The girlfriend of New England Patriots safety and team captain Jabrill Peppers has accused him of choking her, hitting her head against a wall and pushing her down a flight of stairs during a domestic dispute at Peppers' Braintree apartment in the early hours of Saturday, Oct. 5, the day after Peppers turned 29.

Peppers was charged with assault and battery on an intimate partner, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, strangulation and possession of cocaine. He pleaded not guilty at his arraignment in Quincy District Court on Monday and was released on $2,500 cash bail.

Peppers told Braintree police that he and his girlfriend were arguing, and he was trying to get her to leave his apartment. He denied putting his hands on her, according to the police report.

"He said that she was making those allegations to destroy his career," the report reads.

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