His attorney, Rusty Harden, released this statement: Peterson was reportedly cooperative and calm while dealing with authorities and had the belief he had done nothing wrong. The child told his mother that Peterson “likes belts and switches” and “has a whooping room.”
He also said that he had been hit by a belt and that “there are a lot of belts in Daddy’s closet.” He added that Peterson put leaves in his mouth when he was being hit with the switch while his pants were down. In further text messages, Peterson allegedly said, “Never do I go overboard! But all my kids will know, hey daddy has the biggie heart but don’t play no games when it comes to acting right.”Īccording to police reports, the child, however, had a slightly different story, telling authorities that “Daddy Peterson hit me on my face.” The child also expressed worry that Peterson would punch him in the face if the child reported the incident to authorities. N save the whooping for needed memories!” But I felt so bad, n I’m all tearing that butt up when needed! I start putting them in timeout. Peterson also allegedly said via text message to the child’s mother that he “felt bad after the fact when I notice the switch was wrapping around hitting I (sic) thigh” and also acknowledged the injury to the child’s scrotum in a text message, saying, “Got him in nuts once I noticed. I got kinda good wit the tail end of the switch.” Peterson then texted the boy’s mother, saying that one wound in particular would make her “mad at me about his leg. The beating allegedly resulted in numerous injuries to the child, including cuts and bruises to the child’s back, buttocks, ankles, legs and scrotum, along with defensive wounds to the child’s hands. As punishment, Peterson grabbed a tree branch – which he consistently referred to as a “switch” – removed the leaves and struck the child repeatedly. Peterson’s son had pushed another one of Peterson’s children off of a motorbike video game. Here is the alleged story featuring a set of very intriguing text messages. Those charging Peterson are basically accusing him of child abuse, while the Pro-Bowler sees it as a misunderstood case in which he was simply disciplining his child within his parental rights. “The Vikings are in the process of gathering information regarding the legal situation involving Adrian Peterson,” the Vikings said in a statement.
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