Overview
- A judge scheduled a jury trial for May 4 in Dedham District Court, and filings estimate a two-day proceeding with about 10 witnesses.
- In a new court filing, Diggs’s lawyers say the accuser made false statements and point to a payment demand email as evidence of bias.
- At his February arraignment, he pleaded not guilty and was released on personal recognizance with an order to stay away from the chef.
- Prosecutors charge felony strangulation or suffocation and assault and battery over a Dec. 2 incident that the chef reported on Dec. 16, alleging he struck and tried to choke her during a pay dispute.
- About a month after the arraignment, the Patriots released Diggs, a move that freed $16.8 million in salary-cap space for the team.