Last December, Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow sadly had his home burglarized amid a string of home robberies.
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Reports initially stated that the home invasion was reported by a then-22-year-old “employee” of Joe’s. Subsequent reporting named this woman as Olivia Ponton, who is a popular model and influencer.
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Olivia purportedly told authorities that she noticed a “shattered bedroom window” when she arrived at Joe’s $7.5M Ohio property, per the report. The NFL player was away in Texas for a game at the time.
Olivia being the one to report the robbery at Joe’s house raised several eyebrows around the nature of their relationship, especially given that the athlete was rumored to be engaged to his long-term girlfriend, Olivia Holzmacher.
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Joe and Olivia still haven’t publicly commented on the nature of their relationship, though they’ve continued to spend lots of time together.
A couple of days later, Joe addressed the burglary at a press conference. He said, “So obviously everybody has heard what has happened…I feel like my privacy has been violated in more ways than one, and way more is already out there than I would want out there and that I care to share so that’s all I got to say about that.”
“We live a public life, and you know, one of my least favorite parts of that is the lack of privacy and that has been difficult for me to deal with my entire career,” he later added. “Still learning, but I understand it’s a life that we choose. Doesn’t make it any easier to deal with.”
Roughly a month later, four arrests were made in connection with the robbery.
Fast-forward to today, and Joe has opened up further about the incident during Season 2 of Netflix’s docuseries Quarterback.
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Admitting that he was “uncomfortable” with all the attention after the burglary, Joe said, “My life is very public and that comes with the job. But there are certain parts of your life that are yours. Your house is one of those. When that gets violated, people find out where you live, all these different things. Not everybody’s failures at their job are in front of the whole world.”
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“It’s a very vulnerable position to be in. I put myself in that position because I love it. I don’t like the other part of it,” he added.
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Joe was also filmed telling Bengals defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo that whoever broke into his home had mostly taken his jewelry. “They could have stolen way worse things than that,” he said, noting that it was all insured.
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Season 2 of Quarterback is available to stream now on Netflix.
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