Model indicted on assault charges after husband found dead in NYC home Matt LavietesOctober 2, 2025 at 6:54 AM 0 Donald ZiebenHood, left, and Jacob ZiebenHood attend a Kentucky Derby party in New York in 2024.
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Matt LavietesOctober 2, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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Donald Zieben-Hood, left, and Jacob Zieben-Hood attend a Kentucky Derby party in New York in 2024. (David Warren / SIPA via Alamy file)
A male model was indicted by a New York grand jury on Wednesday for allegedly attacking his husband who was later found dead and stabbed in his New York apartment — but he has not been charged in his husband's death.
Donald Zieben-Hood, 40, was indicted for what the Manhattan District Attorney's Office described in a news release as three alleged incidents of intimate partner violence between February and August of this year.
Donald Zieben-Hood was arrested on Aug. 1 after police found his 34-year-old husband, Jacob Zieben-Hood, dead and with stab wounds in his Harlem apartment that day. Charging documents indicate that one of the stab wounds was deep enough to penetrate muscle.
Prosecutors have not charged anyone with murder in connection to the case nor named a suspect in Jacob Zieben-Hood's death. Officials have said they are investigating the case as a homicide, but cautioned that autopsy results are still pending as of Wednesday.
The New York City Medical Examiner's Office did not immediately return a request for comment.
Donald Zieben-Hood allegedly "escalated his threatening conduct towards his husband in multiple acts of intimate partner violence over the course of a year," Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said in a Wednesday statement.
He was charged with two counts of burglary in the first degree; two counts of burglary in the second degree; one count of assault in the second degree; two counts of aggravated criminal contempt; eight counts of criminal contempt in the first degree; and one count of criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree.
He has pleaded not guilty to all of the charges, and his attorney declined an NBC News request for comment on Wednesday.
In February, Donald Zieben-Hood was arrested in connection with an attack on his husband inside the Harlem apartment. Jacob Zieben-Hood "almost lost consciousness, and sustained swelling, substantial pain, and redness to his neck" from the incident, according to the charging documents. Prosecutors said in the charging documents that Donald Zieben-Hood also violated a full order of protection issued in November 2024 by entering the apartment.
A second court order of protection was issued in April following the February incident, preventing Donald Zieben-Hood from seeing or communicating with Jacob Zieben-Hood, according to prosecutors.
In June, Donald Zieben-Hood was arrested after allegedly holding a knife in his husband's direction and saying, "I will attack you." A third order of protection was issued after the incident, according to the district attorney's office.
Lastly, on July 31, Jacob Zieben-Hood called his father as Donald Zieben-Hood was assaulting him and texted his father photos of small cuts to his face and head, prosecutors said. Around 8 p.m. that evening, the district attorney's office said, Jacob Zieben-Hood sent his dad a photo of his face, "which was covered in blood from a large wound on his head, and the back of his leg, which had a large bleeding gash."
He further told his dad that his husband "attacked, beat and sliced him," the district attorney's office said.
At 4 a.m. on Aug. 1, Donald Zieben-Hood called police and reported that he found Jacob Zieben-Hood dead on the toilet, prosecutors said. Police found him "dead in the bathroom, slumped over on the toilet with cuts and stab wounds to the back of his leg and a head wound," according to the news release.
Prosecutors added that the apartment "had items strewn about with blood on the furniture, walls, floor, and counters."
Donald Zieben-Hood was arrested at the scene and has since been held at Rikers Island without bail.
Several of Jacob Zieben-Hood's acquaintances previously told NBC News that he appeared to become increasingly isolated from his friends once he and Donald Zieben-Hood started dating roughly a decade ago".
"If you or someone you know is being abused by a current of former partner, we encourage you to call us at 212-335-9373 where trained professionals can provide resources and help," Bragg said in the release on Wednesday.
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