Packers' Josh Jacobs sues to block release of records, video - ESPN

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Packers running back Josh Jacobs has filed a civil suit seeking a permanent injunction restricting access to records from his May 23 altercation with a woman at his home.

According to Brown County (Wisconsin) Circuit Court records, Jacobs filed the suit Wednesday — one day after the Hobart/Lawrence Police Department announced it had approved the release of certain records with appropriate redactions but that a party or parties involved appealed that decision.

The initial criminal report said there is surveillance video from Jacobs' garage that shows part of the altercation with the woman.

The filing said Jacobs is seeking a «permanent Injunction, protective order and order restricting access to records under Wis. Stat.19.356.»

That put on hold the release of any records and evidence in the case that had not been previously available.

According to the lawsuit, which was obtained by multiple media outlets, Jacobs argues that the woman involved in the altercation has requested «to protect her privacy, dignity, personal security, emotional well-being, and ability to participate safely in the criminal justice process.» He also argued that «redaction limited to names or faces would not adequately protect» the woman's identity and that advanced AI could be applied to surveillance video to identify her based on «her body shape and other indicia of her identity.»

Jacobs also argues in the suit that releasing the video «would reveal private details» of his garage's interior, including the «configuration, entrances, exits, doors, windows, storage areas, security arrangements, or other details that could be used to evaluate how the garage or residence might be entered.»

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