Oct 26, 2025, 11:12 PM ET<\/p>\n
Former NFL MVP Adrian Peterson<\/a> was arrested on charges of driving while intoxicated and unlawful carrying of a weapon, according to online jail records<\/a> in Texas’ Fort Bend County.<\/p>\n The arrests took place Sunday morning in Sugar Land, Texas.<\/p>\n A Fort Bend County spokesperson told the Houston Chronicle<\/a> that Peterson was to spend Sunday night in jail ahead of a meeting with a judge Monday morning, after which he can post bail.<\/p>\n Peterson also was arrested in April<\/a> on a fourth-degree driving while impaired charge after he was clocked driving 83 mph in a 55-mph zone following a public NFL draft party for the Minnesota Vikings<\/a>, his longtime team.<\/p>\n Peterson has been involved in a number of incidents over the years, including domestic violence, child abuse and financial issues.<\/p>\n The 40-year-old was the Vikings’ first-round pick in 2007. In his 15 NFL seasons, he was a four-time All-Pro, a seven-time Pro Bowler and the MVP in 2012. His 14,918 rushing yards rank fifth all time in the NFL.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oct 26, 2025, 11:12 PM ET Former NFL MVP Adrian Peterson was arrested on charges of driving while…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":243284,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-243283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243283\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}