While treating a torn acl that ended its 2024 season before, Stefon Diggs is now in the center of an extortion demand.
According to the reports, the open receiver filed a lawsuit earlier this week against Mia Jones, who starred in “Basketball Wives Orlando”, and another woman, claiming extortion.
According to Houston Chronicle, Jones hit Diggs in the chest and “threatened (he) with a mortal weapon” since Jones used it as a “story of abuse to extort millions of dollars.”
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Stefon Diggs, #1 of the Houston Texans, observes from the lateral line before a NFL football match against the Jacksonville Jaguars at the NRG stadium on September 29, 2024 in Houston. (Cooper Neill/Getty Images)
According to the reports, Diggs seeks damage to “misconduct’s misconduct and the destruction of his property.”
“There were threats from [Jones] That he had to pay money or she was going to make public and ruin her career, “said Diggs’s lawyer Kent Schaffer, Houston Chronicle on Thursday.” We are at the point where threats have to stop. That is why the decision was made to move forward and present. At some point you just have to finish. “
The open receiver of the Houston Texans, Stefon Diggs, #1, speaks with the Cj Stud Campo Marshal, #7, after injuring during the second half of a NFL football match against the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday, October 27, 2024 in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith)
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Diggs and Jones had an “informal” relationship last year before the first incident of the alleged on June 7, when it is said that the two women entered the Department of Diggs and “refused to leave.” That day, Diggs was supposedly beaten, and his watch and game system were destroyed.
Then, women supposedly tried to extort Diggs money later, which led to “severe emotional anguish,” according to Chronicle.
Diggs was changed to the Houston Texans last year, but broke his ACL in his eighth game of the season in October; Now he is a free agent. Before that, Diggs, 31, had six consecutive campaigns of 1,000 yards, leading the League in 2020 with the Buffalo Bills.
The Houston Texans open receiver, Stefon Diggs, #1, greets fans while it leaves the field after injuring themselves during the second half of a NFL football match against the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday, October 27, 2024 in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith)
He began his career with the Minnesota Vikings, spending five seasons there before heading to Buffalo for four.
