Josh Jacobs attorneys slam police over release of new abuse allegations

Josh Jacobs’ legal team pushed back against the newly revealed allegations against the NFL running back in a lengthy statement on Sunday, criticizing what they called a “character assassination” that is “unfairly” impacting Jacobs.Over the weekend, the Hobart-Lawrence Police Department in Wisconsin released a redacted report from the department’s investigation into the Green Bay star’s alleged May 23, 2026, domestic violence incident, which included accusations by three other women of alleged physical abuse at the hands of Jacobs. A statement from his lawyers, David Z.Chesnoff, Richard A.

Schonfeld and Clarence F.Duchac III, said Jacobs denied “all three accounts” of the alleged incidents that occurred between 2021 and 2022 and that he “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,” the statement read.

“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.“One of these three women made a claim to the NFL, which reviewed it and decided no action was warranted.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.”The statement went on to allege that another woman made a claim against Jacobs after he called authorities to his Las Vegas home in 2021 because of “misconduct” by the woman.“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,” the statement claims. Jacobs...