Rob Demovsky is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Green Bay Packers. He has covered the Packers since 1997 and joined ESPN in 2013. Demovsky is a two-time Wisconsin Sportswriter of the Year as selected by the NSSA.
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 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 judgment 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 denying each specific claim. Jacobs' legal team maintains the police file contains only phone interviews taken years after the fact with no further investigation. They argue the NFL previously reviewed one claim and decided no action was warranted, and that evidence supports Jacobs' account of the incidents.
In two games since his return from a six-game commissioner exempt list stint, Jacobs has 32 carries for 75 yards and one rushing touchdown plus 11 catches for 68 yards and two receiving touchdowns.
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