Overview
- Authorities have charged the Patriots wide receiver with felony strangulation or suffocation and misdemeanor assault and battery tied to a Dec. 2 dispute with his former private chef.
- A police report says the accuser alleges Diggs smacked her and tried to choke her using the crook of his elbow during an argument over money.
- Diggs, through attorney David Meier, denies the allegations and calls them unsubstantiated.
- New England says it supports Diggs and will cooperate with law enforcement and the NFL, and the receiver played in the Jan. 4 finale with three catches for 43 yards to surpass 1,000 yards for the season.
- Cardi B posted and later deleted messages asserting the chef is lying, as court records list an arraignment date of Jan. 23 that falls two days before the AFC title game if New England advances.