Adrian Peterson arrested for DWI after appearance at Vikings NFL draft party

Vikings legend Adrian Peterson was booked into the Hennepin County Jail on a fourth-degree driving while impaired charge before being released early Friday morning in Minnesota, according to TMZ Sports.Peterson was reportedly pulled over at 3:20 a.m.after going 83 in a 55 mph zone.

The 40-year-old former running back was breathalyzed and blew a .14, well above the legal limit of a .08.Peterson, who was at U.S. Bank Stadium earlier in the evening as a featured guest at the team’s 2025 NFL draft party, was booked at 5:16 a.m.and took a mug shot at the county jail.Per jail records obtained by Bring Me the News, Peterson’s bail was set at $4,000 and his court date is May 9. Fourth-degree DWI is a misdemeanor charge in Minnesota and usually applies to first-time offenders.Peterson, who last played in 2021, has a spotted legal record.

He was indicted by a grand jury in 2014 on charges of reckless or negligent injury to a child and later pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of recklessly assaulting his son.He was suspended for all but one game of the 2014 season over the incident.He also got into trouble over defaulting on a 2016 loan and in 2024, had some personal assets forcibly seized to pay back an owed $8.3 million to DeAngelo Vehicle Sales LLC.Additionally, Peterson was arrested in 2022 over a domestic violence incident with his wife that caused him to be removed from a plane going from Los Angeles to Houston.

His wife, Ashley, later described the incident as a verbal argument, saying that Peterson did not hit her during the flight.The Los Angeles District Attorney’s office dropped the domestic violence charge against Peterson.Peterson was the 2012 NFL MVP and a four-time All-Pro, finishing his career with 14,918 rushing yards and 120 touchdowns....