Adrian Peterson’s wife addresses his domestic violence arrest

According to reports, Adrian Peterson and his wife Ashley Brown were on a plane, heading back to Houston from Los Angeles when they got into an a verbal altercation. Peterson was removed from the plane and was arrested and booked for felony domestic violence at LAX.

On Tuesday, Ashley Brown posted a statement on the incident, defending her husband Adrian Peterson while asking for privacy as they deal with the issue.

“On Sunday, Adrian and I had a verbal argument,” Ashley Brown posted on Instagram. “Unfortunately, it was on an airplane. At no point did Adrian hit or strike me. This is a private matter between my husband and myself. We ask that everyone respect our privacy so we can focus on what matters most: our children.”

Peterson and Brown were in Los Angeles on Saturday at a DIRECTV event for the Super Bowl. The police received a call at 8:30 a.m. PST about the disturbance, arriving on the scene. A representative for both parties released a statement on Sunday, labeling the incident a “private misunderstanding.” Peterson’s subsequent statement corroborates this claim, as he added that the passenger behind the couple aggravated the situation at hand.

Adrian Peterson releases statement

Adrian Peterson on Monday released a statement on his arrest in which he acknowledged that he had gotten into an argument with Brown. However, he denied any activity that warranted an arrest, contradicting the felony domestic violence charge with which he was tagged.

“I was literally mind-blown that they took me to jail,” Peterson said. “They were like, ‘I’m sorry, Mr. Peterson, but because she had a scratch on her finger, (in) the state of California, we have to take you in.’ I sit there and watch the plane pull back and take off and I’m just like, ‘Wow! I cannot believe this is happening right now. I’m going to jail, and I literally didn’t do anything.’

“It’s blown out of proportion. Me and the wife got into an argument on the plane,” Peterson continued. “That was pretty much the gist of it. I ended up grabbing her hand and taking her ring off her finger. She didn’t press any charges. The state of California pressed charges because there was a scratch on her hand. Literally that’s why I went to jail, because the ring left a scratch on her finger. We just had a disagreement. I know the headlines: Domestic violence. You’d think I beat her up or something. It was nothing like that.”