{"id":732450,"date":"2026-06-12T19:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T19:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/732450\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T19:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T19:16:09","slug":"nfl-closes-personal-conduct-policy-investigation-of-stefon-diggs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/732450\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL closes Personal Conduct Policy investigation of Stefon Diggs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a jury acquitted free-agent receiver <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nfl\/players\/28534\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Stefon Diggs;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Stefon Diggs&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stefon Diggs<\/a> of felony strangulation and misdemeanor assault, the NFL <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/stefon-diggs-case-remains-under-review-by-the-nfl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:did not close;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;did not close&quot;}\">did not close<\/a> its Personal Conduct Policy investigation arising from the underlying allegations.<\/p>\n<p>It now has.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Per multiple reports, the NFL has ended the investigation. The league found that the evidence to support a finding of a violation was not sufficient.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s unclear whether the alleged victim, Mila Adams, was interviewed by the NFL. The league has no subpoena power, and it has no way to force non-employees of the league or its teams to cooperate.<\/p>\n<p>Adams&#8217;s testimony at the Diggs criminal trial was ultimately not persuasive. The cross-examination demonstrated many flaws in the story. Ultimately, the case arguably should not have been pursued.<\/p>\n<p>The NFL uses a much lower bar than the rigorous requirement of proof beyond a reasonable doubt that applies in criminal court. Even under that reduced standard, there was not enough evidence for the league to find that Diggs had done anything wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Diggs remains a free agent. He generated more than 1,000 receiving yards during the 2025 season with the Patriots, one year after suffering a torn ACL.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After a jury acquitted free-agent receiver Stefon Diggs of felony strangulation and misdemeanor assault, the NFL did not&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":732451,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,21286,354382,354383,593,234910,85,15203],"class_list":["post-732450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-free-agent","tag-mila-adams","tag-misdemeanor-assault","tag-nfl","tag-personal-conduct-policy","tag-sports","tag-stefon-diggs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/732450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=732450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/732450\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/732451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=732450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=732450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=732450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}