Alaric Jackson has been dealing with a legal mess hanging over his head since early June, when he was arrested on suspicion of felony domestic violence. That's now resolved in his favor, at least on the criminal side. The LA County District Attorney's Office confirmed Jackson won't be charged with a felony, with the case instead assigned to a pre-filing diversion program available to eligible defendants as an alternative to misdemeanor prosecution.
Rams left tackle Alaric Jackson will not face a felony charge after he was arrested on a domestic violence charge in June, the LA County District Attorney’s Office confirmed. Story via @agetzenberg: t.co/VJHO5mYzUT
The original arrest happened June 8, when Jackson was booked at the Van Nuys Community Police Station in the middle of the night on a charge tied to allegedly inflicting corporal injury on a spouse, then released after posting a $50,000 bond a few hours later. It was the kind of headline that immediately puts a projected starter's season in question before a single training camp practice, especially for a guy who just got paid.
And that's the part that makes this news land differently for Rams fans than for a random depth-chart tackle. Jackson signed a 3-year, $57 million extension back in February 2025, complete with $35 million guaranteed, after clawing his way from undrafted free agent out of Iowa to the guy Sean McVay trusts protecting Matthew Stafford's blindside. He's started 14-plus games in back-to-back seasons and graded out among the better pass-protecting tackles in the league last year, so this wasn't a fringe roster spot at stake — it was the left tackle job on a Super Bowl-contending roster.
As if life couldn’t be going any better:
A pre-filing diversion isn't a full dismissal — Jackson still has conditions to satisfy — but avoiding a felony is the outcome that matters most for his football future. It removes the threat of a lengthy suspension or worse hanging over the Rams' offensive line as they head into camp trying to keep Stafford upright behind a group that's finally found some continuity.
For now, the practical effect is simple: Jackson is a lot more likely to be lining up at left tackle when the Rams open camp than he was a month ago. The league office still has its own discretionary process for domestic violence incidents regardless of how the criminal case shakes out, so this probably isn't the last we hear about it — but the biggest legal threat to his 2026 season just got a lot smaller.