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Stefon Diggs, former New England Patriots wide receiver, was found not guilty of assault and battery and strangulation after a jury deliberated for about 90 minutes. The verdict was delivered shortly after 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
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Former New England Patriots wide receiver Stefon Diggs was found not guilty on charges of assault and battery and strangulation after a day of deliberation by jurors on Tuesday.
Diggs could be seen weeping in the courtroom after jurors delivered the verdict shortly after 4:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Jurors deliberated for around 90 minutes.
The case centered on a Dec. 2 encounter at Diggsâ 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 case has also turned on questions about Adamsâ credibility and whether the dispute was about money or an alleged assault. Defense attorneys 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 âa single shred of credible evidenceâ that an assault occurred.
âThere was no assault, no strangulation, no incident at all on that day or any other day,â he said.
Assistant District Attorney Drew Virtue urged jurors to weigh Adamsâ testimony carefully and not to disregard it because she was not âa perfect witness.â
âShe was argumentative, avoidant, difficult. But does that mean you should throw away everything she said? No,â he said, adding that jurors should give her testimony âthe attention, the scrutiny, the weight it deserves.â
Adams declined to answer questions Tuesday about financial demands made on her behalf during cross-examination, as defense attorneys pressed her over claims she was owed money and inconsistencies in what she said she was paid.
Stefon Diggs faced charges of assault and battery and strangulation.
The jury deliberated for approximately 90 minutes before reaching a verdict.
The trial centered on a December 2 encounter at Diggs' home, where his accuser claimed he slapped and choked her during an argument.
Stefon Diggs was seen weeping in the courtroom after the jury delivered the not guilty verdict.

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Earlier in the trial, Adams became emotional on the stand while describing an alleged encounter with Diggs on in which she said he entered her room following an argument over text.
Adams, who said she lived in the NFL starâs home and prepared all of his meals, testified that Diggs âsmacked me with an open handâ before wrapping his arm around her neck and choking her, leaving her struggling to breathe. She described what she called a âcomplicatedâ relationship, saying it had previously been sexual but was not at the time of the alleged assault.
Adams said she met Diggs in 2022 on Instagram and that the two became friends â at times âfriends with benefits,â as one of his attorneys described it â before she was later hired to live in his home and prepare his meals during the football season.
Defense attorneys pressed Adams about money she said she was owed after working as a live-in chef. She testified she was paid about $2,000 a week and believed she had not been fully compensated after being sent home. They pointed to a $19,000 demand and said the amount increased over time, with her attorney later seeking $5.5 million.
When asked about the $5.5 million claim, Adams said, âI canât speak on that,â and at other points told jurors, âI donât understand the questionâ and âI donât know how to answer the question.â
At one point, Adams said Diggs had offered her $100,000 to recant her statement to the police, but that remark was struck from the record after the judge called the attorneys to a sidebar.
At times during her second day on the stand, Adams was instructed by the judge to answer questions directly and not include additional details beyond what was asked. Portions of her responses were struck from the record as nonresponsive, with jurors told to disregard them.
âThis is not an opportunity for you to interject your own narrative and evade answering questions,â Judge Jeanmarie Carroll told her at one point, warning that continued nonresponsive answers could result in her testimony being stricken.
Kenneth Ellis, the Dedham police officer who took Adamsâ initial report, testified that she arrived at the station visibly upset, telling jurors she âsat down on the bench and she was crying.â He said Adams initially asked to speak with a female officer before later agreeing to give a statement and identifying Diggs as the person involved.
Under cross-examination, Ellis said he did not observe visible injuries, collect photographs or speak with other witnesses, and that his investigation relied largely on Adamsâ account and text messages she provided.
Defense attorneys also sought to challenge Adamsâ account through testimony from people in Diggsâ orbit and evidence they said reflected her demeanor in the days after the alleged incident.
His chief of staff, massage therapist, a nurse who provided IV treatments and his hairstylist all testified that they saw her around the time of the attack and that she said nothing about being assaulted.
His hairstylist, Xia Charles, testified that she spent time with Adams in New York in the days after the alleged incident and did not notice any injuries. She said Adams appeared normal and that she did not see marks on her neck or elsewhere.
Defense attorneys also showed jurors cellphone videos of Adams socializing, including clips of her in a car listening to music and dancing, which they suggested showed her demeanor in the days following the incident.
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