Terrence Parsons Jr., the older brother of Green Bay Packers edge rusher Micah Parsons, has come to Josh Jacobs’ support. His latest post on X, after a Wisconsin police department released redacted records from the case, focused on how the story reached the public rather than the allegations themselves.
“Smear campaign on Jacobs man we gotta stop. No charges why is that coming out anonymously like that when he never got in trouble I don’t like that,” Parsons Jr. wrote.
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The records, released Friday night by the Hobart/Lawrence Police Department in response to requests from the Green Bay Press-Gazette and USA Today Sports, include accounts from three other women who contacted investigators after Jacobs’ arrest. None produced charges.
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Jacobs returned in October and has played two games, scoring twice in the Packers’ Thursday night win over Carolina on October 29. He marked one touchdown with his hands briefly behind his back, drawing criticism given the arrest, and said he was modeling it on the gospel song “Break Every Chain.”
The NFL’s investigation remains open, and exempt list time can count toward a suspension.
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Josh Jacobs’ battery case explained
Jacobs, 28, was arrested May 26, three days after an incident at his Hobart, Wisconsin, home with his then-girlfriend. He was initially booked on five counts, including strangulation and suffocation; on August 27, Brown County District Attorney David L. Lasee filed two misdemeanor charges, battery and criminal damage to property.
The NFL placed Josh Jacobs on the commissioner’s exempt list on August 30, keeping him out of the Packers’ first six games. He pleaded no contest on September 10; the judge found him guilty of battery and fined him $1,000 plus costs, while the damage charge was placed on a deferred judgment agreement that requires no contact with the victim and counseling. Evidence in the case, including garage video, was sealed that day.
The records fill in accounts already in the investigative file. One woman said a January 2022 encounter at his home turned violent after she told him she had not come there for sex: she said he slapped her, threw her phone into a swimming pool, and threatened to kill her.
A second woman said Jacobs grabbed her arms and pushed her into a wall in April 2021; police records from the earlier incident noted officers saw no visible signs of injury.
A third said he flew her to a residence in May 2022 and grabbed her by the hair and neck.
Jacobs’ attorneys, David Z. Chesnoff, Richard A. Schonfeld and Clarence F. Duchac III, said Saturday the district attorney had the allegations “for months” and still charged only two misdemeanors. “Josh has repeatedly expressed his remorse and is honoring the terms of the agreement,” they said. The Packers had no immediate comment.
Parsons Jr. had already made his position clear. In August, after reports that prosecutors held garage footage of the altercation, he dismissed it as “a shove,” wrote that “everyone deserves a second chance” and argued the case was nothing like Ray Rice’s.
A critic who raised Christianity on October 22 got this reply: “You are a follower of Christ. You of all people should believe in second chances and the grace of god. Please act like it.” His posts do not represent the team or his brother.
His “no charges” point matches the record on the three accounts, which prosecutors never pursued.
Josh Jacobs was found guilty of misdemeanor battery, fined, ordered into counseling, and required to miss six games, and the league can still add discipline.
Edited by Prasen
