Revenge of the disabled daughter

Video of 'family law judge brutally beating girl' sweeps web after she posts it on YouTube

Disabled daughter explains why she leaked horrific video of family judge beating her: 'I'm feeling some regret because to ruin my own father is heavy indeed. But I really want him to seek help'

• She sought revenge after keeping video for seven years because 'she was tired of being harassed'
• Sickening video shows 16-year-old girl whipped 20 times with belt
• Daughter of Texas Court-at-Law judge William Adams secretly filmed him
• Girl's mother joined in horrific attack

A judge who was filmed whipping his disabled daughter with a belt today remained unrepentant claiming his life had been made difficult after the violent footage emerged.
In extraordinary remarks to reporters family law Judge William Adams denied he had done anything wrong after the YouTube video, filmed secretly in 2004 by his daughter Hilary, swept the internet.
He told local TV station KZTV10.com: 'She's mad because I've ordered her to bring the car back, in a nutshell, but yeah that's me, I lost my temper.'
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Unrepentant: Judge William Adams (left) told reporters he had done 'nothing wrong' by violently beating his daughter Hilary Adams (right) after she posted footage of the horrific attack online

The Court-at-Law Judge, from Aransas County, Texas, added: 'It was a long time ago.. I really don't want to get into this right now because as you can see my life's been made very difficult over this child.'
'In my mind I have not done anything wrong other than discipline my child when she was caught stealing. I did lose my temper, I've apologized.. it looks worse than it is.'
The video, called 'Family law judge beats own daughter for using the internet, please spread', shows the motive for the attack was because Miss Adams had been caught downloading music to the computer in her bedroom.
In the footage Judge Adams can be seen delivering around ten powerful strikes across his daughter's legs and backside, his wife then grabs the belt from him to take over, at which point he walks out only to return moments later with another belt so he can continue the beating.
On the seven-minute long clip, as his daughter begs him to stop he can be heard snarling: 'Bend over the f***ing bed.
'Lay down or I'll spank you in the F***ing face.'
In total the girl receives 20 hard lashes from her father and one from her mother.

Sickening: Texas family law Judge William Adams brutally whips his disabled daughter in footage caught on a webcam set up by the girl in 2004 when she was 16

Attack:The girl, who suffers from cerebral palsy, yelps in pain as her father beats her repeatedly with the leather belt for playing on her computer

She screams: 'You turn over like a 16-year-old and take it like a grown woman.'
As she lies crying on her bed he shouts: 'Do you want to put some more computer games on? Are you happy disobeying your parents?

'You don't deserve to be in this f***ing house. What happened to you Hillary?'
'IfI hear so much as you raising your f***ing voice to me or your mother with the wrong tone or do one little thing or you look at me f***ing wrong, I'm going to wear your f***ing a** out with this belt.'
The shocking footage appears to have been filmed on a webcam set up in the bedroom and dates from 2004 but only became public last week on October 27.
Adams added that he informed the Judicial Review board himself after seeing the video had been posted online by his daughter.
Hilary, who filmed her father beating her with a leather belt while she was a teenager, said she wanted to help him despite admitting that she may have ruined his reputation.

Little musician: Innocent Hillary Adams curtseys before a piano recital as a child

Dedication: Hillary Adams suffers from ataxic cerebral palsy which causes difficulty with balance, hand and feet movements and speech

Hillary Adams, took revenge on her father, saying: 'It had happened before, and had been escalating. I set up a camera, and I caught it.'
Mr Adams faces a police investigation after his daughter, who suffers from cerebral palsy, posted the secretly-filmed video of the beating on YouTube.
Police Chief Tim Jayroe, of Rockport, Texas, said yesterday that the probe was launched after members of the public contacted them after the film swept the Internet.
Taken in 2004 when the girl was 16, Miss Adams, now 22, decided last week to make it public by uploading it onto the internet.
It was later posted on the social news aggregate website Reddit.
Miss Adams, speaking to a local TV network yesterday, said she decided now was the time becauseshe was tired of being harassed by her father.

