Calling out and condemning the despicable drafting of Christian Peter, something about which I bet more than half of the people on Patfans are uninformed, is the duty of every fan of this team. To do the opposite is an affront to every domestic violence survivor. Apparently your Patriots/Belichick footy pajamas trump the drafting of such an abhorrent individual back in 1996.
FCB02062, the newly self-appointed virtue-signaling moral arbiter of Patsfans.com. Thanks for the joke, you hypocritical clown. While you're on this pious crusade on behalf of domestic violence survivors, why not tell the whole story about "horrible monster" Christian Peter. Including the fact he never played a down for New England, went on to an eight-year NFL career and became a model citizen/family man dedicated to public service.
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In 1993 Peter was accused of groping Natalie Kuijvenhoven (a former
Miss Nebraska) in a crowded bar. He pled guilty and was sentenced to 18 months probation, and was suspended for a 1993 exhibition game. Following the 1993 charges from Kuijvenhoven, Kathy Redmond, who attended the University of Nebraska with Peter, came forward and claimed that Peter had sexually assaulted her during their freshman year in 1991. No criminal charges were filed in the matter, but Redmond did file a
Title IX suit against the University of Nebraska in 1995; the suit was settled out of court.
In 1994, only a month before the draft, Peter was convicted of disturbing the peace after a woman accused him of grabbing her throat in a
Kearney, Nebraska bar. He said he was under the influence during the altercation and admitted to responding in an inexcusable way after she allegedly called him a rapist
Peter was drafted by the New England Patriots in the fifth round of the 1996 NFL Draft. After learning more about Peter's history, the Patriots renounced his rights only a week after the draft. The team said that Peter's behavior was "incompatible with our organization's standards of acceptable conduct." Since then, the Patriots have adopted a zero-tolerance policy for sexual assault.
After the 1996 season, the
New York Giants signed Peter as a free agent on condition that he go through counseling for substance abuse,
attention deficit disorder, and anger management. He apologized for his behavior while at Nebraska and still speaks about the Giants today as having saved his life. After four years with the Giants, he went on to play with the
Indianapolis Colts and the
Chicago Bears, where he retired in 2004.
Today, Peter speaks openly of his sobriety, past struggles, and those who have helped him along the way. He travels to schools, businesses, communities, rehabs, and correctional facilities sharing his story in hopes that someone struggling will be helped. Peter currently serves on the board of the Tigger House Foundation, a 501(c) non-profit organization dedicated to achieving a positive impact by reducing the death rate of heroin and opiate addiction.
Peter is currently residing in his home state of New Jersey with his wife and three children. In 2007, he started The Competitive Advantage Companies, a full service insurance brokerage firm based out of Red Bank, NJ.