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Adrian Peterson was heavily intoxicated at the time of his arrest, which was very out of character for the NFL star ... this according to the club where he was busted early this morning.

Daniel Maher, general manager of Live at Bayou Place, tells TMZ that Peterson has been to the club before, but he has never known him to drink much. Last night, however, Maher said Peterson was ver drunk and was a difficult customer all night.

Maher says Peterson was throwing his ego around and making people mad, so they put him in the VIP area. Maher says when the club was closing, he rushed over to the bar to try and order one last drink and when he wouldn't Maher says Peterson "tried to intimidate the bartender" into selling it to him.

According to Maher, that's when he intervened, but Peterson continued to be "unreasonable." That's when Maher says the off-duty cop intervened, and, as TMZ first reported, Peterson proceeded to shove him.

Maher says during his confrontation with the officer, Peterson assumed a fight stance and looked "like he meant business." Maher says, "He looked really scary and I thought he was gonna attack the cops."

Maher says that once the officers subdued Peterson, the NFL star apologized for his behavior and told cops he doesn't usually drink.

Peterson was eventually booked into jail and charged with resisting arrest.

Calls to Peterson's rep were not returned.

Good ole TMZ all over this.

I sure hope his knee is OK. As they were taking him down I'm sure you could hear screams of "The knee! The knee! Watch the knee!" That's not resisting arrest, that's protecting a career.

Eli wrote: That's just f***ing sad. That's all there is to it.

I have to agree. Sorry, Dan, but most single people DO enjoy the night life, unless they have kids. Even if you make huge wages, even if you make average wages, even if you don't make much. If you have money, though, most people tend to spend it at night clubs or restaurants. If those people don't, you tend to enjoy our national and state parks more often, with beers at 3am (and that can get you in trouble with the cops at many parks, too).

This example is from a different league, of course, but Tony Parker got glass in his eye and couldn't play in the Olympics for France because he was out at the clubs hanging out with famous hip-hop artists. Tony Parker isn't a guy you immediately think is a party animal. You'd be surprised how many people go out late at night...I'd say about 60% of the software developers I've worked with over the course of my career (spanning many companies as I did a lot of my contracts on a fairly short term basis because I liked basically starting and finishing major projects) would go out after work and hit night clubs. These are SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS we're talking about here. Sometimes, they would bring the BUSINESS ANALYSTS or QUALITY ASSURANCE people along. These are not what most would think are "party animals", but it's not about partying most of the time. Most of the time, you're sitting at a table with friends talking over drinks or trying to be seen. Or just people watching. It's not like these clubs are crack houses or brothels. There's a guy who pours drinks, there's a guy who dj's, there are guys who check cards at doors, there are people taking drinks to tables. Maybe some people dancing. It's not as crazy as some people seem to imagine. It's not all Studio 54.

Here's the real problem with this case: The cop didn't like Adrian Peterson questioning his "authoritah" by going back in for a glass of water. This isn't a serious crime. It's not even as serious as Randy Moss's infamous "left turn", which could have caused someone that decided to throw themselves at a moving vehicle in a very zealous attempt to do their job to get hurt.

That said, if he was as drunk as they said he was, they probably should have let him have a glass of water. Probably as sensible a move as any to get that stuff out of his system. Getting caught up on that seems silly. I've seen plenty of people play at being "scary" at night clubs. It doesn't mean anything until they throw a punch. I've been a bouncer, it's a part of the job. You see it every night from drunks. Alcohol does that and there's a reason that most night clubs hire bouncers that can hold their own against a whole lot of people. I wasn't that type, of course, I mostly got good at reasoning with drunks and getting them calmed down. But I worked with one or two guys who were ex-college offensive linemen and could probably have made even Adrian Peterson back down. It's a different matter when there aren't any pads, and 60 pounds/5 inches of reach to throw around in an enclosed area is a big difference.

Rus wrote:Here's the real problem with this case: The cop didn't like Adrian Peterson questioning his "authoritah" by going back in for a glass of water. This isn't a serious crime.

The two stories posted so far about this incident couldn't be more different. 1) Cops come in to clear the club, Peterson asks for a glass of water and is refused and then jumped from behind. 2) Peterson is drunk and belligerent, demands another drink at closing time and is arrested by off duty cops working security.

