Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs faces additional abuse allegations
Newly obtained police records show three women have reported past abuse incidents involving Packers running back Josh Jacobs, adding to the case stemming from his May 2025 arrest.
Police records obtained by NBC26 indicate that three women contacted the Hobart/Lawrence Police Department with abuse allegations against Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs while he was under investigation for a separate incident in May 2025. One woman reported that Jacobs slapped her, seized her cellphone, grabbed her hair, pinned her to a bed, threw her to the floor, spat on her and grabbed her throat during an encounter in January 2022. She said the two had met through Instagram, spoke for six months before meeting in person, and remained friends after the alleged incident.
Another woman told police that Jacobs grabbed her arms, pushed her against a wall and threw her belongings outside his home in April 2021, resulting in rib swelling and bruised arms. She said the incident was not classified as domestic violence because the parties were not in a relationship.
A third woman reported that Jacobs grabbed her head, dragged her, scratched her chest and took her phone after it fell on the floor in May 2022. She described bruising on her arm and chest scratches and said she did not initially report the incident out of fear of deportation.
"The Brown County District Attorney's office had these 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," Jacobs' attorneys said in a statement.
Jacobs was arrested on May 26, 2025, in northern Wisconsin and charged with multiple counts of domestic abuse related to an incident three days earlier in which a woman was allegedly grabbed and thrown to the ground. He pleaded no contest to two charges—battery and criminal damage to property—and was placed on the NFL commissioner’s exempt list, missing the first six weeks of the season. He returned to play in Week 7.
The NFL announced it will review the new allegations as part of its ongoing investigation.
"We will review these allegations as part of the investigation which has remained open," the league said in a statement.