Stefan Diggs’ ex-personal chef was “goofing around,” dancing and enjoying herself at a colleague’s home just days after the NFL star allegedly choked her, as captured in a video shared at the tail-end of the trial.
Jamila Adams, who worked as a live-in cook for the NFL wide receiver at his Massachusetts mansion, crashed at coworker Xi Charles’ home for a week following the alleged assault.
Natalia “Tally” Moses, the last witness in the two-day trial, captured the seconds-long clip of Adams — which was shown to the jury hours before Diggs was acquitted.
“We were in Xi’s room there, goofing around, listening to music and dance and stuff,” Moses testified.
In the video, Adams sidesteps to the beat of a song being played on the television while her friends laughed along.
Moses admitted that Adams’ behavior at the time didn’t align with her claims surrounding the purported attack.
Prosecutor Drew Virtue noted that Adams didn’t share the allegations with anyone in Diggs’ circle because of how much they relied on his good graces—fiscally and personally.
“[Diggs] was a sometimes lover, boss, landlord, athlete, celebrity, financially powerful, surrounded by people who were all on his payroll and who liked him. Her behavior does make sense,” Virtue said.
Charles, who Adams stayed with for a week after the alleged assault, was employed as Diggs’ hairdresser.
Virtue, too, admitted that Adams wasn’t the “perfect witness,” in part because of her “complicated” relationship with Diggs, but said that didn’t mean “you should throw away everything she said.”
Meanwhile, Diggs’ lawyer, Andrew Kettlewell, said the prosecution’s whole case relied on Adams’ word and was moot otherwise.
When Adams took the stand on Monday, she cried while testifying that Diggs allegedly slapped her “with an open hand” and choked her at his home on Dec. 2, 2025.
The day of the purported attack, Adams said that she texted Diggs from her bedroom in his house about how she was upset he wasn’t taking her to Miami for the Art Basel expo, even though she had been planning to coordinate outfits with Diggs’ girlfriend Cardi B.
“What was all that s–t you was talking?” Adams recounted Diggs asking before he allegedly smacked her.
“He took his arm and he came around my neck with his elbow … and he began to choke me,” she said through tears.
Adams worked for Diggs from July through December 2025, making $2,000 a week.
She claimed that she and Diggs had a sexual relationship before he hired her.
Three weeks ahead of the trial, Adams’ lawyer may have demanded $5.5 million from Diggs, but she dodged all inquiries relating to the purproted payout.
Diggs pleaded not guilty and was acquitted on Tuesday afternoon.
He faced up to five years in prison on the strangulation charge and two-and-a-half years in jail for misdemeanor assault.
[Notigroup Newsroom in collaboration with other media outlets, with information from the following sources]
