Here’s the best evidence that the three allegations against Packers running back Josh Jacobs have raised serious concerns about Jacobs’ future in Green Bay in particular, and in the NFL in general.
Jacobs’ lawyers released a lengthy statement addressing allegations that were not previously known until authorities released the information to the media on Friday.
Here is the full text of the statement:
“Last week, the Hobart-Lawrence Police Department released its dossier to the media. The dossier includes summaries of three telephone interviews describing events that occurred in 2021 and 2022. Josh Jacobs denies all three accounts and has a substantial body of hard evidence to support his claims.
“The record released by the police department contains only telephone interviews, taken years after the fact, with no further investigation except an acknowledgment that Josh did nothing wrong. Josh was not given the opportunity to present evidence to Hobart-Lawrence in response to the uncorroborated report, primarily because Hobart-Lawrence took no action related to the unsubstantiated and outdated allegations.
“One of these three women filed a complaint with the NFL, who reviewed it and decided that no action was warranted. Josh retained evidence that supports his stories and the NFL’s decision. Nothing in the released record indicates that such evidence was used or even sought. Indeed, the police report did not even present any of this information.
Another woman filed a complaint in 2021, but only after Josh called Las Vegas police to her home to report the woman for misconduct. A police report was made that day, which effectively refuted her claims. No further action was taken by any authority after she was kicked out of Josh’s home.
“Josh denies any physical altercation with the third woman. She first contacted Josh and asked him to visit her. She came to Las Vegas and stayed at his home. Another person was present in the house for part of her stay. She spent the night there and left the next evening – alone, in a car she ordered herself. The receipt for this trip is in the police file released by the department, and it is consistent with Josh’s account of how the visit ended, not with his.
“Josh has taken responsibility for what happened in May. He has reached a deal with prosecutors for two misdemeanors and is meeting the court’s demands.
“All three accounts are old, are hearsay and are easily refutable, but they were leaked to the media by police without any investigation to determine whether they were accurate or contradicted by evidence. Josh responds to them in detail due to the defamation that is occurring, unfairly threatening his career.”
According to this statement, only one of the three women contacted the NFL. The other two, as for the NFL, are apparently new.
All three could be new to the Packers, who have said nothing since the three additional allegations came to light. And that’s an important dynamic to remember. Even if the NFL takes no action against Jacobs based on these additional allegations, the Packers could decide to move on from him.
It’s unclear where this will lead from here. The statement makes it clear that Jacobs is seriously concerned about the impact of the allegations on his career — and that’s without the league or the public seeing the video of the May 2026 incident. If/when the league and the Packers see that video, there’s a chance the other allegations won’t matter.
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