The judge who presided over the criminal case of Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs denied a request by the victim to have evidence permanently sealed and instead turned the matter over to the police department that conducted the criminal investigation. Brown County (Wisconsin) District Court judge Marc A. Hammer made the determination during a hearing Thursday. When his order goes into effect on Friday, it will cancel a temporary order to seal that he issued on Sept. 10.

However, it does not mean the records, which includes surveillance video outlined in the criminal report, will be immediately released. Instead, the Hobart-Lawrence Police Department will handle any new requests made under public records laws. ESPN and several media outlets previously filed requests for evidence, and those requests must now be resubmitted once the seal is lifted.

A permanent sealing of evidence could have prevented the NFL from reviewing the video from the May 23 incident at Jacobs' home in Green Bay. Jacobs was placed on the NFL's commissioner exempt list on Aug. 30 and cannot play or practice. According to the criminal complaint, Jacobs threw the woman, identified as "ANM," to the ground and damaged her phone. Jacobs entered a no contest plea on Sept. 10 and was convicted of battery and fined $1,000.