2nd protection petition filed in Peterson case

Published 10:04 am Monday, November 10, 2014

MINNEAPOLIS — Hennepin County prosecutors have filed a second child protection petition in the case connected to Vikings running back Adrian Peterson.

The Star Tribune reports the Vikings’ MVP pleaded no contest Tuesday to recklessly injuring his 4-year-old son when the boy was visiting Peterson in Texas last May.

County Attorney Mike Freeman’s office said the Texas case made it necessary to open a file for each of Peterson’s children who live in the Minnesota county, which contains Minneapolis and St. Paul.

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There has been no allegation of abuse involving the second child. The petition is a technicality.

The petition means the county is providing child protective case management services to two of Peterson’s children. He cannot have unsupervised contact with the second 4-year-old.

Peterson’s attorney in Texas didn’t comment.