Josh Jacobs will be removed from the exempt list as Woman in case declines NFL interview

The league announced on Friday that Josh Jacobs would be removed from the commissioner's exempt list following Sunday, and while the investigation is still open without evidence from the court or victims, no other punishment has been announced. The woman involved in the Josh Jacobs case declined the NFL's request to speak with investigators because of privacy concerns, her attorney Amir Tahmassebi told ESPN, according to Jeremy Fowler. The disclosure adds a specific account of the league's still-open inquiry involving the Green Bay Packers running back.

Jeremy Fowler (@JFowlerESPN): The woman in the Josh Jacobs case declined request to speak to the NFL as part of its investigation due to privacy concerns, one of her attorneys, Amir Tahmassebi, told ESPN. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/50197784/packers-josh-jacobs-eligible-return-next-week-amid-probe

The statement describes her decision about an NFL interview; it does not say the league has finished investigating or what conclusion it might reach. Her attorney's explanation should not be taken as a statement about any eventual discipline for Jacobs.

The interview decision comes amid a separate fight over public access to records and video from the May altercation. Jacobs filed a civil suit seeking to restrict their release, as this desk reported Thursday. Those records questions and the league's effort to conduct its own inquiry are related to the case, but neither establishes an outcome for the other.

For Green Bay, the investigation continues to sit alongside the football question of when Jacobs can return. The league is somewhat handcuffed here as the legal issues are coming to and Jacobs' being removed from the exempt list. If nobody is willing to talk or give the NFL information, it can't accurately give a punishment.