A judge has granted a request from Patriots receiver Stefon Diggs to postpone his arraignment for allegedly assaulting a personal chef to Feb. 13, records show.
Diggs, 32, had been slated for arraignment in Dedham District Court on Jan. 23.
His lawyer, David Meier, had said in a December court filing that Diggs was seeking a delay because “he has only recently been engaged in this matter and ... he has a previously scheduled professional commitment” on Jan. 23.
Judge Jeanmarie Carroll approved Diggs’s request to push the arraignment back to Feb. 13, five days after the Super Bowl. The Patriots begin the playoffs on Sunday night.
Diggs faces a felony charge of strangulation or suffocation, as well as a misdemeanor charge of assault and battery in connection with an incident that occurred Dec. 2, records show.
A police report filed in court to support the charges said a woman told Dedham officers on Dec. 16 that Diggs had allegedly assaulted her while she was working as a private chef at his residence on Schoolmaster Lane amid a dispute over payment.
The woman said Diggs had entered her unlocked bedroom at the Dedham address. They began arguing in person and he “smacked her across the face,” she told police.
She alleged that he then “tried to choke her using the crook of his elbow around her neck,” and she feared she might black out, the report said.
Meier has asserted Diggs’s innocence, stating that the alleged attack “did not occur” and that the accusations stemmed from “an employee-employer financial dispute that was not resolved to the employee’s satisfaction. Stefon looks forward to establishing the truth in a court of law.”
The defense has also said Diggs is attempting to come to a financial resolution with his accuser.
The NFL said in a recent statement that both Diggs and Patriots defensive lineman Christian Barmore, who faces separate domestic allegations that he denies, currently remain eligible to play. Barmore’s arraignment is scheduled for Feb. 3, records show.
“Pursuant to the Personal Conduct Policy (attached), consideration for placement on the Commissioner Exempt List may be considered following formal charges in the form of an indictment by a grand jury, the filing of charges by a prosecutor, or an arraignment in a criminal court,” the NFL said.
Material from prior Globe stories was used in this report and Sean Cotter of the Globe Staff contributed.
Travis Andersen can be reached at travis.andersen@globe.com.