Josh Jacobs’ legal team released a statement denying a trio of newly-revealed abuse allegations against the Packers running back, characterizing the claims as “unsupported and stale.”
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“Josh Jacobs denies all three accounts and has a substantial body of tangible evidence to back up his assertions,”* attorneys David Chesnoff, Richard Schonfeld, and Clarence Duchac said in a statement (via NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport).
Jacobs, 28, pleaded no contest in September to a pair of misdemeanor charges stemming from a domestic violence incident in May. Police records from the resulting investigation were made public this past weekend, raising questions about three other times when authorities were contacted regarding accusations against Jacobs. None resulted in charges being filed.
The league has said it will review the additional allegations, which all took place in 2021 and 2022. The statement from Jacobs’ attorneys addresses each claim, noting that one was reported to the NFL, “which reviewed it and decided no action was warranted.” Another was made “only after [Jacobs] called the Las Vegas police to his home to report the woman for misconduct.” The statement also denied that any altercation with the third woman took place.
The NFL kept Jacobs’ case open after reinstating him from the commissioner’s exempt list two weeks ago. He missed the first six games of the season, the league’s standard punishment for personal conduct policy violations of this nature, though a formal suspension has not been handed out. An investigation into the new allegations could lead to a suspension that causes Jacobs to miss more time.