Cardi B's boyfriend Stefon Diggs faces strangulation and assault charges

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Stefon Diggs, a star wide receiver with the New England Patriots, is facing criminal charges after an incident with a personal chef in Dedham, Massachusetts earlier this month.

According to paperwork from Dedham District Court released Tuesday, Diggs is charged with felony strangulation or suffocation and misdemeanor assault and battery stemming from an incident on December 2. 

Diggs has denied the allegations through the Patriots and his own attorney.

According the woman, she had been having an ongoing text exchange with Diggs over money he owed her. The woman said Diggs had hired her in July as a personal chef for the entire NFL season and she was allowed to stay in a room at his house in Massachusetts.

The woman claimed she was supposed to be paid weekly, but Diggs had been paying her monthly. She believed Diggs still owed her one month's pay as of December 2.

She said that Diggs allegedly walked into her unlocked bedroom and confronted her that day.

"She said that they began to discuss this, which apparently angered the male," police said in the report. "She alleges that the male then smacked her across the face. She said that she tried to push him away. The male then tried to choke her using the crook of his elbow around her neck."

The woman said she had trouble breathing and was worried she would black out, she told police. According to Dedham police, the woman said that she had some redness on her upper chest, but she did not take any photographs to document the injuries.

On December 20, the woman spoke to police again. She told the officer that she allegedly received a voicemail and text messages from Diggs' girlfriend.

"The messages stated something to the effect of 'you don't need to do all this. It's not that big of a deal,'" the chef said, according to the police report.

On December 22, she told police she changed her mind and wanted to proceed with charges against Diggs.

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