{"id":201236,"date":"2026-04-17T21:45:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T21:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/201236\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T21:45:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T21:45:24","slug":"eagles-super-bowl-standout-alshon-jeffery-arrested-for-insurance-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/201236\/","title":{"rendered":"Eagles&#8217; Super Bowl standout Alshon Jeffery arrested for insurance fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pro Bowl wideout Alshon Jeffery was arrested for insurance fraud on Wednesday in California, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/04\/17\/alshon-jeffery-arrested\/?adid=social-tws\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">according to TMZ Sports. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jeffery, who won a Super Bowl with the Philadelphia Eagles in the 2017 season, reportedly was taken into police custody for conceal\/fail to disclose insurance benefit or payment and has since been released. No other details of the arrest were disclosed.<\/p>\n<p>Jeffery\u2019s rep, Denise White, said in a statement to The Post that her client \u201ccategorically denies the allegations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.67089844;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39116211\" width=\"396\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/alshon-jeffery-17-philadelphia-eagles-22014080.jpg\" alt=\"Alshon Jeffery #17 of the Philadelphia Eagles celebrates defeating the New England Patriots 41-33 in Super Bowl LII at U.S. Bank Stadium on February 4, 2018 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.  \" class=\"wp-image-39116211\"  \/>Alshon Jeffery #17 of the Philadelphia Eagles celebrates defeating the New England Patriots 41-33 in Super Bowl LII at U.S. Bank Stadium on February 4, 2018 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.   Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe underlying incident was a minor freeway fender bender, and he provided his information at the scene,\u201d the statement read. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are unfounded allegations only, and Alshon has not been convicted of any offense. He will address this matter through the legal process, and he remains confident that the facts will demonstrate this was a misunderstanding and nothing more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Insurance fraud is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurance.ca.gov\/01-consumers\/105-type\/95-guides\/15-gen\/insur-fraud-is-felony.cfm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a felony punishable by\u00a0up to five years in state prison<\/a> and a $50,000 fine in the state of California. <\/p>\n<p>Jeffery has yet to address the matter publicly as of Friday morning; The Post\u2019s has reached out for comment.<\/p>\n<p>The wideout hasn\u2019t played since he\u00a0was released by the Eagles in March 2021.<\/p>\n<p>He caught three passes for 73 yards and one outstanding touchdown in the first quarter that gave the Eagles an early lead in Super Bowl 2018. <\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39116214\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/17-philadelphia-eagles-catches-34-22013238.jpg\" alt=\"Alshon Jeffery #17 of the Philadelphia Eagles catches a 34 yard pass, over Eric Rowe #25 of the New England Patriots, for a touchdown during the first quarter in Super Bowl LII at U.S. Bank Stadium on February 4, 2018 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.  \" class=\"wp-image-39116214\"  \/>Eagles wideout Alshon Jeffery #17 catches a 34 yard pass, over Eric Rowe #25 of the New England Patriots, for a touchdown in the first quarter in Super Bowl LII at U.S. Bank Stadium on February 4, 2018 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.   Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia ultimately held on for a 41-33 win over the Patriots in the big game, which took place at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. <\/p>\n<p>A second-round pick by the Bears in the 2012 NFL draft, Jeffery spent five seasons with Chicago from 2012 to 2016. <\/p>\n<p>Jeffery was an All-American at South Carolina, which retired his No. 1 jersey in 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pro Bowl wideout Alshon Jeffery was arrested for insurance fraud on Wednesday in California, according to TMZ Sports.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":201237,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[79841,12378,9,11,10,22,2685,319],"class_list":{"0":"post-201236","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-alshon-jeffery","9":"tag-athlete-arrests","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-headlines","12":"tag-new-york-news","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-philadelphia-eagles","15":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201236\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}