Josh Jacobs' lawyers call police release of previously unreported abuse allegations 'character assassination'

The attorneys representing Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs admitted that the recently released police case file that includes new allegations of domestic abuse from years ago are threatening the running back's career, but also see it as a case of "character assassination" that is easily disproven.

That is the underlying point of a statement released Sunday afternoon by attorneys David Z. Chesnoff, Richard A. Schonfeld and Clarence F. Duchac III to the media, including OutKick and Fox News Digital.

"The three accounts are old, are hearsay, and easily disproven, yet released to the media by police without any investigation to determine whether they were accurate or contradicted by evidence," the statement reads. "Josh is answering them in detail because of the character assassination that is occurring, unfairly threatening his career."

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The NFL said in a statement Saturday that it is reviewing the previously unreported allegations that Jacobs physically abused multiple women whose existence came to light amid the investigation into the May 23 incident that was well-chronicled.

The NFL was already investigating Jacobs for that May 23 incident in which Jacobs pleaded no contest to misdemeanor battery and misdemeanor criminal damage to property connected to a domestic incident with an ex-girlfriend in Green Bay.

Jacobs was convicted of the battery charge in September and spent six games on the commissioners exempt list this season. He has returned to the Packers, but the team has been among those keeping in contact with the Indianapolis Colts about trading for running back Jonathan Taylor.

The Packers would not be interested in Taylor if they expected to keep Jacobs.

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Understanding this, the statement takes aim at the Hobart-Lawrence Police Department's case file release to the media.

"The file includes summaries of three telephone interviews describing events in 2021 and 2022," the statement from Jacobs' attorneys said. "Josh Jacobs denies all three accounts and has a substantial body of tangible evidence to back up his assertions.

"The police departments released file contains only phone interviews, taken years after the fact, with no additional investigation, save for an acknowledgment 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."

And then the details, according to the Jacobs side:

"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 NFLs decision. Nothing in the released file indicates that any such evidence was used or even sought. I