Earlier this week news broke that the home belonging to Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow was broken into during his team's game against the Dallas Cowboys on Monday night.
Details of the break-in remain scarce, but one woman who made a phone call to 911 was later identified as 22-year-old model Olivia Ponton. Her mother also reportedly placed a call about the incident, according to Emily Sanderson of WLWT.
"Someone is trying to break into the house right now," the mother said. "My daughter is there. This is Joe Burrow's house. She is staying there. He's at the football game. She's wondering what she should do, if she should be hiding, or if she should go outside? She said someone was in the house."
On Wednesday afternoon the Bengals quarterback met with the media for a press conference and began the media availability with a brief statement.
"Everybody has heard what has happened, I feel like my privacy has been violated in more ways than one," Burrow started off in the press conference. "Way more is already out there than I want out there and that I care to share, so that's all I've got to say about that."
"I feel like my privacy has been violated in more ways than one."
Joe Burrow opens his press conference with a statement on the break-in at his home this week.#Bengals | @WLWTpic.twitter.com/LB470oopJc
— Olivia Ray (@OliviaRayTV) December 11, 2024
He later opened up about the difficulties of trying to lead a private life while being in a high-profile job.
"We live a public life and one of my least favorite parts of that is the lack of privacy and that has been difficult for me to deal with for my entire career. I'm still learning. Just because this is the life that we choose doesn't make it any easier to deal with," he said.
Burrow was later asked if he planned to increase security around his home or make other changes, but he refused to comment further on the matter.
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This story was originally published December 11, 2024, 5:13 PM.