MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -Former Minnesota Vikings defensive lineman Darrion Scott pleaded guilty Monday to child endangerment for putting a plastic bag over the head of his 2-year-old son.
Scott pleaded guilty to the gross misdemeanor as jury selection was scheduled to begin in his trial.
Scott's attorney, Joe Friedberg, said the other charges will be dismissed when Scott is sentenced July 24.
Friedberg said Scott said he had no intent to injure the boy. Scott's plea was to an amended child endangerment count - not the original one that accused him of keeping a loaded, unsecured handgun in his nightstand, where a 2-year-old could get at it.
Scott faces a maximum penalty of a year in jail and a $3,000 fine. He also had been charged with third-degree assault and domestic assault by strangulation, both felonies.
Scott was a third-round pick in the 2004 NFL draft and played 48 games with the Vikings. He is now a free agent.
