Former Minnesota Vikings defensive end Darrion Scott begins facing the music for his April arrest today.

As you may recall, Scott is accused of holding a plastic bag over the head of his two-year old son.  Scott explained it away by saying they were playing and trying to see if the youngster could get the bag off his head on his own.  The authorities in Hennepin County have a different view of the incident.  Scott faces charges of third-degree assault and domestic assault by strangulation, both of which are felonies.

There’s also a charge of endangerment of a child unrelated to placing a plastic bag over his head.  That charge relates to Scott keeping a loaded, unsecured handgun in a nightstand where the two-year old could have easy access to it.

Scott is unsigned at the moment and doesn’t figure to get too many nibbles unless he’s acquitted in total of charges which would certainly result in a suspension from the league.