Disturbing text messages between Adrian Peterson and child's mother

Just as you thought the domestic abuse incident involving Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice was dying down, another violent scandal has rocked the NFL. This time it is Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons.

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Peterson is accused of hitting his son with a switch, which he claims was normal discipline. The pictures are graphic and even more disturbing might be the text messages sent between Peterson and the child’s mother.

CBS Houston reports that Peterson allegedly sent the following texts to the boy’s mother:

"Peterson then texted the boy’s mother, saying that one wound in particular would make her “mad at me about his leg. I got kinda good wit the tail end of the switch.”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. But I felt so bad, n I’m all tearing that butt up when needed! I start putting them in timeout. N save the whooping for needed memories!”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.”"

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Disturbing text messages between Adrian Peterson and child’s mother

By Mike Dyce | Sep 12, 2014