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Update: Texas Supreme Court Suspends Judge Caught on Tape Beating Daughter

Update: Texas Supreme Court Suspends Judge Caught on Tape Beating Daughter

Judge William Adams (AP)

The Texas Supreme Court has suspended the judge caught on video beating his then-teenage daughter in 2004, a video viewed more than six million times on the Internet after the daughter released it late last month.

Aransas County court-at-law Judge William Adams was suspended immediately with pay Tuesday, pending the outcome of the investigation started earlier this month by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct.

An order from the state’s high court said while Adams agreed to the temporary suspension, he does not admit “guilt, fault or wrongdoing” regarding the allegations.

His daughter Hillary Adams, now 23, uploaded the secretly-recorded video of her father beating her repeatedly with a belt for making illegal downloads from the Internet. After the footage surfaced, William Adams confirmed to a local news crew that he was indeed the man in the video but said, “I haven’t done anything wrong.”

William Adams, who has dealt with 349 family law cases in the last year alone, has not sat on the bench since the video went viral.

Update: Texas Supreme Court Suspends Judge Caught on Tape Beating Daughter

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The State Commission on Judicial Conduct opened an inquiry into the matter after a massive public outcry erupted following the video’s release.

Update: Texas Supreme Court Suspends Judge Caught on Tape Beating Daughter

Hillary Adams (AP)

He appeared in court Monday for a day-long hearing regarding the custody of his 10-year-old daughter. His wife had sought a change in their joint custody agreement, and another judge imposed a temporary restraining order effectively keeping William Adams from being alone with his younger daughter until he reached a decision. An order was expected in that dispute Wednesday.

After reviewing the investigation conducted by local police, the Aransas County district attorney said too much time had passed since the beating to bring charges against William Adams.

Hillary Adams, who has used her Twitter page to speak about her father and the video, posted a news article late Tuesday about her father’s suspension. In a separate message she wrote she feels “happy” and “more content with [myself] now” since releasing the video.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Comments (15)

  • Arshloch
    Posted on November 25, 2011 at 12:07pm

    As we say in Texas, he should have been taken out back and have a head put on him. A beat down given for one taken.

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  • libertyman50
    Posted on November 24, 2011 at 11:28pm

    He needs to be totally disbarred from the practice of law. It would be great if the Texas Bar Association were to disbarr him for the rest of his life. And if he tried to move to another state and tries to get a license to practice law his application should forthwith be denied. Attorneys and or judges need to be held to a higher standard.

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  • charjan
    Posted on November 24, 2011 at 11:41am

    Observe how the beatings affected the child. But a control freak can only think of himself. There may have been alternate ways of dealing with child disobedience rather than severe beatings. He has to live with his actions – but those beatings and the attitude that comes with them, have far reaching effects. SAD.

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  • stoned.on.freedom
    Posted on November 24, 2011 at 7:38am

    It’s a shame that too much time has past to charge him. At minimum, he needs to be removed from the bench and disbarred.

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  • minorityconservative2
    Posted on November 24, 2011 at 6:28am

    Well it is seeming more and more like she did this to get back at him for “daddy taking the car away”. I could care less why she did it. He is still evil no matter how you cut the cake. One person in public, then a fowl mouthed, heartless man at home. No one should talk to their dog that way much less their child. And yes he beat her, not spanked her. For those of you who think this was ok, I feel real sorry for your kids. Spanking is one thing but this was abuse. I can see exactly how she got the way she is. She learned to be this way from her father.

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  • Bill923
    Posted on November 24, 2011 at 6:17am

    What the dad did was totally overboard. That wasn’t a spanking, that was a beating. Now as to the daughter, yeah she’s a coniving oppurtunist with a mean streak, the questions is, what sort of parenting produced a classic textbook defined passive aggressive?

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  • Spyderco
    Posted on November 24, 2011 at 2:58am

    She was breaking the law and not for the first time. He was correcting her. I have gotten worse spankings than this for doing far less worse. This girl is smart and vindictive. She planned to use this when it best sutied her which happened to be when he quit paying for he way of life. She got cut off from daddy‘s money and didn’t like it. Time for princess to grow up. What she didn’t plan for is how this will devide the family for many years because of her selfishness. She should have gotten more spankings because she didn’t learn her lesson.

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  • NYINDY
    Posted on November 23, 2011 at 9:50pm

    He is a disgrace and the good people of Texas will remember him at election time.

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  • conservativewoman
    Posted on November 23, 2011 at 8:32pm

    If he were my Dad, I would disown him!

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    • kraphtsman
      Posted on November 23, 2011 at 9:20pm

      This jerk of a judge needs to be broght down… he should be disbarred for life, and someone should beat the crap out of him with a baseball bat.

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  • your sensei
    Posted on November 23, 2011 at 7:44pm

    Justice comes to the judge.

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  • Meyvn
    Posted on November 23, 2011 at 6:42pm

    That girl should be completely disowned by her parents.

    Report Post » Meyvn  

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