A water main break has delayed a trial scheduled Wednesday for Patriots safety Jabrill Peppers on allegations that he shoved his girlfriend’s head into a wall and repeatedly choked her after she received a phone call while they were in bed together.

New England Patriots safety Jabrill Peppers is scheduled to go on trial Wednesday in Quincy, Massachusetts on domestic violence charges.

Jabrill Peppers was set to go on trial Wednesday until a water main broke in the Quincy courthouse the proceedings were set to be held in.

Prosecutors say Jabrill Peppers smashed a woman's head against a wall and threw her down stairs. Peppers' lawyer says video evidence proves that didn't happen.

Patriots safety Jabrill Peppers was due to stand trial today on criminal charges. The start of the trial was delayed by a day, for reasons other than the case itself. Via the Associated Press, a water main break closed the courthouse in Quincy, Massachusetts until Thursday. The case will begin then.

Patriots safety Jabrill Peppers is accused of assaulting a woman “right after a sexual encounter,” according to court documents.

Peppers was arrested in October and charged with assault, strangulation and possession of drugs after an altercation with his girlfriend at his Braintree apartment.

Patriots player Jabrill Peppers is charged with cocaine possession and assaulting a woman. He wants some evidence barred from the upcoming trial.

A woman told police that in the early morning of Oct. 5, Peppers, who she said she’d been seeing “on and off,” grabbed her by the neck and pushed her against a wall as he told her to leave his Braintree home.

The domestic assault trial of New England Patriots safety Jabrill Peppers begins Wednesday at Quincy District Court.

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