Ex-Patriots Teammate Allegedly Involved In Jabrill Peppers Legal Case
New England Patriots safety Jabrill Peppers’ legal issues appear to be resolved, but his recent trial opened up an entirely new can of worms.
Peppers’ former teammate appears to be involved.
The Boston Herald’s Flint McColgan covered the trial, releasing a full story that detailed key events from it — including a quote from prosecuting attorney Abigail Bird that points to JuJu Smith-Schuster possibly being involved.
You can read an excerpt from the story below:
“He didn’t want her to be his girlfriend. But he didn’t want her to sleep with his teammate,” she said. “He didn’t want her to be his girlfriend, but he wanted her to know, while they were having sex, that it felt different, that she had been with another man.”
The altercation began, both sides testified, after the woman’s phone rang and rang and rang while the pair were being intimate. It was “Juju” calling, and there were heart emojis next to his name.
The woman had testified that Peppers had told her she was being a “hoe” and sleeping around and the phone call made him incensed. Peppers said he was frustrated because she kept trying to hop on him to have unprotected sex — an escalation in their relationship he didn’t want.
Smith-Schuster was not confirmed to be the person calling, though the included quote certainly makes it look like a possibility.
Peppers was arrested on Oct. 5, which came two months following Smith-Schuster’s release from the club. The Kansas City Chiefs signed the wide receiver on Aug. 26, several weeks before the arrest.