Packers Star Josh Jacobs Formally Charged As New Details & Home Video Emerge
Forensic examiners took several weeks to recover footage from the residence’s cameras.
Josh Jacobs returned to Packers practice back in June, months removed from his arrest. On Thursday, that legal chapter reopened.
The Brown County District Attorney’s Office filed formal charges against Jacobs, more than three months after Wisconsin police initially took him into custody.
The Athletic‘s Matt Schneidman shared details from the criminal complaint on X, along with specifics about surveillance footage recovered from Jacobs’ garage.
The footage reportedly plays a central role in the case.
Surveillance Video Reportedly Backs Key Claims
Josh Jacobs (USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect)
According to the complaint, officers responded to Jacobs’ Hobart, Wisconsin, home on May 23 after a 911 call captured yelling before the call disconnected.
The woman involved, identified only as ANM in court documents, told police that Jacobs grabbed her as she tried to leave, threw her to the ground, and caused her to strike her head. She said Jacobs then took her phone while she remained on the floor.
Investigators later recovered surveillance footage from the residence’s camera system, though the process took several weeks.
According to a follow-up report reviewed as part of the case, footage from the garage between 8:30 and 8:38 a.m. that morning “corroborates the relevant portions of ANM’s statement.”
The video reportedly shows Jacobs taking her phone while she was on the garage floor, then returning about 40 seconds later and appearing to damage it. Investigators noted the surveillance system captured nothing from inside the residence itself.
Jacobs Faces Two Misdemeanor Charges, Not The Original Felony
Matt LaFleur and Josh Jacobs (Photo via Imagn Images)
Jacobs now faces misdemeanor battery and misdemeanor criminal damage to property, both Class A misdemeanors carrying up to nine months in jail each.
That’s a significant reduction from his original May arrest, which included five charges, among them a felony count of strangulation and suffocation.
District Attorney David Lasee addressed the timeline in a statement.
“Our office sought to ensure a fair and complete review of available evidence, some of which only recently became available to our office due to significant, ongoing forensic efforts by law enforcement,” Lasee said.
He also emphasized the legal standard at play. “A criminal complaint is nothing more than a written, formal accusation against a defendant… Mr. Jacobs is presumed innocent of these charges.”
Jacobs was initially arrested back on May 26 and released the following day as prosecutors requested additional investigation.
He’s scheduled for an initial court appearance on Nov. 17. The Packers have said they’ll continue cooperating with the NFL, which is reportedly reviewing the case under its personal conduct policy, a process that could still result in a suspension regardless of the case’s ultimate outcome in court
