Overview
- Brown County prosecutors on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026, filed a criminal complaint charging Josh Jacobs with misdemeanor battery and misdemeanor criminal damage to property related to a May 23 disturbance at his Hobart, Wisconsin, home.
- Investigators recovered surveillance video from Jacobs’ garage that prosecutors say corroborates parts of the alleged victim’s account and helped shape the decision to file the two misdemeanors.
- Prosecutors declined to pursue the earlier felony strangulation allegation from Jacobs’ May 26 booking and did not include several other initial counts in the complaint.
- Jacobs’ attorneys denied the allegations, noted the filed charges do not include domestic-violence counts, and said the matter will be addressed in court; an initial appearance is scheduled for Nov. 17, 2026.
- The NFL is separately reviewing the case under its personal conduct policy and the Packers have prepared contingency plans for a possible suspension that could affect their backfield usage this season.