A former Minnesota Viking who runs through Adrian Peterson after Peterson recently appeared in online court in one of his child support cases is a warrant for arrest in Texas, according to court records in Fort Bend County, Texas. Not facing.
The warrant was issued in December when 39-year-old Peterson did not appear in court in the case. After he appeared before the court last week via Zoom, the court rescinded the “Capias” warrant in two child support cases. Records show that both cases were resolved with a qualified domestic relations order (QDRO) that Peterson arranged to pay child support due from his NFL retirement savings. Two cases listed Minnesota women as custody parents.
“Capias had been signed earlier when Peterson didn’t appear directly on the final court date,” court dockett said. “The OAG (Texas Attorney General’s Office) announced that they are withdrawing CAPIAS and announced that an agreed QDRO will be filed in court.”
His spokesperson said in December that the issue was “in relation to misconceptions about Adrian’s court appearances in relation to child support.”
This removes at least one of Peterson’s legal issues, and another major issue is still pending.
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Peterson won over $100 million in his NFL career from 2007 to 2021, and is considered a future professional football hall of fame. However, he took a big risk in October 2016. He received a $5.2 million loan from the Pennsylvania lending company that year, and in March 2017 he promised to pay it back in five months with 12% interest.
An exhibit attached to the loan document in October 2016 shows he is seeking advances in the $18 million contract he expected to come from the Vikings.
However, Peterson had a knee injury that year, so the Vikings refused to win the $18 million option in February 2017, turning Peterson into a free agent. His revenues have since declined dramatically, not exceeding $3.5 million a year. He has not played in the NFL since 2021 and has not paid back that loan. The loan has since swelled to more than $12 million in debt, including interest.
In September, a Houston judge ordered that numerous assets be taken over to pay the liabilities. Court-appointed recipients have also been trying to seize their assets, and have even tried to intercept the NFL trophy and clothing auction last year, court records show. The auction company said the auction has been suspended as a result and is still pending.
Peterson blames the debt of his former financial advisor that USA Today Sports was unable to reach.
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