NFL Puts Three Players On Paid Leave
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Key Points:
- Three NFL players—Terrion Arnold (Seahawks), Jonathon Cooper (Broncos), and Josh Jacobs (Packers)—were placed on the commissioner’s exempt list due to pending criminal charges, barring them from play but allowing them to receive pay.
- Josh Jacobs faces misdemeanor battery and criminal damage charges related to a domestic dispute in Wisconsin, with police video supporting the victim’s account; his lawyers emphasize no domestic violence charges were filed.
- Jonathon Cooper was arrested twice in Colorado for domestic violence and violation of a protection order after an alleged altercation with his former girlfriend, including a felony strangulation charge.
- Terrion Arnold is charged with multiple counts of kidnapping and armed robbery linked to an alleged violent attack connected to a prior Airbnb robbery incident.
- The commissioner’s exempt list, used increasingly since 2014 for players involved in serious allegations (often intimate-partner violence), allows the NFL to remove players from play during investigations without a set timeline for return.
