Texas dueling suits over Diggs confrontation with ex-girlfriend

A former girlfriend of New England Patriots wide receiver Stefon Diggs filed a counterclaim in Texas in April alleging he struck her last year and then sought to silence her, setting up dueling lawsuits that portray sharply different versions of a June 7, 2024, confrontation at Diggs's Houston residence. Mulan Hernandez, 24, who appeared on Basketball Wives Orlando, denied Diggs's earlier allegations of wrongdoing and asked a court to award between $250,000 and $1 million for physical and emotional injuries and medical costs, according to court filings.

Hernandez says in the counterclaim that Diggs, 31, punched her in the back of the head with a closed fist on June 7, 2024, and that she was diagnosed with a concussion the same day. The filing also alleges that Diggs immediately attempted to induce her to sign a nondisclosure agreement to prevent the incident from becoming known to the NFL and the public. Hernandez says Diggs sent a personal assistant to Houston in June to press her to sign the agreement and that her attorney contacted Diggs’s counsel in November 2024 to try to hold him accountable.

Diggs filed an earlier suit in February against Hernandez and a third party,...