Lawyers for Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs say he has a “substantial body of tangible evidence” disputing the allegations three women made against him while police were investigating his battery case.
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police → say → case
Jacobs pleaded no contest on Sept. 10 to misdemeanor charges of battery and criminal damage to property stemming from a May altercation with his then-girlfriend, who said he threw her to the ground.
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he → plead → ground
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.
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who → release → allegations
After spending the first six games of the season on the commissioner’s exempt list, which prevented him from playing or practicing, Jacobs has returned to play in the Packers’ last two games.
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Jacobs → spend → games
The NFL has said its investigation into Jacobs is ongoing, which means he still could be subject to more discipline from the league.
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he → say → league
Jacobs’ lawyers — David Z. Chesnoff, Richard A. Schonfeld and Clarence F. Duchac III — issued a statement Saturday noting that the Brown County District Attorney’s office had “these uncorroborated, old, and previously unreported allegations for months.”
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office → issue → months
They issued another statement Sunday that went into more detail.
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that → issue → detail
How Jacobs’ lawyers responded
“Josh took responsibility for what happened in May,” the lawyers said.
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lawyers → respond → May
“He entered into an agreement with prosecutors for two misdemeanors, and he is meeting the court’s requirements.
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he → enter → requirements
“The three accounts are old, are hearsay, and easily disproven, yet released to the media by police without any investigation to determine whether they were accurate or contradicted by evidence.
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they → release → evidence
Josh is answering them in detail because of the character assassination that is occurring, unfairly threatening his career.”
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that → answer → career
Jacobs’ lawyers said that one of the three women made a claim to the NFL, which reviewed it and decided no action was warranted.
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action → say → it
They said Jacobs “has kept evidence that supports his accounts and the NFL’s decision.”
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that → say → accounts
The NFL declined comment Sunday on the lawyers’ statement.
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NFL → decline → statement
After Hobart-Lawrence police released the records that detailed the accounts from other women, NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy had said Saturday that the league would review these allegations as part of its investigation.
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league → release → investigation
Jacobs’ lawyers said another woman made a claim only after Jacobs had called Las Vegas police to his home to report her for misconduct.
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Jacobs → say → misconduct
Jacobs played for the Las Vegas Raiders before joining the Packers in 2024.
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Jacobs → play → 2024
Jacobs also denied any physical altercation with the third woman.
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Jacobs → deny → woman
Jacobs’ lawyers said she contacted Jacobs to ask to visit, came to Las Vegas and stayed at his home, and that another person was present in the house for part of her stay.
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person → say → stay
What the women told police
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told → tell → police
According to the records released Friday, one woman contacted police after Jacobs’ arrest to say she had experienced a similar incident with him around 2023.
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she → accord → 2023
She later would say the incident actually occurred on Jan. 5, 2022.
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incident → say → Jan.
The woman said she had communicated with Jacobs for about six months before spending around 11 hours at his home.
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she → say → home
The woman said that after she told Jacobs she hadn’t come there for sex, he became angry, slapped her and told her not to disrespect him.
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he → say → him
She said he took her phone and threw it into a swimming pool when she attempted to leave, and that he grabbed her by the hair, threw her onto a bed, pinned her down, threw her to the floor and said, “I should kill you right now.”
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She said Jacobs also spit on her.
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Jacobs → say → her
The woman said she hadn’t previously reported the incident to law enforcement because she remained friends with Jacobs afterward and was concerned her allegations wouldn’t be believed.
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allegations → say → Jacobs
The woman said she contacted police this time because she believed it showed a pattern of behavior similar to the allegations in the May case.
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it → say → case
Another woman told police she had sex with Jacobs in April 2021.
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she → tell → April
The woman said his condom broke, so she told Jacobs to get tested for sexually transmitted diseases because they both had been involved with other people.
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they → say → people
The woman said Jacobs later removed her from the residence, grabbed her by the arms and bicep area, pushed her against a wall and threw her belongings out.
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Jacobs → say → belongings
She told police that she sustained bruises to her arms and swelling in her rib area.
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she → tell → area
Hobart/Lawrence police said they obtained records from that incident indicating that officers observed “no visible signs of injury, bruising or damage consistent with a physical altercation.”
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officers → say → altercation
Another woman said she met Jacobs through social media and that he flew her to a residence in May 2022.
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he → say → May
She described an altercation in which Jacobs grabbed her by the hair, placed his hands on her head and neck, dragged her, scratched her chest and took her phone after it fell to the floor.
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it → describe → floor
She said she didn’t report the incident to police because she wasn’t a U.S. citizen at the time and Jacobs told her she could be deported.
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she → say → her
What led to Jacobs’ arrest in May
Jacobs was arrested May 26, three days after Hobart-Lawrence police officers came to his Wisconsin home to investigate a disturbance.
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officers → lead → disturbance
According to police, the woman told them Jacobs grabbed her and threw her to the ground as she was trying to exit a garage door, causing her to hit her head.
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her → accord → head
Police said Jacobs also took her phone from her while she was on the ground.
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she → say → ground
Police said they noticed redness on her face and neck and could feel a bump on the back of her head.
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they → say → head
…and 2 more, not listed.
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