Packers Star Josh Jacobs Charged With Battery

Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs was charged Thursday with two misdemeanors — battery and criminal damage to property — over an altercation with his girlfriend at his Brown County, Wisconsin home in May.

Brown County District Attorney David L. Lasee said his office filed the criminal complaint after a review that waited on forensic work by law enforcement. Jacobs was arrested in May but not charged at the time.

The NFL said Thursday it has "been closely monitoring all developments in the matter which remains under review," raising the prospect of a suspension two weeks before the season opener.

What Prosecutors Say Happened

According to the court filing described by the New York Post, Jacobs and the woman began arguing at his home on May 23 after she accused him of "talking to other girls." She threw his phone; he took hers and refused to give it back, and a physical struggle "lasted several minutes."

Jacobs left in a vehicle with her phone and she followed in a separate car, the filing states. Back at the house, the two went into a bedroom, where Jacobs called her a derogatory name and said something to the effect that he would "do something to her."

As she tried to leave, the filing says, Jacobs "grabbed her and threw her to the ground and she struck her head, suffering an injury." She had a bump on the back of her head and said she was in pain.