Adrian Peterson child abuse

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The latest attempt by star running back Adrian Peterson to get back on the field will come in a federal courtroom. Attorneys for the NFL Players Association were scheduled to argue Friday for the Minnesota Vikings standout’s reinstatement from a suspension levied by the league under its divisive personal conduct policy. The […]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The NFL Players Association has filed a federal lawsuit for Adrian Peterson, asking the court to dismiss an arbitrator’s decision to uphold the NFL’s punishment of the star running back. The petition was filed Monday in Minnesota, where the NFLPA has often gone to contest labor matters with the league. Peterson was […]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Adrian Peterson says he realizes moving on from the Minnesota Vikings might be best for both him and the team. In an interview published Thursday by USA Today, Peterson said he believes the coaches and players on the team are fully behind him but that feelings in the organization toward him are […]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The mother of Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson’s son said Wednesday she supports a plea deal that gave Peterson probation on a charge of abusing the boy. She also hopes the NFL doesn’t impose any additional punishment. Peterson acknowledged using a wooden switch to discipline his 4-year-old son earlier this year. […]

NFL star Adrian Peterson has reached a plea deal in his child-abuse case and is not expected to serve any jail time, a source confirmed to ESPN’s Michele Steele. The Minnesota Vikings player will enter a plea Tuesday afternoon to a lesser charge than the felony child-abuse charge that he is currently facing, the source […]

CONROE, Texas (AP) — A Texas judge has tentatively set a Dec. 1 trial date for Vikings star running back Adrian Peterson on a charge of felony child abuse for using a wooden switch to discipline his 4-year-old son. Judge Kelly Case set the date Wednesday as Peterson made his first court appearance in suburban […]

A day before Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson makes his first court appearance in Texas, ESPN is reporting that he will plead not guilty to child abuse charges, and not even consider pleading guilty in an attempt to expedite his return to the playing field. Mary Flood, the spokesperson for Peterson’s attorney, Rusty Hardin, […]

The mother of Adrian Peterson came to his defense Wednesday in her first public comments since the running back’s indictment for child abuse, saying he has six kids and “wants to be a good father to them all,” reports ESPN.com. “I don’t care what anybody says,” Bonita Jackson, 50, said in an interview with the […]

The NFL is trying to manage two controversial domestic abuse cases involving high-profile black players by hiring three female domestic violence experts – all white – to advise a league that is 70 percent black. The women are: Lisa Friel, former head of the sex crimes prosecution unit in the New York County District Attorney’s […]

They say timing is everything. With that in mind, maybe Detroit Lions running back Reggie Bush should have kept his thoughts on disciplining his daughter to himself. Yesterday Bush was out doing interviews as part of a sponsor campaign for Taco Bell. However, after his chat on WFAN radio, most folks won’t be thinking about […]

More bad news for Adrian Peterson. Like they say money talks. We had a feeling that when the NFL’s advertisers decided they didn’t like the messy situation they were seeing things would change. We told you about Radisson Hotels suspending their sponsorship of the Minnesota Vikings due to the team’s and Peterson’s messy circumstances. It […]

Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson will be back on the gridiron against the New Orleans Saints on Sunday, the team has announced. The Vikings deactivated Peterson in the wake of allegations he abused his 4-year-old son by beating him with a switch. Peterson had been indicted for felony child abuse. But now, the team […]