BOSTON — New England Patriots security Jabrill Peppers completed testifying Friday in his assault and battery trial by denying he choked or shoved his accuser.
Peppers, who first took the witness stand on Thursday, has been on trial this week on costs of assault and battery with a harmful weapon. A lady testified Thursday that Peppers grabbed her by the neck, slammed her in opposition to the wall and pushed her down the steps after one other man known as her cellphone a number of occasions whereas they have been in mattress.
Alongside along with her testimony, prosecutors confirmed a number of movies of the incident, wherein Peppers might be seen asking the bare girl to repeatedly go away his home in Braintree, Mass. The lady mentioned Peppers was filming her and taunting her, as she tried to get her belongings and depart after the alleged assault.
The police report of the October incident helps the girl’s testimony. Police mentioned she refused to go to a hospital and was handled on the house for her accidents.
“He grabbed me by the neck and slammed me in opposition to the wall,” the girl mentioned, at occasions getting emotional. “My ft weren’t touching the wall and he was holding me up in opposition to the wall.”
Throughout cross-examination on Thursday, Marc Brofsky, the lawyer for Peppers, challenged the girl’s account and the extent of her accidents. He additionally famous the $9.5 million civil lawsuit the girl has filed in opposition to Peppers, alleging she was “in search of cash.”
Peppers missed seven video games since being positioned on the commissioner’s exempt record on Oct. 9 following the incident.
The Patriots signed Peppers, a security in his third season with the workforce, to an extension over the summer time. Peppers was initially drafted by Cleveland in 2017 and spent two seasons with the Cleveland Browns earlier than taking part in for the New York Giants for 3 seasons. His present contract with the Patriots runs by way of 2027.
