Patriots star Stefon Diggs charged with strangulation

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00:00Could Patriots wide receiver Stephon Diggs be suspended and miss the playoffs?

00:05New England news outlet Boston 25 have reported that Diggs has been charged with felony strangulation or suffocation

00:12and misdemeanor assault and battery charges from an alleged December 2nd incident.

00:17Now this is a developing story where no details about the alleged incident including who the victim may be

00:23and what actually happened have been released but here's what we know here at the Post right now.

00:28The Patriots beat the Giants on Monday Night Football the day before the alleged incident took place

00:34and Tuesday Diggs' attorney Michael DiStefano made a remote appearance in Dedham District Court

00:40with the purpose of having the police report impounded arguing that details surrounding the incident should remain sealed.

00:49The 32-year-old reportedly is set to be arraigned on January 23rd which would be two days before the AFC Championship game.

00:58If the NFL does decide to discipline Diggs over the incident he could potentially miss that game

01:04if the league decides to suspend him.

01:07Again no details have been released but the league has suspended players while they've gone through the actual court process.

01:14The Patriots are the AFC East champion and enter week 18 as the AFC's number two seed

01:20with a chance to claim home field advantage and the top overall seed.

01:24Diggs has 82 catches for 970 yards and four touchdowns this season

01:30and he's coming off a back-to-back 100-plus yard games against the Ravens and the Jets.

01:35Now we're going to have more information for you all about Diggs' status

01:38for not only their upcoming game against the Dolphins to end the regular season

01:43and the playoffs as well.

01:45Now we're going to have more information about Diggs' status.

01:48Now we're going to have more information about Diggs' status and a Diggs' status for the

01:56competition on Diggs' status.

01:59Now we're going to have an interesting trend to deal with the L.C.