Packers' Jacobs pleads no contest to battery after other allegations emerge

Summarised from 2 outlets · 4 reports · Updated 2 Nov, 05:38 · Archive

Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs pleaded no contest to misdemeanor battery and criminal damage charges in a May incident with his then-girlfriend.

Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs pleaded no contest on 10 September to misdemeanour counts of battery and criminal damage to property stemming from a May altercation with his then-girlfriend. He was arrested on 26 May, three days after the incident in which the woman said he threw her to the ground.

When the Hobart-Lawrence Police Department released investigative records Friday night in response to a public records request, they included accounts from three other women who had contacted police with allegations of similar incidents from previous years. One woman said that on 5 January 2022, after she told Jacobs she had not come to his home for sex, he became angry, slapped her across the face and told her not to disrespect him. She alleged he threw her phone into a swimming pool, grabbed her by the hair, threw her onto a bed, pinned her down and threw her to the floor, saying 'I should kill you right now'. She said he also spat on her.

Jacobs' legal team—David Z. Chesnoff, Richard A. Schonfeld and Clarence F. Duchac III—issued a statement noting that the District Attorney's office had possessed these 'uncorroborated, old, and previously unreported allegations for months'. The lawyers said 'Josh took responsibility for what happened in May' and that he 'entered into an agreement with prosecutors for two misdemeanours'.

After spending the first six games of the season on the commissioner's exempt list, Jacobs has returned to play in recent games. The NFL investigation into Jacobs remains ongoing, meaning he could still face further league discipline.

How it is being reported

• Lawyers say Packers' Josh Jacobs has 'tangible evidence' disputing allegations from other womenLawyers 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.Clickorlando · 1 Nov, 23:10
• Lawyers say Packers' Josh Jacobs has 'tangible evidence' disputing allegations from other womenLawyers 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.News4Jax · 1 Nov, 23:10
• Other women contacted police about previous incidents with Packers' Josh Jacobs after his arrestThe Hobart/Lawrence Police Department has released records related to Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs' battery case that noted multiple other women had contacted them to detail allegations against him from years beforehand.Clickorlando · 31 Oct, 05:51
• Other women contacted police about previous incidents with Packers' Josh Jacobs after his arrestThe Hobart/Lawrence Police Department has released records related to Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs' battery case that noted multiple other women had contacted them to detail allegations against him from years beforehand.News4Jax · 31 Oct, 05:51

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