NFL to Review Allegations From Three More Women Against Packers RB Josh Jacobs, Police Records Show

Since coming off the commissioner's exempt list after six games, Packers running back Josh Jacobs has played two games. Now police records add to a case the league never closed.

The Hobart/Lawrence Police Department released its file Friday night, Oct. 30, in response to a public records request. The records show three women contacted police after Jacobs' May arrest with their own allegations of physical abuse. On Saturday the NFL said: "We will review these allegations as part of the investigation which has remained open."

What the three women told police

The allegations date to 2021 and 2022. All are unproven, and none has produced a charge.

One woman contacted police in June about an incident in January 2022. She said she had communicated with Jacobs for about six months before spending around 11 hours at his home. She alleged that after she told him she had not come for sex, he slapped her, threw her phone into a swimming pool, grabbed her by the hair, threw her onto a bed and then the floor, and said, "I should kill you right now." She said he also spit on her. She told police she never reported it because she stayed friends with him and feared she would not be believed.

A second woman described an April 2021 incident. She said Jacobs removed her from his residence, grabbed her by the arms, pushed her against a wall and threw her belongings outside, leaving bruises and rib swelling. She told police she called officers at the time. Police said records from that incident show officers observed "no visible signs of injury, bruising or damage consistent with a physical altercation."

A third woman contacted police in July about May 2022. She said Jacobs put his hands on her head and neck, dragged her, scratched her chest and took her phone. She told police she did not report it or seek treatment because she was not a U.S. citizen at the time and Jacobs told her she could be deported.

The May 2026 case

The records also include a 129-page report, heavily redacted in places, on the May 23 incident. The woman in that case told police Jacobs "looked like a different person," attempted to strangle or suffocate her twice, and that she thought she was going to die. She alleged he grabbed her by the neck in the garage and slammed her to the ground, and that her head hit the concrete floor and she lost consciousness. She said she had blurry vision and was "seeing dots/stars" afterward.

Jacobs was arrested May 26 and jailed on five charges, including felony strangulation and suffocation. He was charged with two Class A misdemeanors, battery and criminal damage to property. Jacobs pleaded no contest to both on Sept. 10. He had previously denied the allegations through his legal team.

The police department withheld some material, including surveillance video from the garage. Both Jacobs and the woman sued the department to block release of the records. The NFL wants to see the video before finalizing discipline for the May incident.

Jacobs' defense

Jacobs' attorneys, David Z. Chesnoff, Richard A. Schonfeld and Clarence F. Duchac III, issued a statement Saturday.

"The Brown County District Attorney's office had these uncorroborated, old, and previously unreported allegations for months," they said. "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."

The lawyers' point is a fair thing to weigh against the records: prosecutors had these accounts and brought only two misdemeanors. A plea agreement with the DA does not bind the NFL, though. The league has said its review stayed open.

What discipline could look like

The Personal Conduct Policy sets a baseline suspension of six games without pay for each incident of domestic violence, with enhanced penalties for repeat offenses. Jacobs missed the first six games of 2026 on the exempt list, and that time is expected to be credited toward any eventual suspension. How much more time he could face depends on what the league finds and whether it treats the new accounts as additional incidents.

That is not a given. The league will likely have to identify the women and persuade them to cooperate. The allegations date to 2021 and 2022, and one includes police records noting no visible injury at the time.

Packers and the field

The Packers had no comment Saturday. Jacobs made his season debut in the Packers' 20-17 loss to Detroit in Week 7, then played in the 27-19 win over Carolina on Thursday, Oct. 29. In the Carolina game he scored a rushing touchdown and a receiving touchdown, and appeared to make a handcuff gesture while celebrating. He insisted he wasn't making light of his arrest and said the celebration was inspired by a gospel song.

Jacobs, 28, has no guaranteed money remaining on a contract that runs through 2027. ESPN's Adam Schefter and Ian Rapoport have reported Green Bay is among the teams linked to Colts running back Jonathan Taylor.

Jacobs remains eligible to play, though that can change at any time. The league's open review, and the garage video it still wants to see, will determine whether it does.