Stefon Diggs is facing assault, strangulation charges

Patriots huge receiver Stefon Diggs has been charged with felony strangulation or suffocation and misdemeanor assault and battery prices, courtroom paperwork present.

Diggs’s filed a movement throughout a session at Dedham District Court docket on Tuesday in an try and get the police report impounded.

Choose Jeanmarie Carroll took a movement on the matter however didn’t rule on it instantly. She stated she would problem a ruling on whether or not or to not launch the police report quickly.

In line with The Boston Globe, one among Diggs’s legal professionals advised the decide that “substantial threat of widespread publicity” may taint the case if the data weren’t impounded. The protection stated they’re engaged on a “financial decision.”

The alleged incident occurred on Dec. 2, the day after the Patriots beat the Giants on “Monday Night time Soccer.”

Diggs’s arraignment is scheduled for Jan. 23. The AFC championship recreation is scheduled for Jan. 25. The Patriots are at the moment the No. 2 seed within the AFC and they’ll host a house playoff recreation after Sunday’s regular-season finale towards Miami.

The Patriots launched the next assertion on Tuesday: “The New England Patriots are conscious of the accusations which were made towards Stefon Diggs. Stefon has knowledgeable the group that he categorically denies the allegations. We help Stefon. We are going to proceed to assemble data and can cooperate absolutely with the suitable authorities and the NFL as mandatory. Out of respect for all events concerned, and provided that that is an ongoing authorized matter, we may have no additional remark presently.”

The NFL additionally launched an announcement saying that it was conscious of the state of affairs and has been involved with the Patriots.

Tuesday’s session was heard remotely within the courtroom home. The Globe studies that Diggs didn’t seem in courtroom. His legal professionals participated remotely.

Diggs, who signed a three-year $69 million take care of the Patriots within the offseason, has 82 catches for 970 yards this season. With one regular-season recreation remaining, he’s 30 yards away from his seventh 1,000 yard season in eight years.

It’s unclear if he’ll have the ability to play towards the Dolphins this weekend.

That is Diggs’s eleventh season within the NFL. He’s 32 and the Patriots are his fourth NFL franchise. Gamers and coaches alike have praised him for his management abilities all through this season. He was a key addition final offseason for a workforce that went from 4 wins final season to clinching the AFC East title final weekend.

This previous summer time, in the course of the workforce’s voluntary exercise program, a video of Diggs dealing with an unidentified pink substance throughout a ship social gathering made headlines. The Patriots dealt with the incident internally and Diggs was able to go for Week 1. He has performed in all 16 video games this season after recovering from offseason ACL surgical procedure. He had six catches for 101 yards and a landing towards the Jets final Sunday.

Khari A. Thompson

Sports activities Reporter

Khari Thompson covers skilled sports activities for Boston.com. Earlier than becoming a member of the workforce in 2022, Khari coated faculty soccer for The Clarion Ledger in Jackson, Miss.