Overview

• Donald Zieben-Hood was arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court on August 3 and is being held without bail on charges of first-degree burglary, weapons possession and aggravated criminal contempt.
• Prosecutors allege he entered his husband’s Harlem apartment in defiance of a November protection order and inflicted injuries during the incident.
• Jacob Zieben-Hood was found on August 1 slumped over a toilet with multiple stab wounds, including one that severed an artery and led to fatal bleeding.
• Investigators are treating the case as a potential homicide and await the New York City Medical Examiner’s autopsy findings.
• The couple’s status as fitness influencers hid a documented pattern of domestic violence, including nine incident reports and two earlier arrests this year.