A jury acquitted New England Patriots safety Jabrill Peppers in his assault and battery trial. Peppers finished testifying earlier Friday by denying he choked or shoved his accuser.
Peppers had been charged with strangulation, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, and assault and battery on a family or household member.
Breaking: A Quincy District Court jury composed of five women and one man unanimously found New England Patriot safety Jabrill Peppers not guilty on all assault counts against him.
New England Patriots safety Jabrill Peppers was acquitted in his assault and battery trial. Peppers was arrested for assault and drug possession in Massachusetts in October. Peppers, 29, was arrested after police responded to an altercation between two people on Oct.
A woman has testified that Patriots safety Jabrill Peppers grabbed her by the neck and slammed her against the wall after she got a phone call while they were in bed.
Jabrill Peppers, a safety for the New England Patriots, was found not guilty on all charges of domestic violence after he repeatedly denied those accusations while testifying in his own defense at his trial.
Jurors deliberated for around an hour before turning in non-guilty verdicts for assault and battery with dangerous weapon, assault and batter and strangulation charges Friday afternoon.
Jabrill Peppers said he felt his reputation was harmed by accusations of domestic violence, but that he was grateful to be cleared.
QUINCY ‒ New England Patriots defensive end Jabrill Peppers, 29, and the woman accusing him of choking her, slamming her head against a wall and throwing her down the stairs of his apartment both testified on the first day of Peppers trial at Quincy District Court on Thursday.
With the cocaine charge out of the way, Peppers can get to the litany of other ugly charges he’s staring down in Massachusetts.
Peppers was arrested in October and charged with assault, strangulation and possession of drugs after an altercation with his girlfriend at his Braintree apartment.
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