Top 11 dumbest things done by athletes off the pitch

#4 Peterson takes it all out on his own son

Peterson was indicted in 2014

Minnesota Vikings’ footballer Adrian Peterson was indicted in September 2014 on charges of reckless or negligent injury to a child, in an incident that happened in May 2014.

Peterson had hit his 4-year-old son and the beating resulted in multiple cuts and bruises on the boy’s lower body, and defensive wounds on the boy’s hands. The prosecution in the case alleged that Peterson used a tree branch to beat his young son repeatedly on his back, buttocks, genitals, ankles, and legs.

Various reports suggest that this was the kind of punishment Peterson received during his childhood, and that he vented out all of his anger on his own son. The athlete avoided a jail sentence after reaching a plea agreement with the Texas court later on.