SAD NEWS: STEFON DIGGS SERIOUSLY ACCUSED OF A CRIME HE CLAIMS HE DID NOT COMMIT
IN A SHOCKING AND CONTROVERSIAL TURN OF EVENTS, NFL STAR STEFON DIGGS FINDS HIMSELF AT THE CENTER OF SERIOUS LEGAL ACCUSATIONS THAT HAVE CAST A SHADOW OVER HIS CAREER—ALLEGATIONS HE FIRMLY DENIES. DIGGS, WIDELY KNOWN FOR HIS ELECTRIFYING PLAYS ON THE FIELD, IS NOW FIGHTING TO CLEAR HIS NAME OFF IT, AS HE BATTLES CLAIMS THAT HAVE STIRRED PUBLIC OUTRAGE AND DEEPENED PERSONAL TURMOIL.
THE INCIDENTS IN QUESTION UNFOLDED ACROSS SEVERAL MONTHS, BEGINNING WITH AN ALLEGED CONFRONTATION ON JUNE 7, 2024. DIGGS, WHO WAS A MEMBER OF THE HOUSTON TEXANS AT THE TIME AND IS NOW A FREE AGENT, FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST MIA SHYMEER JONES—ALSO KNOWN BY HER REALITY TV NAME, MULAN HERNANDEZ—CLAIMING SHE ASSAULTED HIM IN HIS TEXAS RESIDENCE. DIGGS STATED THAT JONES NOT ONLY STRUCK HIM BUT DESTROYED PROPERTY AND LATER ATTEMPTED TO EXTORT HIM, ALONG WITH HER FRIEND BRIANNA “BRII” MACK. ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS, THE TWO WOMEN DEMANDED MILLIONS FROM DIGGS, ALLEGEDLY THREATENING HIS REPUTATION IF HE REFUSED.
JONES, HOWEVER, FILED A COUNTERCLAIM THAT TURNED HEADS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. SHE ALLEGED THAT DIGGS WAS THE AGGRESSOR, CLAIMING HE HAD ASSAULTED HER THAT SAME EVENING, LEAVING HER WITH A CONCUSSION. SHE ASSERTED THAT DIGGS’ LAWSUIT WAS A DELIBERATE ATTEMPT TO COVER UP HIS OWN WRONGDOINGS AND PREEMPT ANY LEGAL ACTION SHE INTENDED TO TAKE.
BUT THAT WAS NOT THE ONLY TROUBLING DEVELOPMENT IN DIGGS’ LEGAL STRUGGLES. IN OCTOBER 2024, A NEW AND EVEN MORE DISTURBING ACCUSATION CAME TO LIGHT. CHRIS BLAKE GRIFFITH, A MARKETING MANAGER IN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY, PUBLICLY ACCUSED DIGGS OF DRUGGING HIM AND MAKING NON-CONSENSUAL SEXUAL ADVANCES. GRIFFITH CLAIMED THAT WHEN HE THREATENED TO EXPOSE THE INCIDENT, DIGGS’ HALF-BROTHER, DAREZ DIGGS, ALLEGEDLY ATTACKED HIM IN AN ELEVATOR, BEATING AND ROBBING HIM IN AN ATTEMPT TO SILENCE HIM.
IN RESPONSE TO BOTH INCIDENTS, STEFON DIGGS HAS VEHEMENTLY DENIED ANY WRONGDOING. HIS LEGAL TEAM HAS FILED MOTIONS SEEKING DAMAGES FOR DEFAMATION, FALSE CLAIMS, AND EXTORTION. “STEFON HAS ALWAYS MAINTAINED HIS INNOCENCE,” SAID HIS ATTORNEY IN A PUBLIC STATEMENT. “HE IS BEING TARGETED BECAUSE OF HIS PUBLIC PROFILE, AND HE WILL FIGHT THESE BASELESS ALLEGATIONS TO THE END.”
DESPITE HIS LEGAL TROUBLES, DIGGS HAS NOT BEEN FORMALLY CHARGED WITH A CRIME. THE CASES REMAIN IN CIVIL COURT, AND NO CRIMINAL INDICTMENTS HAVE BEEN FILED AS OF THIS WRITING. EVEN SO, THE ALLEGATIONS HAVE TAKEN A TOLL ON HIS IMAGE, SPARKING DEBATE ACROSS SOCIAL MEDIA AND SPORTS TALK SHOWS. FANS ARE DIVIDED—SOME EXPRESSING SUPPORT AND BELIEF IN HIS INNOCENCE, OTHERS CALLING FOR TEAMS TO DISTANCE THEMSELVES FROM HIM UNTIL THE MATTERS ARE FULLY RESOLVED.
TO COMPLICATE MATTERS, A RUMOR CIRCULATED BRIEFLY IN EARLY 2025 THAT DIGGS HAD BEEN SIGNED BY THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS. HOWEVER, NO OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE, AND REPORTS LATER CONFIRMED THAT DIGGS REMAINS A FREE AGENT. WHETHER HIS CURRENT LEGAL SITUATION IS INFLUENCING HIS FREE AGENCY STATUS REMAINS A SUBJECT OF SPECULATION.
AS THE LEGAL BATTLES DRAG ON, ONE THING REMAINS CLEAR—STEFON DIGGS’ LEGACY IS ON THE LINE. FANS AND CRITICS ALIKE WILL BE WATCHING CLOSELY TO SEE HOW THE COURTS HANDLE THE CASES, AND WHETHER ONE OF THE NFL’S MOST DYNAMIC RECEIVERS CAN EMERGE FROM THIS STORM WITH HIS REPUTATION INTACT.
