Police report details assault allegations against Patriots’ Stefon Diggs, NFL star denies claims

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New England Patriots player Stefon Diggs has been accused of a series of serious criminal violations, according to Dedham District Court documents.

The charges reportedly include felony strangulation or suffocation and misdemeanor assault and battery. The charges stem from a Dec. 2 incident. 

In a statement obtained by Fox News Digital, David Meier, one of the attorneys of record for Diggs, confirmed that the veteran NFL wide receiver categorically denies the claims brought against him and added the dispute was between an employer and an employee.

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"Stefon Diggs categorically denies these allegations. They are unsubstantiated, uncorroborated, and were never investigated — because they did not occur. The timing and motivation for making the allegations is crystal clear: they are the direct result of an employee-employer financial dispute that was not resolved to the employee’s satisfaction. Stefon looks forward to establishing the truth in a court of law."

Stefon Diggs (8) of the New England Patriots stands prior to a game against the New York Jets at Gillette Stadium on Nov. 13, 2025 in Foxborough, Massachusetts.  (Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

A police narrative in a court filing about the case said a woman came to the Dedham Police Department on Dec. 16 to say that two weeks earlier, while working as a private chef for Diggs, he came into her bedroom and became angry during a discussion about money. 

The woman told police Diggs "smacked her across the face," she tried to push him away and then he "tried to choke her using the crook of his elbow around her neck."

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