Stefon Diggs’ offseason wasn’t a delightful one, particularly, and it seems like there’s no end to it. The NFL star’s ongoing legal war with Christopher Blake Griffith, the man accusing him of drugging and sexually assaulting him, just took a twist. Reports are flying that Griffith “handed over” 100+ pages of texts and Instagram DMs to “support his claims” in court. Sounds explosive, right? Except that’s not really what happened. Here’s the full story, minus the clickbait spin.
Stefon Diggs actually asked for the messages first
Let’s get the sequence straight, because a lot of outlets are conveniently skipping this part. Diggs claimed during discovery that Griffith never turned over their Instagram messages. Diggs also said he can’t pull up the old chats himself because Griffith blocked him on the app. So Diggs asked the judge to make Griffith cough up the messages. That’s it. That’s the origin story.Griffith’s new court filing is simply his reply to that request. He says he already produced over 100 pages of communications between himself and Diggs, spanning both iMessage and Instagram, and that Diggs already has copies of these messages too. So the “accuser drops 100 pages of receipts” framing making the rounds? It’s technically true that the pages exist, but it skips the fact that this whole thing started because Diggs’ team demanded them. Calling it a bombshell reveal is a stretch. It’s a routine discovery dispute dressed up as a smoking gun.
What’s actually going on in the Diggs-Griffith case
For context, this isn’t a random beef. Griffith countersued Diggs last year, alleging he was drugged with candy, which Diggs kept offering him, then sexually assaulted at Diggs’ home. Griffith also claims he was threatened after rejecting Diggs, and later violently attacked outside his LA apartment. Diggs denies every bit of it and originally sued Griffith for defamation, claiming he was spreading lies and dragging the NFL, the Patriots, and UGG into it through social media tags.Griffith has also asked the court to force Diggs to open up his financial records, arguing the allegations have cost Diggs money and he shouldn’t get to “sue and hide.” None of these claims, from either side, have been proven in court. No judge has ruled on the merits of anything yet.And this isn’t even Diggs’ only legal headache. He was also charged with assaulting his former personal chef, though a Massachusetts jury acquitted him on those charges back in May after video evidence showed the alleged victim dancing after the incident she said happened.Bottom line: nobody outside this courtroom knows what’s actually written in those messages. Until they’re unsealed or leaked, treat every “this proves Diggs is guilty” headline with a raised eyebrow. Right now, it’s less a bombshell and more a paperwork fight that got a dramatic press release treatment.
