Top New England Patriots Exec: “Nothing But Respect” For Player Charged With Choking Woman. Seriously?

The legacy media is sworn to fear – else they would be asking New England Patriots officials about a star wide-receiver’s criminal charges.

The Pats released wide receiver Stefon Diggs earlier this month, making him a free agent.

But not because he’s charged with attacking a woman.

The move was supposedly financially motivated, saving the team roughly $16 million in salary-cap space.

But for some strange reason the Pats suits won’t talk about why finances – not an alleged felonious strangulation charge against Diggs – are at the root of his dismissal.

They’re even not ruling out returning him to the team.

Diggs has pleaded not guilty to the felonious-strangulation charge brought against him by his personal female chef.

The chef told Dedham, Massachusetts Police she and Diggs argued about money he owed her for her work.

During a December 2 encounter at his home, she said, he “smacked her across the face” and then “tried to choke her using the crook of his elbow around her neck,” leaving her feeling short of breath, according to police records.

The victim told officers she had trouble breathing and felt she could have blacked out.

Diggs’ attorney has said he “categorically denies these allegations,” calling them unsubstantiated and motivated by a financial dispute.

Diggs is charged with one count of felony strangulation or suffocation and one count of misdemeanor assault and battery.

The Patriots released a statement well the charges are pending saying they support him.

Check what the Patriots did with an accused killer, Aaron Hernandez, who played for them.

During the 2013 offseason, Hernandez was arrested and charged with the murder of Odin Lloyd, a semi-professional player who was dating the sister of Hernandez’s fiancée.

Following his arrest, Hernandez was immediately released by the Patriots.

So why are the Pats suits handling Diggs with kid gloves – even thinking of returning him to the team?

Hernandez was eventually found guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole.

New England Patriots executive vice president of player personnel Eliot Wolf said he decided to send Diggs to free agency based purely on finances.

“Just a variety of factors, looking at financials, ability… Nothing but respect for Stefon,” Wolf said, as reported by USA Today.

“Nothing but respect for Stefon.”