On Thursday, the Brown County (Wis.) District Attorney formally charged Packers standout running back Josh Jacobs with two misdemeanors stemming from his May arrest. The charges -- both Class A misdemeanors -- are for battery and damage to property, per court documents. According to a police department release, authorities responded at approximately 8:37 a.m. on May 23 to a disturbance complaint involving Jacobs.
He was originally arrested and jailed on five charges: battery, criminal damage to property and disorderly conduct, all involving domestic abuse; strangulation and suffocation; and intimidation of a victim. The strangulation and suffocation charge was a felony, and the other four were misdemeanors. Jacobs turned himself in three days later and was released after one night in jail.
He had previously denied the allegations through his legal team. In May, the police department did not release any further details. However, those details became available Thursday via an incident report.
According to the report, Jacobs' girlfriend -- who is referred to as "ANM" -- was going through Jacobs' phone and became upset after seeing he was talking to other girls. When ANM attempted to retrieve her phone from Jacobs, "he did not return it, and instead, he grabbed her arm and began a physical struggle, which lasted several minutes." Jacobs then drove away from the residence with ANM's phone, and ANM took Jacobs' other vehicle. Eventually, the two returned to Jacobs' residence.
When ANM attempted to use her second phone, Jacobs "called her a derogatory name" and "made some comment to the effect that he would 'do something to her.'" Jacobs' girlfriend tried to call the police but believed her phone service was down. She was in the garage attempting to go outside with her second phone when "Jacobs grabbed her and threw her to the ground and she struck her head, suffering an injury. Jacobs then took her phone from her while she was on the ground.
ANM laid on the ground for a while and then struggled to walk back into the house." While she was on the ground, Jacobs appeared to damage her phone. According to the report, "surveillance footage from the camera system within the garage of the ... residence ... corroborates the relevant portions of ANM's statement that one would expect to have seen on video, including both ANM and Jacobs departing the residence in their respective vehicles and returning to the residence, as well as the altercation ANM described as taking place in the garage." A police officer "observed redness to [the girlfriend's] face and neck, and was able to feel that she had a bump on the back of her head," according to the report. Jacobs' legal representation issued the following statement after the charges were filed Thursday: "The Brown County District Attorney has reviewed evidence and elected to file misdemeanor charges against Josh that do not include domestic violence.
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