As he offers with a torn ACL that ended his 2024 season early, Stefon Diggs is now reportedly on the middle of an extortion lawsuit.
The broad receiver reportedly filed a lawsuit earlier this week towards Mia Jones, who starred on “Basketball Wives Orlando,” and one other lady, alleging extortion.
Based on the Houston Chronicle, Jones punched Diggs within the chest and “threatened (him) with a lethal weapon” as Jones used him as a “story of abuse to extort tens of millions of {dollars}.”
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Stefon Diggs, #1 of the Houston Texans, seems to be on from the sideline previous to an NFL soccer sport towards the Jacksonville Jaguars at NRG Stadium on Sept. 29, 2024 in Houston. (Cooper Neill/Getty Pictures)
Diggs is reportedly looking for damages for “defendant misconduct and the destruction of his property.”
“There have been threats coming from [Jones] that he needed to pay her cash or she was going to go public and destroy his profession,” Diggs’ lawyer Kent Schaffer instructed the Houston Chronicle on Thursday. “We’re form of on the level the place the threats should cease. That is why the choice was made to go forward and file. In some unspecified time in the future it simply has to finish.”
Houston Texans broad receiver Stefon Diggs, #1, talks with quarterback C.J. Stroud, #7, after getting injured in the course of the second half of an NFL soccer sport towards the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024 in Houston. (AP Picture/Eric Christian Smith)
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Diggs and Jones had a “informal” relationship final yr earlier than the primary alleged incident on June 7, when the 2 ladies are mentioned to have entered Diggs’ house and “refused to go away.” On that day, Diggs was allegedly punched, and his watch and gaming system had been destroyed.
The ladies then allegedly tried to extort cash from Diggs afterward, which led to “extreme emotional misery,” in response to the Chronicle.
Diggs was traded to the Houston Texans final yr, however he tore his ACL in his eighth sport of the season in October; he’s now a free agent. Previous to that, Diggs, 31, had six-straight 1,000-yard campaigns, main the league in 2020 with the Buffalo Payments.
Houston Texans broad receiver Stefon Diggs, #1, waves to followers as he walks off the sphere after getting injured in the course of the second half of an NFL soccer sport towards the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024 in Houston. (AP Picture/Eric Christian Smith)
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He started his profession with the Minnesota Vikings, spending 5 seasons there earlier than heading to Buffalo for 4.
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