March 24, 2026, 6:07 p.m. PT<\/p>\n
Los Angeles Rams<\/a> wide receiver Puka Nacua is facing allegations that he bit a woman and made an antisemitic comment while out on New Year\u2019s Eve this past December.<\/p>\n According to TMZ<\/a>, a woman filed a temporary restraining order against Nacua due to the incident three months ago, alleging that he bit her thumb and then her shoulder, breaking the skin and leaving an imprint of his teeth on her shoulder.<\/p>\n The woman also claims that Nacua made an antisemitic comment while out at dinner, which was the \u201cfirst act in what became an escalating course of rude or vulgar, threatening, violent, and harassing conduct.\u201d<\/p>\n TMZ reports that Nacua\u2019s attorney called the claims \u201cnothing more than a shakedown attempt\u201d and the restraining order was denied by a judge, though another hearing is set for April 14.<\/p>\n Nacua’s attorney,\u00a0Levi McCathern, says the whole claim is nothing more than a shakedown attempt … and he says the woman has asked for millions.<\/p>\n McCathern says the group was partying, and there was some horseplay … resulting in the bite, which left nothing more than a temporary mark.<\/p>\n As for the remark at dinner, the attorney says it’s complete nonsense … telling us he’s spoken to (sober) witnesses who claim they never heard Puka utter those words.<\/p>\n Expert NFL picks: Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n Nacua was in the headlines in December after he appeared on a livestream<\/a> and performed an antisemitic dance, which he later apologized for and said he didn\u2019t know it was an offensive gesture. During that same stream, he called out NFL officials, doubling down after the Rams\u2019 loss to the Seahawks later that week. He was fined $25,000<\/a> for his comments.<\/p>\n The Rams receiver is entering the final year of his rookie contract and is due for an extension, which could come later this summer. However, that contract is expected to “take a while,” according to NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 24, 2026, 6:07 p.m. PT Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Puka Nacua is facing allegations that he…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":832732,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2079],"tags":[95878,7,1014,58,2444,2611,6,424,95922,95923,95882,96696,100835,97905,96091,96082,95924,95896,98278,95888,95897,96813,98582,96177,95883,101764,95881],"class_list":["post-832731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles-rams","tag-accessfree","tag-football","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-rams","tag-losangeles","tag-losangelesrams","tag-nfl","tag-rams","tag-sstssportsnflrams","tag-sstsnrams","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-tagcelebrities-entertainment-news","tag-tagdiscrimination-identity-relations","tag-taggossip-tabloid-news","tag-tagholiday-marketplace-hub","tag-taglocal-affiliate-arts-entertainment","tag-taglos-angeles-rams","tag-tagnational-sports","tag-tagnew-years-eve","tag-tagnfl","tag-tagoverall-negative","tag-tagpuka-nacua","tag-tagsensitive-subjects","tag-tagsmg-breaking-wire","tag-tagsports-news","tag-tagviolence-abuse","tag-typestory"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/832731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=832731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/832731\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/832732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=832731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=832731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=832731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}