Josh Jacobs was formally charged with misdemeanor battery and criminal damage to property on Thursday, three months after a domestic incident at his home in the Village of Hobart. Each Class A misdemeanor carries a potential penalty of up to nine months in jail and a $10,000 fine.

Brown County District Attorney David L. Lasee announced the decision and cautioned against treating the filing as a verdict.

“A criminal complaint is nothing more than a written, formal accusation,” Lasee said. “Mr. Jacobs is presumed innocent.”

According to the criminal complaint, the May 23 incident began after a woman became upset over communications she found on Jacobs’ phone with other women and asked him to call her a car to take her back to Chicago, as reported by WBAY. A struggle over her phone followed. As the woman walked from the house toward the garage, prosecutors say Jacobs followed her, grabbed her at the garage door and threw her to the ground, causing her to strike her head. He then took her phone, and surveillance video shows him returning to the garage about 40 seconds later and damaging it, Fox 11 reported. Officers noted redness on her face and neck and a bump on the back of her head.

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Attorney: no domestic violence charge

Jacobs’ attorneys stressed that the filed charges do not carry a domestic violence designation, unlike the preliminary counts from his May arrest.

“The Brown County District Attorney has reviewed evidence and elected to file misdemeanor charges against Josh that do not include domestic violence,” the lawyers said in a statement.

Jacobs was arrested in May on five preliminary counts that included felony strangulation and suffocation, disorderly conduct and domestic abuse battery. The two misdemeanors filed on Thursday are the lowest-level offenses from that arrest.

Packers and NFL confirm review

Both the team and the league issued statements on Thursday.

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“We are aware of the charges brought against Josh Jacobs. We will continue to cooperate with the NFL as we work through the process,” the Packers said.

“We have been closely monitoring all developments in the matter which remains under review,” NFL spokesperson Brian McCarthy said.

Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst had already flagged the possibility of a league suspension earlier in the week, according to Forbes.

“We’ve obviously prepared for that in case that happens,” Gutekunst said.

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$48m signing, top-two production since 2019

Jacobs is among the most productive running backs of his era. Since entering the league in 2019 he ranks second in the NFL in both rushing yards (7,803) and rushing touchdowns (74), Forbes reported. In 2025 he ran for 929 yards and 13 touchdowns on 234 carries, joining Jim Taylor (1961-62) as the only players in Packers history with back-to-back seasons of 13 or more rushing touchdowns.

He joined Green Bay on a four-year, $48 million contract in 2024 free agency, after starting his NFL career with the Raiders.

Milwaukee fans split

TMJ4 gathered reaction from Packers supporters in Milwaukee after the charges were announced.

“If he did the crime he should do the time, that’s what I believe in,” Ricardo Ortiz told the station.

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“Obviously actions have repercussions,” fellow fan Bradly Krenz told TMJ4.

Jacobs’ initial court appearance in Brown County is scheduled for November 17.

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