Josh Jacobs walked into the Brown County Jail in Wisconsin on a Tuesday afternoon and was booked on five counts. The Green Bay Packers running back, 28, faces charges of battery, criminal damage to property, disorderly conduct, strangulation and suffocation, and intimidation of a victim. Jail records list the strangulation and suffocation count as a felony. The other four are misdemeanors.
Jacobs denies all of it.
How the case began
The Hobart-Lawrence Police Department said officers were sent to a disturbance complaint involving Jacobs at about 8:37 a.m. on Saturday. The complaint was dated May 23. After an investigation, police said, Jacobs was arrested on May 26, 2026.
“This remains an active and ongoing investigation,” the department said in its statement. “No further information will be released at this time.”
Responses from his side, the team and the league
Three attorneys, David Chesnoff, Richard Schonfeld and Clarence Duchac, gave a statement to the Daily Mail. “Josh vehemently denies the allegations, and this matter is in the early stages of investigation with important evidence that has not yet been made public,” they said. They asked for “fairness and restraint while the judicial process takes its course.”
The Packers told NFL Network they were aware of the matter. Because it is an ongoing legal situation, the club said, it would hold back further comment. The NFL said it was aware of the report and had been in contact with the club, NFL Network reported.
Head coach Matt LaFleur was due to speak to the media after Wednesday’s open practice. The team had opened its organized team activities on Tuesday.
The player
Jacobs turned 28 in February. The Raiders picked him in the first round of the 2019 draft, and he signed a four-year, $48 million deal with Green Bay in March 2024. That contract has two seasons left to run.
Last season he carried the ball 234 times for 929 yards and 13 touchdowns. He also caught 36 passes for 282 yards and one score.
