Two warrants have been issued for former NFL star Adrian Peterson stemming from two separate child support cases.
The former Minnesota Vikings running back, who is estimated to have earned more than $100 million throughout his 14 years in the NFL, has been the subject of capias warrants issued in Fort Bend County, Texas, over monies owed.
According to USA Today, the warrants were issued after Peterson failed to appear for a hearing before the 328th Judicial District Court on December 5. Separate cash bonds of $9,500 and $7,500 were issued with the warrants.
Addressing the issue, Peterson's publicist, Denise White, said in a statement: "The current legal case is related to a misunderstanding regarding Adrian's court appearances as it relates to child support, and he is actively working with his legal team to resolve this matter as quickly as possible."
"He is committed to clearing up this situation and moving forward positively," White said.
Newsweek has reached out to his publicist for further comment.
While traditional arrest warrants require an ascertainment that there is evidence a crime may have been committed, Peterson's capias warrant stems from his failure to appear in court over the issues.
The two cases list women based in Minnesota as custodial parents of the children. On Monday, a judge signed a qualified domestic relations order in one of the cases, giving the child the right to receive a share of Peterson's NFL benefits.
Peterson, who hasn't played in the NFL since 2021, has six children. In 2014, he was charged with felony child abuse after using a switch to spank his then 4-year-old son, which resulted in a suspension. The incident left his son with cuts and bruises all over his body, including in the buttocks and scrotum area.
The football star pleaded no contest to a reduced charge of misdemeanor reckless assault for his role in the incident, which resulted in a two-year probation period, a $4,000 fine, 80 hours of community service and a one-year NFL suspension.
In 2018, Peterson admitted that he still used a belt to discipline his son. Speaking with Bleacher Report, he said: "I had to discipline my son and spank him the other day with a belt."
The former All-Pro said at the time that he also disciplined his children in various other ways, including making them do wall squats, sitting in timeout and taking away their electronics.
"There's different ways I discipline my kids. I didn't let that change me," Peterson said in the article.
In a separate case, Peterson, 39, is facing the prospect of property seizures over an estimated $12 million debt, stemming from a $5.2 million loan he took from a Pennsylvania lending company but failed to repay.
Peterson has blamed his former financial adviser for the issues. In September, the athlete stated that he had taken out a business loan that his then-advisor had assured would be repaid from a business they co-owned with another partner.
In September, a Houston-based judge issued an order for Peterson to turn over assets to help pay off the sizable sum.
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