{"id":395843,"date":"2025-11-22T01:19:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T01:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/395843\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T01:19:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T01:19:20","slug":"patriots-stefon-diggs-accused-of-sexual-battery-by-influencer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/395843\/","title":{"rendered":"Patriots&#8217; Stefon Diggs accused of sexual battery by influencer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A\u00a0complaint\u00a0filed against Patriots star Stefon Diggs alleges sexual battery, battery, conspiracy, intentional infliction of emotional distress and defamation.<\/p>\n<p>Christopher Blake Griffith, an online influencer and stylist who claims Diggs hired him to help promote and design his fashion label, filed the\u00a0claims\u00a0and alleges Diggs drugged and attempted to sexually assault him at Diggs\u2019 Maryland home on May 22, 2023, and then conspired to kill him.<\/p>\n<p>Griffith originally made the allegations on Instagram in August, and Diggs subsequently filed a libel lawsuit against Griffith, accusing him of concocting a fake story. Griffith filed the counterclaims on Friday in Maryland\u00a0federal court.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.53064275;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37734333\" width=\"903\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/CW529594.jpg\" alt=\"Stefon Diggs #8 of the New England Patriots runs the ball during the first quarter.\" class=\"wp-image-37734333\"  \/>Stefon Diggs of the New England Patriots runs the ball during the first quarter. Charles Wenzelberg for The New York Post<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChris Griffith is going to have his say and is looking forward to getting justice for the sexual and physical attacks perpetrated against him,\u201d Griffith\u2019s lawyer, Jake Lebowitz of Posey Lebowitz PLLC, told The Post in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>In the suit, obtained by The Post, Griffith alleges Diggs \u201cintentionally drugged\u201d him and then \u201cmade unwanted sexual advances toward\u201d Griffith, including \u201cexposing his genitalia\u201d and \u201cattempting to kiss\u201d him \u201con the mouth.\u201d Griffith alleges Diggs \u201csexually battered\u201d him \u201cby grabbing hold\u201d of his shoulder, pulling him closer and kissing his ear with his tongue. Then, Griffith alleges a week later he was attacked by three of Diggs\u2019 \u201cclose associates,\u201d including his brother, Darez.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When he made his original claims on Instagram in August, Griffith said he was \u201cdisgusted\u201d that UGG had hired Diggs to be the face of its campaign.<\/p>\n<p>He tagged UGG in his post, as well as Sarah Jessica Parker, who posed with Diggs for UGG\u2019s campaign.<\/p>\n<p>In his libel suit, Diggs claimed he, Griffith and other influencers went to a club after attending a charity basketball game in Washington, D.C., and that everyone went back to Diggs\u2019 home afterwards.<\/p>\n<p>Diggs then claimed that he then went to his bedroom, and his assistant asked Griffith to leave the home.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37734335\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2246597456.jpg\" alt=\" Stefon Diggs #8 of the New England Patriots stands prior to a game against the New York Jets at Gillette Stadium on November 13, 2025 in Foxborough, Massachusetts.\" class=\"wp-image-37734335\"  \/>Stefon Diggs of the New England Patriots stands prior to a game against the New York Jets at Gillette Stadium on November 13, 2025 in Foxborough, Massachusetts. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>He is seeking damages and attorneys\u2019 fees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. Griffith is looking forward to showing the world in Court that regardless of the fairy tale fabricated by Mr. Diggs\u2019 high-priced New York Lawyers, he is the victim of Mr. Diggs\u2019 unwanted sexual advances and his brother\u2019s violent attacks,\u201d Lebowitz told The Post of Digg\u2019s libel suit.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tmake every NFL game pay off\t\t<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36699206\" width=\"158\" height=\"158\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/UnderdogLogo_Final_stacked-black.png\" alt=\"underdog fantasy logo\" class=\"wp-image-36699206\" style=\"width:158px;height:auto;aspect-ratio:1;display:block\"  \/> Underdog Fantasy<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/play.underdogfantasy.com\/p-new-york-post\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">Underdog<\/a><\/strong> is where football fans become winners.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Easy player picks<\/li>\n<li>No season-long commitments<\/li>\n<li>Real prizes every single night<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Use promo code <strong>NYPOST5<\/strong> to get $50 in site credits when you play $5!<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tMust be 18+ (19+ in AL, NE; 19+ in CO for some games, 21+ in AZ and MAZ) and present in a state where Underdog operates. Concerned with your play? Call 1-800-GABMLER or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncpgambling.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.ncpgambling.org<\/a>. NY: Call the 24\/7 HOPEline at 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369). New York Post receives revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and when you make a purchase. The Underdog promo code might vary by location.\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Diggs\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/13\/sports\/cardi-b-welcomes-baby-with-patriots-boyfriend-stefon-diggs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">welcomed a baby with his girlfriend, rapper Cardi B<\/a>, earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>He also has two other daughters, Nova and Charliee, with two other women.<\/p>\n<p>In September, a woman named Aileen Lopera filed a paternity suit against Diggs, claiming he was Charliee\u2019s father.<\/p>\n<p>A paternity test later confirmed Diggs was the father,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/11\/05\/parents\/cardi-bs-boyfriend-stefon-diggs-paternity-test-reveals-hes-the-father-of-models-baby\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Page Six reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A\u00a0complaint\u00a0filed against Patriots star Stefon Diggs alleges sexual battery, battery, conspiracy, intentional infliction of emotional distress and defamation.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":395844,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[39278,336,533,1232,62,61680,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-395843","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-celebrity-lawsuits","9":"tag-lawsuits","10":"tag-new-england-patriots","11":"tag-nfl","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-stefon-diggs","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115590724091562931","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=395843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395843\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/395844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=395843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=395843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}