It is a fact made even more terrible by its proximity to what the NFL has been up to for the past 6 or so months; Adrian Peterson was charged with the abuse of his child just before 4 PM on Friday.
Mere days after we were handed the latest developments, indicating the true hanesnes of the NFL's non action on the Ray Rice case, an even bigger star within the marquee of NFL greatness has tarnished his name and thrown yet another black mark across the NFL and its commissioner, Rodger Goodell.
As reports first surfaced on Twitter, details gradually came out alleging that Adrian Peterson had been charged with child abuse. The alleged abuse occurred when Peterson was caught "spanking" his son with a wooden switch. Though no further details about the child (other than the fact that he is in fact Peterson's son) have surfaced since these allegations were first made public, many other details have.
Peterson, who only last October had to deal with the brutal murder of his two year old son in another child abuse case, has been testifying before a grand jury for weeks now and had already set up an agreement with a criminal defense attorney by Friday afternoon. The news was kept quiet by members of the jury and Peterson himself until the official charge was made.
Furthermore, by the time the football word was tuned into the case, it was Peterson's crew who were the only involved parties to make a statement.
“Adrian will address the charges with the same respect and responsiveness he has brought to this inquiry from the beginning," said Peterson's attorney, Rusty Hardin through a statement on Twitter, “It is important to remember that Adrian never intended to harm his son and deeply regrets the unintentional injury."
As of 7:30pm Friday, three hours after the charges were made; the NFL had neglected to make a statement on the matter.
Nevertheless, while Rodger Goodell and the league are still recoiling from the Ray Rice domestic violence charges and have turned an imposition of media science to this case, the Vikings dealt with the issue in a much lower, short term way. Adrian Peterson was deactivated for Sundays game against the Patriots.
*more to come on the NFL's huge problem later this weekend...
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