Report: Packers RB Josh Jacobs’ initial court date for battery charges moved up two months

Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs‘ initial court date for his two misdemeanor charges connected to his May domestic violence arrest has been moved up two months from Nov. 17 to Sept. 10, according to court records reviewed by FOX 11 News. Jacobs, who was placed on the NFL commissioner’s exempt list last week while his legal situation plays out, is unlikely to appear for the hearing, per FOX 11. Jacobs, 28, is facing charges of misdemeanor battery and misdemeanor criminal damage to property in connection with the May 26 arrest. He faces up to a $10,000 fine and nine months in prison, or both, if convicted, according to ESPN. While on the commissioner’s exempt list, Jacobs cannot play or practice with the Packers, but can participate in other team activities at the facility, according to league rules. Jacobs previously served one night in jail after turning himself in to the Hobart-Lawrence Police Department on May 26 following initial charges levied by police. Those charges included domestic battery by way of strangulation and suffocation, criminal damage to property, disorderly conduct, and intimidation of a victim stemming from an alleged May 23 incident at his home in Brown County, Wisconsin, involving a female victim. But the local DA declined to press any formal charges at the time. That changed last week when the Brown County (Wisc.) District Attorney’s Office filed new charging documents, in which prosecutors specifically cited a surveillance video that reportedly “corroborates” relevant portions of the female victim’s claim that Jacobs “grabbed her and threw her to the ground,” resulting in an injury following a confrontation inside his garage on May 23. Despite the formal charges, the Brown County district attorney’s office hasn’t released the video publicly. Despite the alleged presence of a video, Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst revealed on Tuesday that the NFL organization has yet to see video evidence of Jacobs’ alleged assault. “We have not seen the video,” Gutekunst said Tuesday, according to ESPN. “Again, those are legal things going on right now, so we’ll let those play out. That’s really not for us, but in the appropriate times, if those things become available, we’ll figure that stuff out when that time comes.” NFL spokesperson Brian McCarthy declined to reveal whether the league has seen the video: “The matter remains under review of the personal conduct policy,” McCarthy told ESPN. “We do not discuss details of an ongoing investigation.”