The Cincinnati Bengals quarterback's home was broken into while he was in Dallas last December for a 'Monday Night Football' game against the Cowboys
New locker room footage shows Joe Burrow in the moments after he learned his Cincinnati area home had been broken into while he was playing a Monday Night Football game in Dallas last December.
The never-before-seen footage showing Burrow, 28, scrolling through his cell phone with his head in his hands after the Cincinnati Bengals’ 27-20 win over the Dallas Cowboys is part of the latest season of Netflix’s Quarterback series.
The new seven-episode series began streaming Tuesday, July 8 and focuses on Burrow’s 2024 NFL season, as well as those of Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff and Atlanta Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins.
Burrow’s home was broken into on Dec. 9, 2024 while he was out of town for his team’s game against Dallas. Four thieves were later arrested for breaking into the NFL star’s home and stealing more than $300,000 worth of jewelry, clothes, luggage and more. Police arrested them after finding selfies of the men posing with the stolen items after the men were pulled over in a routine traffic stop, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Ohio.
Model Olivia Ponton, whom a source previously told PEOPLE has been "hooking up" with Burrow since last fall, was at his home at the time and had her mom call 911 after the thieves shattered a bedroom window to gain access to the house.
The Bengals quarterback’s reaction is partly shown in the newly released footage shown at the beginning of episode 6 of Netflix’s new Quarterback season, in an episode titled “Headspace.”
Burrow still has parts of his uniform and pads on as he checks his phone in the scene, later opening up about the incident and his reaction to it in an interview with Netflix producers.
“Of f------ course this happened to me right now,” Burrow says he was thinking at the time, noting how he and the Bengals had an up-and-down season and appeared to be turning a corner with its seven-point win over Dallas that night. “When you’re on cloud nine, something’s gonna bring you right back down. It just felt like the kind of year that it was.”
Later in the week, Burrow told reporters he felt “violated” by the home burglary. Speaking with Netflix, Burrow said he still felt that way while airing frustrations with the celebrity aspect that comes with being an NFL quarterback.
“I just get uncomfortable when my life is very public and you know that comes with the job, but there’s certain parts of your life that are yours, and your house is one of those,” Burrow says. “When that gets violated and people find out where you live and all these different things, not everybody’s failures at their job are in front of the whole world. 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.”
The break in came amid a string of robberies seemingly targeting professional athletes, and two months after the Kansas City-area homes of Chiefs stars Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes were burglarized within 48 hours of each other.
The rash of robberies — which have also hit NBA players in Minnesota and Massachusetts, and an NHL star in Pennsylvania — may be linked to a South American crime ring, multiple sources told ABC News and Fox 4 Kansas City in November 2024.
Season two of Quarterbacks is now streaming on Netflix.
