Patriots' Stefon Diggs faces strangulation, assault charges

[True Dough]

Innocent until proven guilty and all that, but not good...

New England Patriots wide receiver Stefon Diggs is facing a felony charge of strangulation and a misdemeanor charge of assault from an alleged incident on Dec. 2.

A motion hearing took place at 11 a.m. ET Tuesday at the Dedham (Massachusetts) District Court. WCVB-TV reports that a judge is deciding whether to impound the court documents ahead of Diggs' arraignment Jan. 23, which is the Friday before the AFC Championship Game.

According to a police report, a woman went to police on Dec. 16 and shared that she was working as a private chef Dec. 2 when Diggs entered her unlocked bedroom and allegedly smacked her across the face after they had discussed money owed to her. According to police, she said she attempted to push Diggs away when he allegedly tried to choke her with his elbow around her neck and later threw her on to the bed. She informed police she didn't want to file charges Dec. 16 before deciding to do so Dec. 22, according to the authorities.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47454989/patriots-stefon-diggs-faces-strangulation-assault-charges

"The New England Patriots are aware of the accusations that have been made regarding Stefon Diggs. Stefon has informed the organization that he categorically denies the allegations. We support Stefon," the Patriots said in a statement. "We will continue to gather information and will cooperate fully with the appropriate authorities and the NFL as necessary. Out of respect for all parties involved, and given that this is an ongoing legal matter, we will have no further comment at this time."

[gab13by13]

1. I hear that Robert Kraft knows some good lawyers.

[Ritabert]

2. Yep. Kraft got out of some charges in Florida

[Coldwater]

3. For New England Patriots fans its devastating news,

besides his obvious talent, he was a leader in the locker room, he's the guy handing out x-mas presents, the guy who donates his time to youth, and now his career could be over.

They'll probably have him sit out the last game of the regular season against Miami

[OAITW r.2.0]

4. My thoughts, too.

Kraft will have 0 tolerance on this. Aaron Hernandez wasn't that long ago.

[Coldwater]

5. Hernandez was posthumously diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE),

which explains much of his behavior, I pray that's not the case with Diggs

[OAITW r.2.0]

9. True, I actually had some sympathy, but can't excuse the killings.

[True Dough]

6. Donates his time to youth

and half of those youth are his own kids with several women! He's a busy fellow.

[choie]

7. It takes a real strong alpha male

to strangle a woman

[True Dough]

8. There are probably

many MAGAts who subscribe to that line of thinking, sadly.