Joe Burrow Says His ‘Privacy Has Been Violated in More Ways Than One’ After Burglary While Olivia Ponton Was at His Home

Mar. 15, 2025

Joe Burrow during a game on September 25, 2022 in East Rutherford, New Jersey.Photo:Cooper Neill/Getty

Cooper Neill/Getty

Joe Burrowis speaking out two days afterhis home was burglarized.

The Cincinnati Bengals quarterback, 28, addressed the Monday, Dec. 9 invasion of his Anderson Township, Ohio, property while speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Dec. 11.

“So obviously everybody has heard what has happened,” said Burrow about the incident that occurred whilehe was away in Texas for a game against the Dallas Cowboys.

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Joe Burrow before a game on September 25, 2023 in Cincinnati, Ohio.Cooper Neill/Getty

“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,” he added.

Ponton, 22, is later heard in a separate call saying, “Someone broke into my house… It’s like completely messed up.”

(L-R) Olivia Ponton, Joe Burrow.Patrick McMullan via Getty; David X Prutting/BFA.com/Shutterstock

Patrick McMullan via Getty; David X Prutting/BFA.com/Shutterstock

Ponton, who was described in the police report as an employee of Burrow, said she observed a “shattered bedroom window and the room ransacked” after arriving at the property. She would later provide a list to police of what was “possibly missing,” per the report.

PEOPLE reached out to representatives for Ponton and Burrow.

When asked if “the most frustrating thing” about the situation was how much information has been revealed, Burrow said Wednesday that was “part of it.”

“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. Still learning, but I understand it’s a life that that we choose,” he said. “Doesn’t make it any easier to deal with.”

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Another reporter asked if he questions his safety being that “this hasn’t just happened to you now like this is now a thing with professional athletes feeling targeted” — referencing Kansas City Chiefs playersTravis KelceandPatrick Mahomes' homes beingburglarized within two days of one anotherin October.

“I’ve said everything I want to say about it,” Burrow replied.

source: people.com