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No Charges For Child-Whipping Judge Caught On YouTube
theodp writes "Federal prosecutors will not charge a Texas judge seen lashing his teenage daughter with a belt on a YouTube video taken seven years ago and posted online last week, closing the door on the possibility of criminal charges in the case. The viral video, uploaded by now 23-year-old Hillary Adams, shows her father, Aransas County Court-at-Law Judge William Adams, whipping her with a belt for downloading music when she was 16 (full video, requires login). 'F*****g computers,' the judge tells his now ex-wife on the video. 'I told you I didn't want one in the god damn house. See all the problems they cause?' Judge Adams issued a statement asserting that his daughter released the tape to retaliate against him for withdrawing his financial support."
He was applying his God given and government affirmed right to discipline his child after she thwarted his authority on numerous occasions and risked the financial security of their home.
A fine example of why the South is FUBAR.
Then again she could have been downloading files that the heavy hitters were prosecuting for hundreds of thousands of dollars of damages EACH and WINNING...
Not that it excuses a beating, but I'd have been a little torqued over my entire life's accomplishments being jeopardized by an asswipe kid wanting to steal software/files... especially when a pattern of theft continued despite continued repeated efforts to break her of the habit...
Not only did she set up and stage manage the video, but she managed to live off him till recently and only released the video when he told her a part time job in a game store wasn't cutting it... he wasn't paying for her lifestyle any longer and BTW drop off the Mercedes at the house...
She told him he'd live to regret it, and did her best to make that come true..
. Now she and her mom are making the talk show circuits and getting lots of sympathy...