Packers' Jacobs arrested on domestic abuse charges

Green Bay Packers' prima moving backmost Josh Jacobs has been arrested and taken into custody connected 5 home maltreatment charges.

The section Hobart-Lawrence Police Department successful Wisconsin said they attended a disturbance ailment connected Saturday greeting and connected Tuesday the 28-year-old was taken to Brown County Jail.

He faces charges of battery, transgression harm to spot and disorderly conduct, arsenic good arsenic intimidation of a unfortunate positive strangulation and suffocation.

"This remains an progressive and ongoing investigation. No further accusation volition beryllium released astatine this time," said Hobart-Lawrence constabulary main Michael Renkas successful a statement.

Jacobs denied the allegations done his ineligible representatives.

"Josh vehemently denies the allegations, and this substance is successful the aboriginal stages of probe with important grounds that has not yet been made public," attorneys David Chesnoff, Richard Schonfeld and Clarence Duchac said successful a statement.

"We inquire for fairness and restraint portion the judicial process takes its course."

The Packers said they were "aware of the matter" but would not remark further connected "an ongoing ineligible situation".

"We are alert of the study and person been successful interaction with the club," the NFL said.

Jacobs is entering his 3rd play with the Packers aft signing a four-year $48m (£35.6m) escaped cause woody successful 2024.

He is simply a three-time Pro Bowl enactment (2020, 2022, 2024) and led the NFL successful rushing yards during his clip with the Las Vegas Raiders.

In 7 seasons, helium has rushed for 7,803 yards from 1,840 carries and has scored 74 touchdowns.