Stefon Diggs has been found not guilty of assaulting his former personal chef in a resounding victory for the free-agent NFL star.
Diggs was accused of striking and strangling chef Jamila Adams during an alleged dispute over her pay in December of last year.
Yet after a two-day trial in Dedham, the wide receiver has won his legal battle with Adams after a jury found him not guilty of felony strangulation and one count of misdemeanor assault and battery.
The case centered on a December 2 encounter at Diggs’ home in Dedham, where dams, a former live-in personal chef who is known as Mila, testified he slapped and choked her during an argument.Â
He pleaded not guilty to the charges and his attorneys said the alleged assault never happened.
The case also turned on questions about Adams’ 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.
Stefon Diggs has been found not guilty of assaulting his former personal chef last year
Defense attorney Andrew Kettlewell told jurors during closing arguments that prosecutors had not presented ‘a single shred of credible evidence’ that an assault occurred.
‘There was no assault, no strangulation, no incident at all on that day or any other day,’ he said.
Assistant District Attorney Drew Virtue urged jurors to weigh Adams´ testimony carefully and not to disregard it because she was not “a perfect witness.”
