Patriots broad receiver Stefon Diggs going through strangulation, assault prices

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New England Patriots star broad receiver Stefon Diggs is going through strangulation and different legal prices in reference to a dispute together with his former personal chef, police stated.

Information of the fees emerged after a courtroom listening to Tuesday in Dedham, Mass. Diggs is charged with felony strangulation or suffocation and misdemeanor assault and battery.

Diggs's lawyer, David Meier, stated in an emailed assertion the participant "categorically denies these allegations."

Meier stated the allegations by no means occurred, describing them as unsubstantiated and uncorroborated.

"The timing and motivation for making the allegations is crystal clear: they're the direct results of an employee-employer monetary dispute that was not resolved to the worker's satisfaction," Meier wrote.

In a press release, the Patriots stated they had been additionally standing by Diggs: "We assist Stefon," the group stated.

A police narrative in a courtroom submitting in regards to the case stated a lady got here to the Dedham Police Division on Dec. 16 to say that two weeks earlier, whereas working as a non-public chef for Diggs, he got here into her bed room and have become indignant throughout a dialogue about cash. The lady advised police Diggs "smacked her throughout the face," she tried to push him away after which he "tried to choke her utilizing the criminal of his elbow round her neck."

"She stated that he was behind her together with his arm wrapped round her," wrote Officer Kenneth J. Ellis. "She stated that she did really feel like she had hassle respiratory and that she felt like she might have blacked out." Diggs threw her on a mattress and stated "lies" when she advised him she had not been paid, Ellis wrote.

Lady initially reluctant to file prices The chef sought fee for every week in November when Diggs was having houseguests and she or he needed to go dwelling, Ellis wrote. The lady "left her place" and the house in Dedham however returned on Dec. 9 to retrieve her property. At that time, she advised police, Diggs referred her to his assistant, who advised the lady she needed to signal a non-disclosure settlement earlier than she could be paid. She didn't signal it, police stated.

The lady was reluctant to file prices till final week, Ellis wrote, when "she let me know that she had modified her thoughts from a couple of days in the past" and needed legal prices.

Diggs, 32, established himself as one of many NFL's greatest broad receivers throughout a run with Minnesota and Buffalo from 2018 to 2023, when he had six consecutive 1,000-yard receiving seasons and was chosen to the Professional Bowl 4 instances.

After a lacklustre stint in Houston final 12 months, Diggs ended up in New England, signing a three-year, $69-million US deal in free company that assured him $26 million.

Diggs has confirmed a dependable goal for second-year quarterback Drake Maye and is a giant cause why the group has as soon as once more clinched the AFC East title because the group heads towards the playoffs.

Off the sector, although, his tenure with the Patriots acquired off to a rocky begin when a video surfaced on social media in Could exhibiting Diggs passing what gave the impression to be a bag of pink crystals to ladies on a ship.

It wasn't clear what the substance was, and an NFL spokesperson stated the league wouldn't remark. Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel stated the group would deal with that matter internally.