Ex-Patriots receiver Stefon Diggs found not guilty of assaulting private chef

"Diggs' attorneys said the alleged assault never happened and questioned Adams' credibility and whether the dispute was about money, relationship tensions - including a disagreement over a planned trip to Miami - or an alleged assault. They pointed to financial demands she made and testimony from friends and employees who said she did not appear injured in the days after the encounter, while prosecutors argued the case rests on her account of what happened inside the home."

"Defense attorney Andrew Kettlewell told jurors during closing arguments that prosecutors had not presented "a single shred of credible evidence" that an assault occurred. Assistant District Attorney Drew Virtue urged jurors to weigh Adams' testimony carefully and not to disregard it because she was not "a perfect witness." "She was argumentative, avoidant, difficult. But does that mean you should throw away everything she said? No," he said, adding that jurors should give her testimony "the attention, the scrutiny, the weight it deserves.""

"The case centered on a Dec. 2 encounter at Diggs' home in Dedham, where Jamila Adams, a former live-in personal chef who is known as Mila, testified he slapped and choked her during an argument. The four-time Pro Bowl wideout pleaded not guilty in February to a felony strangulation charge and a misdemeanor assault and battery charge stemming from the alleged dispute. The trial lasted only two days."

Stefon Diggs was found not guilty of assaulting his private chef in a pay dispute. He had pleaded not guilty to a felony strangulation charge and a misdemeanor assault and battery charge. The trial lasted two days. The case focused on a Dec. 2 encounter at Diggs’ home in Dedham, where Jamila Adams, known as Mila, testified that Diggs slapped and choked her during an argument. Diggs’ attorneys denied the assault and challenged Adams’ credibility, including whether the dispute involved money, relationship tensions, or an alleged assault. Prosecutors relied on Adams’ account and urged jurors to weigh her testimony carefully despite imperfections.

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