Overview
- Electronic court records list a trial readiness hearing before jury selection, with a two-day trial scheduled to start at 9 a.m. in Dedham District Court.
- Diggs has pleaded not guilty to felony strangulation or suffocation and misdemeanor assault and battery, and he is free on personal recognizance.
- Police reports say a former private chef accused him of striking and choking her during a pay dispute at his Massachusetts home on December 2.
- In new filings, the defense sought orders on jury selection and instructions and claimed the accuser made false statements, pointing to a same‑day money demand by a business associate as evidence of motive.
- The Patriots released Diggs in March and he remains unsigned, and the NFL could still issue discipline regardless of the trial’s result based on past precedent.