{"id":1226,"date":"2026-01-03T08:47:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T08:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/?p=1226"},"modified":"2026-01-03T08:47:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T08:47:12","slug":"stefon-diggs-breaks-silence-after-strangulation-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/stefon-diggs-breaks-silence-after-strangulation-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"Stefon Diggs Breaks Silence After Strangulation Charge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Stefon Diggs<\/strong> is finally addressing the situation surrounding his recent legal troubles. As\u00a0<strong>reported<\/strong>, the\u00a0<strong>New England Patriots\u2019<\/strong> star is facing serious allegations after his former personal chef accused him of slapping and attempting to choke her during a dispute over pay. The claims have since led to charges of strangulation and assault, placing the NFL star, who is dating rapper\u00a0<strong>Cardi B<\/strong>, under intense scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters for the first time since the charges were filed, the 32-year-old kept his comments brief and cautious during a Friday press conference.<\/p>\n<div id=\"primis_TGJ_1x1_Desk\" data-refreshrate=\"0\"><strong>\u201cI want to say I\u2019m sorry I wasn\u2019t available for those couple of days, it was a different kind of time, dealing with everything, but it\u2019s definitely an open case, so I can\u2019t even say anything about it.\u201d<\/strong><\/div>\n<div data-refreshrate=\"0\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"primis_TGJ_1x1_Desk\" data-refreshrate=\"0\">He made it clear he would not engage with questions related to the case, adding that he was open to discussing football only and wanted to remain respectful.<\/div>\n<div data-refreshrate=\"0\"><\/div>\n<div data-refreshrate=\"0\">He quipped:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cI will be open to any football questions, anything you want to know. I don\u2019t want to be rude or disrespectful in any way, so if anybody\u2019s going to ask me a question pertaining to it, I\u2019m just obviously going to be like, look.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"primis_TGJ_1x1_Desk\" data-refreshrate=\"0\">When asked about staying locked in during the season, Diggs acknowledged the weight of personal challenges but emphasized unity within the team.<\/div>\n<div data-refreshrate=\"0\"><\/div>\n<div data-refreshrate=\"0\"><\/div>\n<div data-refreshrate=\"0\"><strong>\u201cWe all deal with life stuff, family stuff. It\u2019s just, you know, being a football team is hard. We band together, you lean on your brothers, you know, the people you spend the most time with, for me, you know, I\u2019ve been dealing with [expletive] my whole life, you know, nothing new to me. So, you know, I just got to roll with the punches, be as positive as I can and, you know, it\u2019s definitely something you always got to adjust to.\u201d<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div data-refreshrate=\"0\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stefon Diggs is finally addressing the situation surrounding his recent legal troubles. As\u00a0reported, the\u00a0New England Patriots\u2019 star is facing serious allegations after his former personal chef accused him of slapping and attempting to choke her during a dispute over pay. 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