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Adrian Peterson still feels he was judged, persecuted during child abuse case

It's been nearly two years since Adrian Peterson was accused of and eventually plead no contest to hitting his 4-year-old son with a switch.

The Minnesota Vikings running back, who was suspended nearly all of the 2014 NFL season because of the incident, says he was unfairly judged in the court of popular opinion.

“I missed an entire season, you know?” Peterson told "In Depth With Graham Bensinger," via the New York Post. “I was judged before I was actually judged, you know? But I’ll accept it because it didn’t break me. It made me a stronger person, a smarter, more wiser individual.