Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs is trying to keep video evidence from his garage out of public view, and the fight now centers on who gets the final say.
According to WBAY, Jacobs filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Hobart-Lawrence Police Department, the agency responsible for deciding whether the footage tied to his battery and criminal damage to property case can be released. That question had already been pushed into the spotlight after the department delayed releasing evidence requested by media outlets, saying it had “received written notifications from attorneys representing the record subjects of their intentions to seek judicial orders restraining disclosure.”
The police department had been left in charge of the final call after an earlier ruling said a judge would not make the permanent-seal decision. Jacobs had first sought a temporary seal of the evidence, while the victim also filed for a permanent seal, though the source does not confirm who the “record subjects” were in the department’s notice.
The case file is broad. WBAY reported that the materials include police reports, dispatch audio, investigative notes, and video footage captured inside Jacobs’ private residential garage and obtained through a search warrant.
Jacobs argues the footage should stay sealed because it would reveal the layout of his home, access points, security setups, and valuables. He says that with his professional schedule and travel dates already public, releasing the material would create a serious and permanent risk of burglary, break-ins, or harassment.
He is also backing the victim, identified in the document as “ANM,” and says public release would violate Wisconsin victim privacy rights, known as Marsy’s Law. The suit says disclosure would amount to re-victimization and that redacting sensitive information would not be enough because of modern AI identification tools.
“ANM is a crime victim who seeks closure, not public attention,” the suit states.
Reporters have also said the NFL is trying to get the video, though it has not been able to do so yet. Packers coach Matt LaFleur said he and the team have not seen it either.
Jacobs is currently on the league’s commissioner exempt list, which functions as a placeholder for a suspension. The NFL counts that time as time served toward any suspension, but under its policy the league gets only one chance to suspend him for a single personal conduct violation. The source points to the Ray Rice case as the warning example, when Rice was initially suspended for two games, later suspended indefinitely after TMZ published video of his domestic abuse incident, and the league ultimately had to pay him back for the games he missed beyond the original two-game ban.
Jacobs is asking for a permanent injunction that would stop the Hobart-Lawrence Police Department from releasing the garage video and any identifying or sensitive information tied to the victim, arguing that safety and privacy outweigh the public’s interest in the records.
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