Adrian Peterson Responds To Missing NFL Meeting After Child Abuse Charges. Get The Case Details Here.. (PHOTOS Included)

UPDATE: (11/18/2014)

CNN is reporting that the Minnesota Vikings star running back Adrian Peterson will be suspended without pay for the rest of the 2014 NFL season, according to an NFL statement.

He will not be reinstated before April 15 because he violated the league's personal conduct policy "in an incident of abusive discipline that he inflicted on his four-year-old son last May," the league said.

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ORIGINAL STORY:

(CNN) -- The NFL is set to hold a grievance hearing Monday that could put running back Adrian Peterson back on the gridiron, but the hearing follows a weekend of debate over whether the league is treating the Minnesota Vikings star fairly.

Peterson has been on the NFL's exempt/commissioner's permission list -- which kept him off the field, with pay -- since September, after allegations he disciplined his 4-year-old son too harshly with a "switch" or thin stick. Initially charged with felony child abuse, Peterson pleaded no contest to misdemeanor reckless assault earlier this month.

The running back avoided jail time, receiving probation, community service and a $4,000 fine. The Judge then sealed Peterson's case file!

NFL says that he must attend a league hearing to have the exempt status lifted. The NFL told the NFL Players Association in September that Peterson would be removed from the list once the charges against him were adjudicated.

The matter of a Friday review of his case, however, has the NFL and NLFPA at odds, as the league claims Peterson skipped the review.

Peterson also has provided only "cursory materials" in response to the NFL's request for more information on the case, the statement said.

The NFL official told CNN alternative dates were offered for last week's review, but they were deemed unacceptable, so the NFL conducted the review without Peterson present.

"We had hoped that Adrian would take advantage of his opportunity to be heard and present whatever information he believes should be considered before a decision on discipline, counseling and services is made. Because he and the NFLPA elected not to do so, we will have to address this based on the information currently available to us," the official said.

Peterson says the claims of him missing the meeting are “not true." 

He stated,

"At this point, I've resolved my matter in the criminal court; I've worked to make amends for what I've done; I've missed most of the season, and I stand ready to be candid and forthcoming with (NFL Commissioner Roger) Goodell about what happened. However, I will not allow the NFL to impose a new process of discipline on me, ignore the (collective bargaining agreement), ignore the deal they agreed to with me, and behave without fairness or accountability.”

"The process they are pushing is arbitrary, inconsistent, and contrary to what they agreed to do, and for those reasons, I never agreed to the hearing."

Photos obtained by TMZ allegedly show Peterson's son's leg covered in marks.Some of the marks in the photo appeared to have broken the skin.

More on the beating:

REPORTED FACTS OF PETERSON CASE

According to various media reports here are the alleged facts of the case:

• Peterson grabbed a tree branch (which he referred to as a “switch”), removed the leaves and struck the child repeatedly with the stick.
• The beating allegedly resulted in numerous injuries to the child, including cuts and bruises to the child’s back, buttocks, ankles, legs and scrotum, along with defensive wounds to the child’s hands.
• Peterson sent a text message to the boy’s mother, saying that one wound in particular would make her “mad at me about his leg. I got kinda good wit the tail end of the switch.”
• Peterson said via text message to the child’s mother that he “felt bad after the fact when I notice the switch was wrapping around hitting I (sic) thigh”
• Peterson said via text message “Got him in nuts once I noticed. But I felt so bad, n I’m all tearing that butt up when needed! I start putting them in timeout. N save the whooping for needed memories!”
• Peterson said via text message “Never do I go overboard! But all my kids will know, hey daddy has the biggie heart but don’t play no games when it comes to acting right.”
• The child said “Daddy Peterson hit me on my face.”
• The child expressed worry that Peterson would punch him in the face if the child reported the incident to authorities.
• The child said that he had been hit by a belt and that “there are a lot of belts in Daddy’s closet.”
• The child said that Peterson put leaves in his mouth when he was being hit with the switch while his pants were down.
• The child told his mother that Peterson “likes belts and switches” and “has a whooping room.”
• Peterson, admitted to the police that he had “whooped” his son on the backside with a switch as a form of punishment.
• Peterson also admitted to the police that he administered two different “whoopings” to his son.

Do YOU think Person should ever be able to play again?