NFL huge receiver Stefon Diggs claims damaged-down Basketball Better halves Orlando broad title Mulan Hernandez attempted to intimidate him physically as portion of an extortion try.
In a lawsuit filed on Wednesday, February 26, and acquired by the Houston Myth, Diggs — a free agent who final performed for the Houston Texans — alleges he used to be punched within the chest by Hernandez, “threatened with a deadly weapon” and is the victim of a “memoir of abuse to extort thousands and thousands of bucks.”
Diggs is asking for damages for “defendant misconduct and the destruction of his property.” The lawsuit claims Jones destroyed a wristwatch belonging to the soccer broad title, which TMZ valued at $130K.
The athlete’s licensed skilled, Kent Schaffer, said Diggs, 31, and Hernandez (whose staunch title is Mia Jones) had a “informal” relationship within the months main up to the incident, which allegedly came about in June 2024.
The lawsuit claims Hernandez and Brianna “Brii” Mack — who is also named as a defendant within the lawsuit — destroyed property at Diggs’ condominium and “refused to hasten away.”
Documents drawl Hernandez went to a Houston health facility on the morning of June 7, the date of the alleged incident, for “nausea and vomiting” after a “prolonged night of partying.” Hernandez used to be allegedly discharged interior an hour and denied “physical abuse of any kind.”
Hernandez made a 2nd day out to the health facility every week later, in response to court docket documents, when she claimed she used to be “punched within the again of the pinnacle with a closed fist.”
Diggs has denied physically assaulting Jones.
“My determining is that [Hernandez] and [Mack] on [June 14] went to the health facility collectively making complaints. She used to be handled and launched the identical day,” Schaffer said in an announcement to the Myth. “She didn’t gape [Diggs] that day.”
Schaffer added, “There had been threats coming from [Hernandez] that he needed to pay her money or she used to be going to hasten public and spoil his career. We’re roughly at the level where the threats want to quit. That’s why the decision used to be made to hasten forward and file. At some level it accurate has to total.”
Hernandez, who previously dated NBA broad title Bol Bol, issued an announcement in regards to the alleged incident through her Instagram on Thursday, February 27.
“On June 7th I was assaulted from at the again of by Stefon Diggs at our space, an incident that resulted in a concussion,” she wrote. “Months later when the mediation HIS LEGAL TEAM REQUESTED did not pan out in his favor I was struck with this FABRICATED STORY publicly.”
She persevered, “That is clearly an are attempting to take a watch at [and] bag forward of the truth that’s to arrive again. I WILL NOT BE INTIMIDATED NOR SILENCED. Having to relive this moment is terribly annoying for me particularly in my time of healing. Domestic violence is one thing I attain not wish on any individual [and] the whole lot that’s done within the darkish will arrive to the sunshine.”
