MINNEAPOLIS: NFL star running back Adrian Peterson (pictured) turned himself in to Texas authorities early yesterday, hours after he was indicted on charges of hitting his four-year-old son with a tree branch.
ESPN.com said Peterson was booked into the Montgomery County, Texas jail around 1:06am (0606 GMT) and released about half an hour later after posting the $15,000 bond.
He has been indicted by a grand jury on charges reckless or negligent injury to a child.
The emerging scandal is only the latest to hit the world’s richest sports league.
The NFL is also reeling from the uproar caused by a surveillance video of former Baltimore Ravens star Ray Rice brutally punching the woman who is now his wife in a hotel elevator.
The charges against Peterson were in connection with disciplining his four-year-old son. The Minnesota Vikings running back allegedly hit the boy with a tree branch as a form of discipline over the summer. The punishment allegedly resulted in multiple injuries to the boy, Houston’s CBS radio 650 said.
The league’s former most valuable player was summoned by a grand jury in Texas, his lawyer said, reportedly on charges of reckless or negligent injury to a child. AFP
