MA v. Stefon Diggs

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts charged Stefon Diggs, the NFL wide receiver, with felony strangulation or suffocation and misdemeanor assault and battery. The accuser was his private chef, a live-in employee hired for the 2025 season who had been given a bedroom in his Dedham home. According to her report to Dedham police, the two argued over money she believed she was owed on December 2, 2025, and the State alleged that during that dispute Diggs slapped her across the face, then placed his arm around her neck and applied pressure that interfered with her breathing. She told officers she felt she could have lost consciousness and that she had redness on her upper chest afterward. Those were the allegations the Commonwealth brought to trial, and Diggs denied them from the day they became public.

The trial was a credibility contest with almost nothing else in it. There were no photographs of injury, no medical records, no emergency room visit, and no third-party witness to the alleged choking. The chef did not go to police for fourteen days, and on the same day she finally walked into the Dedham station, a business associate emailed Diggs's representatives demanding payment on her behalf. That timeline sat at the center of everything. The State asked six jurors to convict on one woman's word and argued that delayed reporting is common when an accuser fears a famous employer. The defense pointed to the payment demand, the fourteen days of silence, and text messages both sides agreed showed a financial fight, asking the jury to weigh whether the report was about a strangulation or about money.

The case went to trial, and the jury found Stefon Diggs not guilty on all charges. This is the outcome we cover here without spin. A famous defendant does not lower the burden of proof, and it does not raise it either. The State had to prove every element beyond a reasonable doubt to six jurors, and it did not carry that burden. That principle is the whole reason this channel watches. The full coverage of every trial day, ruling, and breakdown sits below.