Posted on 10/11/2013 12:10:28 PM PDT by mojito
Adrian Peterson's 2-year-old son—not Adrian Peterson Jr., but a formerly "secret" child—is "not expected to survive his injuries," and could be taken off life support tonight, City Pages reports. On Wednesday, the Sioux Falls boy was allegedly beaten by his mother's boyfriend, Joseph Robert Patterson, 27, who has been charged with aggravated assault and aggravated assault on an infant.
According to a reporter covering the story, the initial confusion surrounding the boy's identity was due to the fact that not even Adrian Peterson is sure the child is his, though Peterson's father later would later describe the boy as a grandson.
It was initially reported by TMZ this morning that Adrian Peterson Jr., Peterson's oft-photographed son, was hospitalized in critical condition. City Pages disputed that account, citing a source claiming the boy was not Peterson's. TMZ amended its account to say the boy was Peterson's son, just not Adrian Peterson Jr. City Pages followed suit.
A reporter whose own outlet isn't going with the story yet tells us this is a separate child, one not publicly known. The mother is a Sioux Falls woman who moved from the Twin Cities soon after the child was born, and believes the boy might be Peterson's, though no paternity test was done. (City Pages claims one was conducted recently.) The reporter also says Peterson has no contact with the woman or the child.
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Sad stuff.
living with a woman without the benefit of a marriage commitment opens hell’s door! Not good and rarely happened in the old days.
the women are idiots?....I agree....what about the men who keep jumping in her bed for sex?....at what point do men get a little squeamish about having sex with a woman who has sex with anybody, and everybody?...
The animal (named Joseph Patterson) who killed the child, by the way, has two suspended sentences - one for assaulting a woman and one for assaulting a three year old.
The judges in SD figured he just needed some anger management classes, not prison.
He had apparently just moved in with Ashley Anne Doohan a few days before and was babysitting the child while she was at work.
Nothing that happens to this individual is undeserved.
The child was not part of his life. A blow-by I think they are called in England.
When we ignore marriage life becomes complicated.
In reality women who have children out of wedlock are less intelligent than women who have their children within the confines of marriage. It is almost an IQ test.
>>Update: the child died from his injuries: http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/11/us/adrian-peterson-son-alleged-assault/
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RIP poor child. I hope the mother does serious time for tjis as well as the killer.
Jeez, poor little kid.
May or may not be AP’s son. Seems like he’s playing tomorrow.
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