Stephon Gilmore’s wife denies husband had dinner with Cam Newton

Asked about Gilmore's tweets from the previous day, Schefter defended the veracity of his reporting Wednesday morning during an appearance on Boston's WEEI radio.

Schefter went on to further stand behind his original reporting on the purported dinner in an extensive manner, which is relayed in a report from CBS Boston filed Wednesday.

“I was doing a radio show. I don’t remember the specific language that I said,” Schefter said on WEEI. “I thought I said that they had dinner together. Maybe I said they were out to dinner. I don’t remember, OK, the semantics, again, because I don’t know exactly where they had dinner, to be perfectly frank. But I don’t believe it was out to dinner, like out in Boston. Right, but they had dinner together on Friday night.”

Testing of Patriots players last Tuesday led to Gilmore’s positive result. The Patriots canceled Wednesday’s practice session as a result.

Meanwhile, Newton tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of an Oct. 5 road game against the Kansas City Chiefs. The Patriots quarterback did not play in the game. However, Gilmore did travel with the team to K.C. and played in the game before he tested positive later in the week.