All About the Sports Illustrated Model and Her Link to Joe Burrow? Who Is Olivia Ponton

Olivia Ponton is used to being in the spotlight as aSports Illustratedmodel and influencer. But on Dec.10,she made headlines for a different reasonafter it was revealed that shecalled the police to report a burglary atJoe Burrow’s house

According to the police report obtained by PEOPLE, the TikTok star called 911 to report that the Cincinnati Bengals quarterback's house in Anderson Township, Ohio, had been burglarized.

The report states that she noticed a “shattered bedroom window and the room ransacked” after she arrived. Burrow was in Texas playing against the Dallas Cowboys at the time of the incident.

"Someone broke into my house,” the model is heard saying in police audio obtained by TMZ, which first reported her involvement. “It’s like completely messed up."

Though Ponton was described as an employee for Burrow in the police report, it's unclear how long the pair have known each other or what the extent of their relationship is. Burrow was most recently linked to his college girlfriendOlivia Holzmacher, whom he first started dating in 2017.

Before being linked to Burrow, Ponton grew her following on TikTok during the COVID-19 pandemic, racking up nearly 8 million followers to date. She also continued to grow her modeling career and was named one of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit rookies in 2022.

So, who is Olivia Ponton? Here’s everything to know about the SI model and TikTok star — and her link to Joe Burrow. 

Ponton was born on May 30, 2002, in Naples, Fla., to parents Diane Ponton and Richard Ponton. Her mom is the chief learning officer for a local nonprofit organization focusing on improving access to education, and her dad is a teacher. She also has a sister named Abigail Ponton.

Though Ponton told Naples Daily News in 2022 that she was living in New York City, the content creator still shares her love for her home state on social media. In December 2024, she joked in a TikTok video about moving to Miami after a recent visit and called herself a "Florida girl forever."

In a 2022 interview with GRAZIA, Ponton said she signed with Wilhelmina Models during a 2020 spring break trip to N.Y.C. — just two weeks before the COVID-19 quarantine began. Because work was slow, she started posting on TikTok.

“During COVID I was trying one new thing a day, whether it was cooking, playing basketball, volleyball, or exploring new places in my hometown,” Ponton said. “I got really positive responses from people about how I made them feel. That was my main motivation to keep going.” 

Since then, she’s amassed millions of followers who watch her shopping hauls, life updates and workout routines.

In 2022, Ponton was named a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit rookie and photographed for their print issue. She told GRAZIA it took her a while to believe the opportunity was real.

“When I got the call for the SI Swimsuit < -

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/em>issue, I didn’t believe it happened for weeks,” she said. “I was just like, ‘This isn’t real. Olivia, snap out of this. This is a dream. You’re going to wake up tomorrow morning.’ ”

After working with the iconic magazine, Ponton has continued modeling, posing for SKIMS, Juicy Couture, Ralph Lauren and Victoria's Secret, among other brands.

Between maintaining her social media presence, modeling for brands and making a cameo in Blake Lively’s 2024 film It Ends With Us, Ponton is busy. And that’s just how she likes it.

“It’s hard to even tell you exactly where I want to go, but I just love working,” she told GRAZIA. “I’m like, ‘Book me seven days a week. I do not care.’ I’m kind of a workaholic.”

Ponton came out as bisexual in a 2021 interview with Teen Vogue.

“I feel like it didn't really even occur to me until I moved out here to Los Angeles that being bisexual was even a possibility," she said. At the time, Ponton had been hinting at her sexualiyty in some of her TikTok's

The following year, on the Call Her Daddy podcast, Ponton told host Alex Cooper about her coming out. The model clarified on The Skinny Confidential Him & Her Podcast in May 2023 that she’s pansexual, which for her means that she “doesn’t care about gender” and that she’s a “very strictly emotional person.”

“I have a very emotional connection to a person rather than based on looks,” she told GRAZIA. "I think that’s something that’s been beautiful that I’ve been able to realize.”

On Dec. 9, 2024, Ponton reported a break-in at Burrow’s home in Anderson Township, Ohio. She told police that the bedroom had been ransacked and that one of the windows had been shattered. 

According to the police report obtained by PEOPLE, Ponton called her mother first when she arrived at the residence, who then prompted the 911 call.

TMZ obtained police audio in which Diane is heard saying that her daughter is "wondering what she should do, if she should be hiding or if she should be going outside."

Because the Bengals quarterback was out of town and unable to report what items might have been taken, Ponton provided "a non-detailed itemization of what items were possibly missing." In the report, she was listed as an employee for Burrow. 

However, in a separate call obtained by TMZ, the model is heard saying, "Someone broke into my house," potentially indicating that she lived there. Neither Ponton nor Burrow has commented publicly on the incident, which is the latest in a string of break-ins that appear to be targeting famous athletes.

The homes of Kansas City Chiefs players Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomesand Minnesota Timberwolves star Mike Conley were also burglarized in 2024.

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