The NFL said in a statement Saturday that it is reviewing previously unreported allegations that Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs physically abused multiple women.
The new allegations were first reported by NBC26 TV in Green Bay, which received a case file pertaining to Jacobs’ May arrest from the Hobart-Lawrence Police Department in Wisconsin via a public records request.
The NFL was already investigating Jacobs for the May 23 incident in which he pleaded no contest to misdemeanor battery and misdemeanor criminal damage to property. He was convicted of the battery charge in September and spent six games on the commissioner’s exempt list this season. The NFL removed Jacobs from the list Oct. 19, and he has played the last two games, though the league’s investigation has remained open and further suspension is possible.
Jacobs’ attorneys, David Z. Chesnoff, Richard A. Schonfeld, and Clarence F. Duchac III, released a statement Saturday addressing the allegations:
“The Brown County District Attorney’s office had these uncorroborated, old, and previously unreported allegations for months. They conducted their own exhaustive investigation, along with the police department, and the D.A. determined that only two misdemeanor charges were warranted. They then entered into a plea agreement with Josh Jacobs. Josh has repeatedly expressed his remorse and is honoring the terms of the agreement.”
According to NBC26’s reporting on the case file, three women in addition to the May 2026 victim contacted the Hobart-Lawrence Police Department this year to allege that Jacobs also physically abused them.
One woman told the department that Jacobs slapped her in the face, threw her onto a bed, threw her to the floor, spit on her and grabbed her throat in January 2022, according to the NBC26 report. The station reported that the woman told police she came forward almost five years later after not initially reporting Jacobs because she wanted people to believe the May 2026 victim.
Another woman told the Hobart-Lawrence Police Department that Jacobs physically abused her in April 2021 when he grabbed her arm and pushed her against a wall, according to NBC26. She told police that she suffered bruising to her arm and pain in her ribs, but Hobart-Lawrence police said in the case file that they obtained records from the alleged April 2021 incident and responding officers at the time said they didn’t see signs consistent with a physical altercation.
A third woman told the Hobart-Lawrence Police Department this year that in May 2022, Jacobs dragged her by the head and neck and scratched her chest, causing marks that remained visible for a month, per NBC26. The woman, whose information was given to Hobart-Lawrence police by the May 2026 victim, told police this year that she didn’t initially report the alleged incident or seek medical treatment because Jacobs told her she could be deported, according to the station’s reporting on the case file.
Jacobs previously filed a civil lawsuit on Oct. 14 against the Hobart-Lawrence Police Department, attempting to permanently block the release of records from the May 23 battery case. The criminal complaint connected to the altercation stated that video surveillance from inside Jacobs’ garage corroborated the victim’s claim that she hit her head and suffered an injury after Jacobs “grabbed her and threw her to the ground.”
In his first comments to reporters since his May arrest, Jacobs said Oct. 21 that he was “remorseful and sorry for putting this team in this situation.”
“Sometimes when you go through life, situations occur and a four-second, three-second decision can alter your life,” he added.
Packers head coach Matt LaFleur said that day that he thinks Jacobs is a good person.
“I think people learn from their mistakes and I think he’s extremely remorseful,” LaFleur said. “I’ve been around him quite a bit and … I believe in second chances.”
Jacobs has 143 total yards and three touchdowns in two games since returning from the exempt list.
