New England Patriots safety and team captain Jabrill Peppers on has been placed on the commissioner’s exempt list, days after the team captain was charged with assault, strangulation and drug possession following an incident at his Braintree home early Saturday morning.

The girlfriend of 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.

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