Vikings suspend indicted running back Peterson

Minnesota Vikings have announced that running back Adrian Peterson has been suspended indefinitely from all team activities amid his child abuse case.

Peterson was indicted last week in Montgomery County, Texas, on a count of reckless or negligent injury to a child, after he reportedly used a switch, or a tree branch, to discipline his son.

The 29-year-old sat out the Vikings’ defeat against New England Patriots at the weekend but had been reinstated by the franchise, a decision which led to widespread criticism.