The NFL says it will look into new allegations against Packers running back Josh Jacobs. Police records released on Friday night show that three more women contacted investigators after his arrest in May to describe their own violent encounters with him, and the league said on Saturday that those accounts will become part of its personal conduct investigation, which was never closed.
“We will review these allegations as part of the investigation which has remained open,” the league said in a statement on Saturday, Oct. 31. Tom Pelissero reported that there is no immediate change to Jacobs’ status: he remains eligible to play. Judy Battista added that the investigation is ongoing and that further discipline is possible.
From the NFL: “We will review these allegations as part of the investigation which has remained open.”
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) October 31, 2026
What the police records say
The records were released by the Hobart/Lawrence Police Department in Wisconsin in response to a public records request, and a Green Bay TV station first reported their release. They are part of the evidence in the case that ended with Jacobs pleading no contest on Sept. 10 to misdemeanor battery and criminal damage to property. He was arrested May 26, three days after a woman said he threw her to the ground as she tried to leave through a garage door.
The new accounts all date from 2021 and 2022, when Jacobs played for the Las Vegas Raiders. None of the three incidents led to charges, and none of the claims has been tested in court.
One woman told police that on Jan. 5, 2022, after about 11 hours at his home, Jacobs became angry when she told him she had not come there for sex, slapped her, threw her phone into a swimming pool when she tried to leave, grabbed her by the hair, pinned her on a bed and told her, “I should kill you right now.” She said she had not reported it before because she stayed friends with him and feared she would not be believed, and that she came forward because she saw a pattern similar to the May case.
A second woman said that in April 2021 Jacobs removed her from a residence, grabbed her by the arms, pushed her against a wall and threw her belongings out, leaving bruises on her arms and swelling in her ribs. Police noted that records from that incident showed officers saw “no visible signs of injury, bruising or damage consistent with a physical altercation.” A third woman said that in May 2022, after he flew her to a residence, Jacobs grabbed her by the hair, put his hands on her head and neck, dragged her, scratched her chest and took her phone. She said she did not report it because she was not a U.S. citizen at the time and he told her she could be deported.
The records also added detail to the May 23 incident itself. The woman in that case told police that Jacobs pinned her on a bed with his weight on her chest and put his hand over her mouth and nose so that she felt she could not breathe, and that she believed she briefly lost consciousness once the confrontation moved to the garage.
There was no immediate comment from Jacobs or his lawyers on the new allegations, and the Packers had no comment on Saturday morning. When he returned this month, his attorneys said he accepted responsibility for his actions in the Wisconsin case and would not comment further while legal matters were open.
Where the league’s case stands
The NFL put Jacobs on the Commissioner Exempt List on Aug. 30, after charges were filed, and he missed Green Bay’s first six games on paid leave. The league took him off the list before Week 7 but stressed at the time that the return was not a verdict and that its review of the May incident would go on. The woman in that case declined to speak with league investigators, and Jacobs went to court in October to keep the evidence in his case sealed. Mike Florio has reported that the league still wants to see video of the May incident before it decides on any discipline.
Because Jacobs was never formally suspended, the exempt-list weeks are not a penalty in themselves. If the league does suspend him, that time is widely expected to count toward the suspension, though he could be required to give back the salary he was paid while he sat out. The personal conduct policy sets a baseline suspension of six games without pay for a first act of domestic violence, with longer bans possible when there are aggravating factors or more than one incident. The new accounts could change that math, but only if league investigators can identify the women and they agree to cooperate.
Under the 2020 labor agreement, the league investigates and then brings any charge to a disciplinary officer appointed jointly by the NFL and the players’ union, who decides whether the policy was violated and what the penalty should be. Either side can appeal that decision to the commissioner or his designee.
On the field
Jacobs has played the last two games since his return, at Detroit in Week 7 and in Thursday night’s 27-19 win over the Carolina Panthers, when he scored twice. One of his touchdown celebrations, in which he briefly put his hands behind his back, drew immediate criticism from viewers given his arrest; Jacobs said he was imitating the gospel song “Break Every Chain.” The three-time Pro Bowl pick, who led the NFL in rushing in 2022, signed with Green Bay in 2024 and is under contract through 2027.
Nothing in the league’s statement sets a timeline. Any decision on additional discipline would be announced separately, and the Packers can keep playing him until the league says otherwise.
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