The District Attorney who charged Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs with two domestic misdemeanors on Thursday initially released a statement about reviewing new available evidence, and now we know that evidence is surveillance video related to the alleged battery.
After police investigated the incident at the scene of Jacobs’ alleged battery on his ex-girlfriend, they later did more legwork according to District Attorney David L. Lasee.
And they uncovered a security camera in Jacobs’ garage where he and his ex-girlfriend allegedly had a physical altercation.
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The incident report from Lasee’s office says ANM, as they are identifying the player’s ex-girlfriend, told officers as she was trying to exit the garage door to get outside, “Jacobs grabbed her and threw her to the ground and she struck her head, suffering an injury,” the report reads.
“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.”
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Lasee’s incident report says this is on video.
The “surveillance footage from the camera system within the garage of the Tretni Mar residence from May 23, 2026, between 8:30 a.m. and 8:38 a.m. 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 their actions on the security camera in the garage.
“The surveillance video further shows Jacobs took ANM’s phone while she was on the floor of the garage, and approximately 40 seconds later, Jacobs returns to the garage and appears to damage ANM’s phone.”
The video is not available for independent inspection at this time. It will obviously be used as evidence in the case against Jacobs.
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He was charged Thursday with one count of misdemeanor battery and one count of criminal damage to property.
Jacobs turned himself in to police on May 26, three days after the incident at his Hobart, Wisconsin home.
So far, the case has been tried in the court of public opinion as a he-said versus she-said account, with Jacobs enlisting a legal team that claims he will be exonerated of the allegations.
But if the District Attorney’s office indeed has a video that prosecutors say shows Jacobs getting physical with his ex-girlfriend in that garage, his legal situation will be much worse and his status as an NFL player could be at risk.
The NFL, which studies practices, meetings, and games on tape, obviously frowns upon video of a battery by one of its employees and has a history of separating from such episodes. Ray Rice’s career ended when a 2014 video of him striking his then-fiancée, Janay Palmer, in the face during an argument became public.
The video Lasee viewed before deciding to charge Jacobs comes with its own backstory outlined in the DA’s incident report:
“Your complainant reviewed a follow up report from Investigator Van Lanen of the Hobart-Lawrence Police Department received on August 6, 2026, and a digital forensic examination report prepared by Frank Angel for the Brown County Sheriff’s Office, received on August 13, 2026.
“Those reports relate an on or about July 27 and 28, 2026, of recovered electronic devices from Jacobs’s residence, including components of a video surveillance system, as well as cellular phones from both Jacobs and ANM.
“Angel’s report outlines the process used to conduct the forensic exam of the devices, and explained that the recovery of video files from the surveillance system was complex and took several weeks, culminating in a final verification on July 21, 2026.
“Based on the foregoing, the complainant believes this complaint to be true and correct.”
The Packers released a statement about Thursday’s charges.
“We are aware of the charges brought against Josh Jacobs,” the team said in a statement. “We will continue to cooperate with the NFL as we work through the process. We will have no further comment at this time.”
The NFL’s investigation of the entire episode is ongoing and Jacobs is subject to discipline under the Personal Conduct Policy and may even be placed on the commissioner’s exempt list, which would mean he’d get paid but cannot play.
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