NFL star Diggs cleared of assaulting personal chef

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Stefon Diggs

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Former New England Patriots star Stefon Diggs was acquitted Tuesday of charges that he assaulted his live-in personal chef.

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A jury in Massachusetts cleared the veteran NFL wide receiver of felony strangulation or suffocation, and a misdemeanor assault and battery charge.

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Appearing in court in a grey suit and tie, Diggs calmly nodded as the verdict was read out.

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Personal chef Jamila Adams reported the incident, which she said stemmed from a pay dispute, to police in December.

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She said Diggs struck her in the face and tried to choke her “using the crook of his elbow around her neck,” according to the police report.

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Adams said she and Diggs had previously been in a sexual relationship.

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Diggs, 32, appeared in court in February to plead not guilty, less than a week after playing for the Patriots in the Super Bowl.

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His lawyers denied any assault ever happened, and pointed to financial demands that Adams’s representatives allegedly made on the eve of the trial.

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Following a two-day trial, the jury deliberated for roughly 90 minutes before exonerating Diggs on both counts, according to local media.

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Diggs is currently a free agent, having been released by the Patriots. He dated rapper Cardi B, with whom he had a child last November, though the celebrity couple have reportedly split since.

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