AD is a typical NFL player with a huge ego thats likes to party. He shoves a cop, I hope he gets the same thing I would get had I been acting like a drunken A-hole all night. But he wont, hes got enough money to buy his way out of anything. If the so call fact are true.

Swell. Well we will see what happens I guess. Can you imagine if that cop had hurt AD's knee?

80 PurplePride 84 wrote:The Bengals and Lions are laughing at us. That's how bad its gotten.

OMG you are not serious. Good grief.

Hopefully he gets an 8 game suspension and the idiots won't be able to rush him back. Might be the best thing that could have happened to him.

This entire situation is suspect, and it's entirely possible that this was just as much Peterson drinking too much and going crazy as it was some cop just trying to make trouble because he saw a big name star. Wouldn't be the first time a cop abused his/her power anyway. I'll wait for further details and the video that supposedly shows everything.

PurpleMustReign wrote:Swell. Well we will see what happens I guess. Can you imagine if that cop had hurt AD's knee?

If AP was drunk and difficult as one report says than anything that happened to his knee in the ensuing scuffle would have been AP's fault and no one else's.

For those who are arguing by saying that he is an adult and therefore entitled to go to clubs and party....I understand your point but you cant argue the fact that it is poor judgement to be there at 2:30 in the morning when your a highly visible easily recognized pro athlete and again (if the the report is true) you are acting like a jerk.

The net result of this could be a visit to Mr. Goodell and having a little extra time to rehab that knee.

thatguy wrote:This entire situation is suspect, and it's entirely possible that this was just as much Peterson drinking too much and going crazy as it was some cop just trying to make trouble because he saw a big name star. Wouldn't be the first time a cop abused his/her power anyway. I'll wait for further details and the video that supposedly shows everything.

I agree that until the details are made known it is probably best to reserve judgement but unfortunately, it also would'nt be the first time some pro athlete tried to abuse his/her status, power or recognition while at a late night club.

It just seems quite out of character. Not that he doesn't go out clubbing, but that there have been no... NO incidents of Peterson being drunk and belligerent before this episode. As for the idea that AD is a big ego athlete, that seems absurd, as all reports about him in the past have emphasized his approachability and charitable nature. Of course, everyone has an off day, but a "resisting arrest" off day? Seems rather suspect to me. But, we'll see.

Maybe it turns out he is a jerk... or maybe Houston cops are jerks... and a club manager bad mouthing a famous patron???? To be honest, that throws up more red flags than anything. It seems like a counter-productive business strategy to bad mouth a famous athlete who was simply an annoying drunk.

radar55 wrote: I agree that until the details are made known it is probably best to reserve judgement but unfortunately, it also would'nt be the first time some pro athlete tried to abuse his/her status, power or recognition while at a late night club.

Or, it could be that the off-duty cops at the club decided to target the famous athlete because they have power issues, which is pretty common in Houston. It's all speculation at this point.

Officials said the group did not leave and the officer had to return and tell them to leave a second time. That's when, according to officials, Peterson said "we heard you the first time" and pushed the officer in the shoulder, causing him to stumble.

Investigators said the officer then told Peterson he was under arrest and asked him to turn around, but Peterson began yelling and turned around to face the officer instead.

It took three off-duty officers to handcuff Peterson as he allegedly continued to resist.

Assuming this is accurate (still to be determined at this point) there could potentially be the charge of assault and battery (in Illinois the applicable charge would be battery, but in Texas it appears they combine assault and battery together). The applicable elements of the offense would be:

•The defendant intentionally or knowingly caused physical contact with the victim when the defendant knew or should have reasonably believed that the victim would regard the contact as offensive or provocative.

The resisting arrest could apply to this alleged offense, but it is curious as to why there (apparently) wasn't a charge of battery filed. It will be interesting to see how it plays out.

Just Me wrote: Assuming this is accurate (still to be determined at this point) there could potentially be the charge of assault and battery (in Illinois the applicable charge would be battery, but in Texas it appears they combine assault and battery together). The applicable elements of the offense would be:

•The defendant intentionally or knowingly caused physical contact with the victim when the defendant knew or should have reasonably believed that the victim would regard the contact as offensive or provocative.

The resisting arrest could apply to this alleged offense, but it is curious as to why there (apparently) wasn't a charge of battery filed. It will be interesting to see how it plays out.

Battery for pushing someone? Doesn't sound like any punches were thrown or anybody injured at all.