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Patriots safety Jabrill Peppers arrested, reportedly faces assault, drug charges
Peppers did not play in Sunday's loss to the Dolphins due to a shoulder injury.
Jabrill Peppers, a Patriots starting safety and team captain, was arrested on Saturday in Braintree and faces multiple charges, according to police.
News of the arrest broke early on Monday, with the 29-year-old Peppers reportedly facing charges of assault, strangulation, and drug possession after an altercation. He is set to appear in court on Monday.
Specifically, police — according to multiple reports — say they responded to a call at a residential address about an altercation between two people. After an investigation, Peppers was arrested and will reportedly be charged with assault and battery, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, strangulation, and possession of a “Class B” substance.
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The victim was reportedly treated at the scene by EMS, per police.
On Monday, the Patriots released a short statement after the news broke:
“We are aware of the incident involving Jabrill Peppers over the weekend in which the police are currently investigating. We will have no further comments at this time.”
Later on Monday, New England head coach Jerod Mayo was asked about the incident during his weekly WEEI interview on “The Greg Hill Show.”
“He called me that morning,” Mayo said of Peppers on Saturday. “I knew what was going on. We’ve informed the NFL what was going on and we’re still gathering information.”
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Asked if Peppers was still on the team, Mayo said that he is.
“I don’t think anyone knows the facts,” he added. “It’s a process.”
Mayo also told reporters later on Monday that he’d spoken to the team about it.
“I’ve already addressed it with the team,” he said. “That message is really for the team. What I will say is, all throughout training camp, all throughout the season, we talk about situations that happen around the league so we can learn from other people. As we gather information, I think the players need to know about it so we can learn from whatever happened.”
Following the comments from Mayo, Peppers appeared in front of a judge at Quincy District Court.
“He’s not going to comment now,” Peppers’s attorney told Boston 25 reporter Ryan Breslin. “What I said in the courtroom I’ll repeat: We have evidence that completely contradicts the alleged victim’s story, and I expect my client to be fully exonerated.”
Asked a follow-up about if the evidence he cited was “video evidence,” Peppers’s attorney replied, “Yes, and other evidence as well.”
Peppers, who was voted a team captain by Patriots players prior to the start of the 2024 season, did not play in Sunday’s 15-10 loss to the Dolphins at Gillette Stadium due to what the team listed as a shoulder injury.
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He signed with the Patriots in 2022 (having originally been a first-round pick by the Browns out of the University of Michigan in 2017).
Earlier in 2024, Peppers signed a contract extension with the Patriots totaling three years and worth $24 million. Mayo credited him for his attitude after the extension was announced.
“I am very happy for Peppers and for his family, and also for our team and our organization,” said Mayo in July. “He really embodies everything that we want on the field. He’s very selfless. He’s out there flying around all the time.”
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