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Report: Adrian Peterson Will Not Be Charged by LA County District Attorney

Peterson and his wife were involved in a domestic incident on an airplane at LAX on Sunday after attending a Super Bowl party.
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Report: Adrian Peterson Will Not Be Charged by LA County District Attorney
Report: Adrian Peterson Will Not Be Charged by LA County District Attorney

Former Oklahoma running back Adrian Peterson will not be charged by the Los Angeles County District Attorney following his arrest Sunday at Los Angeles International Airport.

Peterson was arrested Sunday morning on what airport authorities claimed was a domestic violence incident, as reported by TMZ Sports.

The aircraft reportedly taxied back to the terminal, and authorities boarded and detained Peterson. His wife, Ashley, was allowed to remain on board and flew back home to Houston.

In a telephone interview Monday, Peterson told Fox 26 in Houston that he and his wife “got into an argument on the plane. That was pretty much the gist of it. I ended up grabbing her hand and taking her ring off her finger,” and that the ring “left a scratch on her finger.”

He said authorities told him it was state law he be arrested because his wife had a scratch on her finger.

“Only thing I will say is it looks horrible because ‘Adrian Peterson arrested for domestic violence,’ “ he said. “I don’t hit women. It’s not that type of situation and it just looks bad.”

“We just had a disagreement. I know the headlines, ‘domestic violence.’ You’d think I beat her up or something. It was nothing like that.”

Ashley Peterson did not press charges.

TMZ also reported Peterson's case will now be referred to the Los Angeles City Attorney, who could still charge Peterson with misdemeanor domestic violence.

Peterson, 36, was booked into the Los Angeles Police Department Pacific Division and was released Sunday afternoon on $50,000 bail.

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JOHN E. HOOVER

John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more. In 2016, John changed careers, migrating into radio and launching a YouTube channel, and has built a successful independent media company, DanCam Media. From there, John has written under the banners of Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Fan Nation and a handful of local and national magazines while hosting daily sports talk radio shows in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and statewide. John has also spoken on Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in a successful effort to put more certified athletic trainers in Oklahoma public high schools. Among the dozens of awards he has won, John most cherishes his national "Beat Writer of the Year" from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Oklahoma's "Best Sports Column" from the Society of Professional Journalists, and Two "Excellence in Sports Medicine Reporting" Awards from the National Athletic Trainers Association. John holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from East Central University in Ada, OK. Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School in Ada, OK. He enjoys books, movies and travel, and lives in Broken Arrow, OK, with his wife and two kids.

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