{"id":963,"date":"2025-07-17T17:43:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T17:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/963\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T17:43:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T17:43:09","slug":"vikings-jordan-addison-pleads-to-wet-reckless-offense-in-dui-case-nfl-expected-to-rule-on-wrs-discipline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/963\/","title":{"rendered":"Vikings&#8217; Jordan Addison pleads to &#8216;wet reckless&#8217; offense in DUI case; NFL expected to rule on WR&#8217;s discipline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Article-featuredImageImg\" alt=\"gettyimages-2191909717.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/gettyimages-2191909717.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"433\" width=\"770\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Representatives for <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/teams\/MIN\/minnesota-vikings\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Minnesota Vikings<\/a> wide receiver <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/players\/3162290\/jordan-addison\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jordan Addison<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/YoungerAssoc\/status\/1945890455566315828\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">announced Thursday<\/a> that Addison has elected to plead to a lesser included vehicular offense in his ongoing DUI case. Younger &amp; Associates shared that Addison will plead to a &#8220;wet reckless,&#8221; a plea bargain option that reduces DUI charges to reckless driving charges.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the plea deal, Addison will pay a standard fine and complete two online courses, after which point his representatives expect his probation will be terminated early in six months. Younger &amp; Associates says that Addison has voluntarily participated in Mothers Against Drunk Driving events and programs and, &#8220;after reflection, decided to enter this plea understanding the ramifications of this decision. He has kept the (Vikings) organization apprised throughout these legal proceedings, and will continue in his full commitment to being a valuable member of his team.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/news\/chiefs-wr-rashee-rice-sentenced-to-jail-time-probation-after-2024-hit-and-run-with-suspension-from-nfl-likely\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>Chiefs WR Rashee Rice sentenced to jail time, probation after 2024 hit-and-run with suspension from NFL likely<\/p>\n<p>\n                    Bryan DeArdo                <\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" alt=\"Chiefs WR Rashee Rice sentenced to jail time, probation after 2024 hit-and-run with suspension from NFL likely\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/rashee-rice-getty.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"152\" width=\"270\"\/><\/p>\n<p>    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>With a resolution reached in Addison&#8217;s legal proceedings, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/1945891081599451304\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">ESPN&#8217;s Adam Schefter posted Thursday<\/a> that the <a href=\"https:\/\/cbssports.com\/nfl\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL<\/a> is now expected to make a ruling on discipline for Addison. Addison likely faces a suspension to begin the 2025 season, which would deprive the Vikings offense and first-year starting quarterback <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/players\/26695214\/j-j-mccarthy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">J.J. McCarthy<\/a> of one of their top playmakers and the co-star of the team&#8217;s wide receiving group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty Images Representatives for Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Jordan Addison announced Thursday that Addison has elected to plead&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":964,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,1282,1535,1239,593,85],"class_list":["post-963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-j-j-mccarthy","tag-jordan-addison","tag-minnesota-vikings","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/963","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=963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}