Report -- Los Angeles County District Attorney won't charge Adrian Peterson after arrest for alleged domestic violence

The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office has decided not to charge Adrian Peterson in connection to his arrest at Los Angeles International Airport on Sunday for what airport officials said was domestic violence, a representative told TMZ Sports.

Peterson's case will now be referred to the Los Angeles City Attorney, who will examine the case and still could charge Peterson with a misdemeanor domestic violence charge, TMZ reported.

According to a Los Angeles Airport Police statement, they received a call around 8:30 a.m. local time Sunday about possible domestic violence on board an aircraft bound for Houston and responded to «a verbal and physical altercation between a male suspect and a female victim.»

Peterson, 36, was booked at the Los Angeles Police Department Pacific Division. He was given a $50,000 bail and released Sunday afternoon on bond.

The free-agent running back had told Fox 26 in Houston in a telephone interview on Monday that he and his wife, Ashley, «got into an argument on the plane. That was pretty much the gist of it. I ended up grabbing her hand and taking her ring off her finger.»

Ashley Peterson, who continued on their flight to Houston after her husband was arrested, did not press charges. Adrian Peterson said he was arrested «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,» Peterson said. It was nothing like that ..."

Ashley Peterson defended her husband Tuesday via an Instagram post, writing: «On Sunday, Adrian and I had a verbal argument. 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