The attorneys for Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs called the additional allegations of physical and verbal abuse "unsupported and stale allegations" in a statement on Sunday, two days after the Hobart/Lawrence Police Department in Wisconsin released 129 pages of records related to his arrest in May.
Jacobs pleaded no contest to two misdemeanor charges in September. He was convicted of battery and fined $1,000 and agreed to a deferred judgement agreement on a charge of damage to property.
The additional allegations say that three women came forward after Jacobs was arrested in May after being involved in an incident with a woman at his Green Bay area home. Those alleged incidents revealed in the records that were released date to April 2021.
On Saturday, attorneys David Z. Chesnoff, Richard A. Schonfeld, and Clarence F. Duchac III -- representing Jacobs -- issued a brief statement that said, in part, "The Brown County District Attorney's office had these uncorroborated, old, and previously unreported allegations for months."
On Sunday, the attorneys came back with an additional, more detailed response.
"The file includes summaries of three telephone interviews describing events in 2021 and 2022," the statement said in part. "Josh Jacobs denies all three accounts and has a substantial body of tangible evidence to back up his assertions.
"The police department's released file contains only phone interviews, taken years after the fact, with no additional investigation, save for an acknowledgement that Josh did nothing wrong. Josh was not given an opportunity to present evidence to Hobart-Lawrence in response to the uncorroborated report, primarily because Hobart-Lawrence took no action related to the unsupported and stale allegations."
The statement addressed each of the three newly revealed allegations.
"One of these three women made a claim to the NFL, which reviewed it and decided no action was warranted," the statement continued. "Josh has kept evidence that supports his accounts and the NFL's decision. Nothing in the released file indicates that any such evidence was used or even sought. Indeed, the police report did not even present any of this information.
"Another woman made a claim in 2021, but only after Josh called the Las Vegas police to his home to report the woman for misconduct. A police report was written that day, which effectively undermined her claims. No further action was taken by any authority after she was removed from Josh's home.
"Josh denies any physical altercation with the third woman. She first contacted Josh and asked to visit. She came to Las Vegas and stayed at his home. Another person was present in the house during part of her stay. She stayed there overnight and left the following evening -- on her own, in a car she ordered herself. The receipt for that ride is in the police file the department released, and it is consistent with Josh's account of how the visit ended, not hers."
Jacobs' attorneys additionally stated that their client is "answering them in detail because of the character assassination that is occurring, unfairly threatening his career."
The full statement can be found here.
The NFL on Saturday said it will look into the additional allegations. Jacobs spent the first six weeks of the season on the commissioner exempt list. He was cleared to return to game action in Week 7, although the league said its investigation into violations of the personal conduct policy was on-going. Jacobs' six games on the exempt list would count toward any future suspension.
In two games since his return, Jacobs has 32 carries for 75 yards and one rushing touchdown plus 11 catches for 68 yards and two receiving touchdowns.