took her phone after it fell to the floor. She said she had bruises on her arm and scratches on her chest and neck. She did not call police, she said, because she was not a U.S. citizen at the time and Jacobs told her she could be deported.

Police arrested Jacobs on May 26, three days after a woman said he threw her to the ground, causing her to hit her head and briefly lose consciousness. She said he pinned her on the bed with his body weight and put his hand on her face so she could not breathe. On Sept. 10, Jacobs pleaded no contest to misdemeanor counts of battery and criminal damage to property.

The NFL placed Jacobs on the Commissioner's Exempt List in August after charges were filed, and he missed the Packers' first six games of the season. He was removed from the list on Oct. 19. "We will review these allegations as part of the investigation which has remained open," an NFL spokesperson told Fox 6 Milwaukee.

Jacobs' attorneys, David Z. Chesnoff, Richard A. Schonfeld and Clarence F. Duchac III, provided a statement to Fox 6 on Saturday. They said the Brown County District Attorney's office had "these uncorroborated, old, and previously unreported allegations for months," conducted an exhaustive investigation with the police department, and determined that only two misdemeanor charges were warranted. They added that Jacobs "has repeatedly expressed his remorse and is honoring the terms of the agreement."

The Packers did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Jacobs led the NFL in rushing in 2022 for the Las Vegas Raiders and joined the Packers in 2024.