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

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.

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

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.