-Adrian Peterson is committed to fighting child abuse charges and the Minnesota Vikings running back will not consider a guilty plea when he appears in Montgomery County (Texas) court Wednesday morning.

A spokesperson for Peterson’s attorney Rusty Hardin, Mary Flood, told ESPN.com in an email Tuesday that Peterson will fight charges of reckless or negligent injury to a child, stemming from an incident where he used a switch to discipline his son during a visit to his home in Texas earlier this year.

Speculation that Peterson would seek a plea deal to expedite his return from the commissioner’s exempt list — which pays Peterson his salary of $11.75 million this season but makes him ineligible to play or practice — but Hardin has been consistent in stating Peterson does not want a deal.

—Adrian Peterson responded via social media to an in-depth report that claimed fraudulent practices by his charity and inappropriate use of those funds.

“It’s SAD how people these days will believe anything reported by media sources that don’t take the time to be GREAT!!!,” Peterson’s Twitter feed (@AdrianPeterson) read Monday night. “Just in-general!,” the next post read.

The Star Tribune reported Monday that Peterson was involved in a 2011 incident in Eden Prairie, Minn., that resulted in a rape accusation and a police investigation, although no criminal charges were filed. According to the police report, two of Peterson’s relatives, including Peterson’s brother, a minor, were involved in a night of drinking and sex. Peterson’s relative told police he paid for the night using a company credit card for Peterson’s All Day, Inc.

—The NFL is trying to locate an individual accused of directing a laser pointer at Buffalo Bills players during Sunday’s game against the Lions at Detroit’s Ford Field.

Bills holder Colton Schmidt said a laser was pointed at him on a 50-yard field goal attempt that Bills kicker Dan Carpenter missed in the third quarter. Buffalo quarterback Kyle Orton also said a laser pointer was aimed at him during the Bills’ 17-14 victory.

The Bills reported what happened to security officials during the game, but the Lions said Sunday night that stadium security could not find anyone who used a laser. NFL spokesman Michael Signora said the league would turnover the findings of its investigation to police.

Laser pointers are banned by the NFL, NHL, Major League Baseball and NBA at games. Fans who used them could be ejected, arrested or barred from future games.

—Former NFL running back Larry Johnson was arrested and booked into jail on Tuesday morning in Miami on aggravated battery charges after an incident at a nightclub on South Beach.

The 34-year-old Johnson was being held on $7,500 bail as the Miami-Dade County jail, according to police records.

A Miami Beach police report indicated that Johnson cut a man with a broken bottle in the Delano Hotel. According to NBCMiami.com, Johnson also punched 29-year-old Drew Johnson numerous times.

The two-time Pro Bowler ran for more than 1,700 yards during the 2005 and 2006 seasons for the Kansas City Chiefs. Johnson last played in the NFL in 2011 for Miami. In 2012, he pleased no contest in a domestic violence case involving a former girlfriend.

–While domestic violence and player conduct are the two biggest topics at NFL owners meetings in New York, another significant item on the agenda is the pending approval of Terry Pegula as the new owner of the Buffalo Bills.

Pegula purchased the Bills from the estate of original owner Ralph Wilson for $1.4 billion and their bid was unanimously approved by the finance committee on Sept. 17. They need three-fourths of owners to vote in favor of their bid to become the league’s newest owners. Approval on Wednesday seems likely.

Pegula, 63, was a real estate and natural gas mogul and has owned the Buffalo Sabres since February 2011. He won a bidding process that included Donald Trump, singer Jon Bon Jovi backed by Toronto’s Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment group, who also own the Toronto Raptors and Maple Leafs.

—DeMarco Murray leads the NFL in rushing, but the Dallas Cowboys are concerned about another stat five games into the 2014 season.

Murray also leads the league with 130 carries, putting him on pace for a record-tying total of 416. Larry Johnson had 416 carries in 2006 with the Kansas City Chiefs.

Murray had 31 carries in Sunday’s overtime win over the Houston Texans.

“We think that’s probably too many carries in the game, week in and week out,” head coach Jason Garrett said.

—Detroit Lions wide receiver Golden Tate did not appreciate a move apparently planned by former Lions coach Jim Schwartz to have the Buffalo Bills carry him off the field after their 17-14 victory at Ford Field on Sunday.

Tate was particularly dismayed when he heard that Schwartz, Buffalo’s defensive coordinator, had requested before the season that the players hoist him on their shoulders to celebrate if the Bills won.

“It’s a terrible gesture. Just being a spectator, that’s not the first time that he’s done some things like that,” Tate said Tuesday on 105.1 FM. “One thing that I heard, I don’t know how true it is, I heard that it was planned. Like do this if we win. That’s a total douche move.”

Schwartz was the Lions’ head coach for five years before being let go after last season and replaced by Jim Caldwell.

—The Cincinnati Bengals acquired rookie linebacker Khairi Fortt off waivers from the New Orleans Saints and placed linebacker Sean Porter on the reserve/injured list Tuesday.

Fortt, drafted in the fourth round by the Saints in 2014, played in two preseason games for New Orleans and had one tackle and one pass defensed before he sustained a leg injury. The Saints placed him on the reserve/injured list (designated for possible return) on Sept. 3.

Porter suffered a season-ending knee injury in his first game for the Bengals on Sunday night against the New England Patriots.

—The Oakland Raiders claimed linebacker Ray-Ray Armstrong off waivers from the St. Louis Rams on Tuesday and place linebacker Kaluka Maiava on season-ending injured reserve to make room on the roster.

An undrafted free agent signed by the Rams in 2013, Armstrong played in 16 regular-season games a s a rookie, mostly on special teams. He had three tackles on defense and led the Rams with 12 stops on special teams. Armstrong has seen action in four games this season and in 20 during his NFL career.

Maiava played in four games this year for the Raiders and had 15 tackles. He was limited to nine games last season and had 17 tackles.

—Drew Butler was promoted from the Arizona Cardinals’ practice squad to replace punter Dave Zastudil on Tuesday. Zastudil landed on injured reserve with a groin injury.

To replace Butler on the practice squad, the Cardinals signed former Bruce Arians pupil Dennis Dixon to the practice squad. The former Steelers quarterback provides insurance in the event Carson Palmer and backup Drew Stanton (concussion) are not available for Sunday’s game against the Washington Redskins.

Palmer remains week-to-week with a shoulder injury.

—Nickel cornerback Isaiah Frey was waived by the Chicago Bears, who promoted Al Louis-Jean to the 53-man roster from the practice squad.

Frey played in 19 games with seven starts in three seasons with the Bears, who also signed linebackers DeDe Lattimore and Terrell Manning to the practice squad, waived defensive end David Bass and Frey from the 53-man roster and terminated the practice squad contracts of defensive lineman Roy Philon and wide receiver Rashad Ross.

—The Minnesota Vikings re-signed quarterback Chandler Harnish to the practice squad, along with wide receiver Donte Foster and safety Pierre Warren.

Harnish had been signed to the active roster last week with third-string quarterback Christian Ponder pressed into starting duty due to Teddy Bridgewater’s ankle injury. With Bridgewater set to return this week, Harnish was waived and re-signed to the practice squad, with third-year quarterback McLeod Bethel-Thompson released.