Los Angeles Rams superstar Puka Nacua has been accused of biting a woman after making an antisemitic remark on New Year’s Eve.
The woman filed a restraining order against Nacua, 24, which was obtained by Luxury Handbag Shopping, in which she claims the NFL player said “f*** all the Jews” during a group dinner in Century City, California, on December 31, 2025.
Nacua’s comment was the “first act in what became an escalating course of rude or vulgar, threatening, violent and harassing conduct,” according to the restraining order.
After dinner, the woman alleges the group got into a Sprinter van where Nacua became “touchy-feely.”
Nacua then allegedly “dropped his head into [her] girlfriend’s lap and crotch area and bit her thumb so forcefully that she screamed in acute pain.”
The woman says Nacua then bit her on her left shoulder, which broke skin. She included a picture of the alleged bite mark in the restraining order.
Nacua’s attorney Levi McCathern denied all of the claims in a statement obtained by USA Today Sports.
“Puka denies these allegations in the strongest possible terms,” McCathern said. “We will be filing a defamation lawsuit and pursuing all available legal remedies in response to these false and damaging statements.”
As for the antisemitic remark, McCathern added, “A completely sober witness has stated unequivocally that Puka never made the comments.”
McCathern acknowledged the bite mark on the woman’s body to TMZ but chalked it up to “horseplay.” He also alleges the woman asked for millions of dollars in exchange for not going public with her claims.
“Let’s be clear about what this case is — and what it is not,” McCathern’s statement continued. “This matter is not sexual in nature, nor does it involve any allegation of domestic violence. If it did, the filings would look very different. They do not. It also doesn’t involve any elements of antisemitism.”
The restraining order has been denied by a Los Angeles judge, with a hearing scheduled for April 14.
In December 2025, Nacua apologized after making a gesture with widely known antisemitic undertones during a livestream with influencer Adin Ross.
“At the time, I had no idea this act was antisemitic in nature and perpetuated harmful stereotypes against Jewish people,” he said in a statement posted via Instagram. “I deeply apologize to anyone who was offended by my actions as I do not stand for any form of racism, bigotry or hate of another group of people.”