Model child: Hillary Adams had previously posted a video showing herself as an extremely gifted pianist

Threats: Judge Adams jabs his finger at his disabled daughter while screaming foul abuse as she cowers in fear

Shesaid: 'My father's harassment was getting really bad, so I decided to finally publish the video that I had been sitting on for seven years.
But yesterday Miss Adams said via Twitter she was sorry she had posted the video.
She tweeted: 'I'm feeling some regret for publishing the videobecause to ruin my own father is heavy indeed.
'But I really want him toseek help.'

Chief Jayroe said he has not determined the identities of the people in the video nor whether any crimes were committed, MSNBC reported.

 

Asa result of the furore, the video was being examined by the District Attorney and previous controversial judgements Judge Adams made in casesinvolving children have come to light.
In a court judgement last October, Judge Adams said that a child's statements 'amounted to no evidence' despite the fact his words had been confirmed by third party witnesses and recorded on video several times. The young person had also been interviewed by a child psychologist who believed the child. 
And on another occasion Judge Adams is said to have agreed with a lawyer who claimed all children are 'fantasizers' and their testimony should just be ignored.

Itgained speed yesterday with the video trending on Twitter and being viewed 600,000 times on YouTube. A Facebook page entitled Don't Re-ElectJudge William Adams was set up yesterday and already has 6,000 followers.

Widespread viewing: After the video was uploaded to YouTube by Hillary Adams, it was then posted on Reddit and thousands more times across the Internet

Gathering speed: A Facebook page Don't Re-Elect Judge William Adams was set up yesterday

The 23-year-old added that she decided to post thefootage - which she'd been 'holding onto until the right time' - after receiving 'a barrage of harassment' in a phone call from her father.

JUDGE ADAMS: 'A CHILD'S TESTIMONY SHOULD BE IGNORED'

The video footage of Judge William Adams physically abusing his daughter has brought under scrutiny child protection cases he has worked on in the past.
Witnesses who attended a courtroom trial of Judge Adams on October 11 last year claimed that the judge agreed with a lawyer who had argued that 'a child's statements amounted to no evidence' and they are 'fantasizers'.
The case involved the custody of a six-year-old child who is said to have suffered 'horrific abuse'.
According to the blog, A Child's Voice, despite the child's statements being confirmed by independent third party witnesses and the young person being interviewed by a child psychologist, Judge Adams concluded that children's testimony should be ignored.

From her Twitter account, she tweeted: 'Please spread the word that my father needs professional help and not hatred. We can offer him the tools to be a better person.
'It is my wish that people stop threatening my father and start offering professional help. That is what he really needs.'
Calls to Judge Adams' office in Texas went unanswered.

However his senior colleague County Judge C.H. 'Burts' Mills told MailOnline that Judge Adams was not currently at work and had not presided over any trials this week. 
The police department confirmed it would be making an announcement shortly.
MissAdams, who has suffered from cerebral palsy from birth, said her condition causes problems including difficulty with balance, shaky movements of hands or feet, and difficulty with speech.
The video has incited fury on twitter with dozens posting their disgust.
@Johnny_Ads wrote: oh my god. what a disgusting video. im shocked. poor girl - what repulsive parents. Shame on them.

Ganging up: The father and mother stand over the girl, who is hidden down the side of the bed, both brandishing belts

Take that: Judge Adams unleashes a powerful backhander as the sickening attack continues

And @eschaton added: I hope this exposure gets him sent to prison for a good, long time.

Before the identity of the man in the video was known several people took to the internet to name and shame the Judge.
One post from a J. Andre Bardin, who claims to be one of Hillary's friends, reads: 'I know in the article you say you cannot confirm the man in the video is him, but I can. It's him.
'That's his voice, that's his mannerisms, and that is his house.'
Judge Adam's wife, who is seen in the video delivering a single blow to her daughter, is said to have left the marriage after suffering emotional abuse.
She has apparently apologised for taking part in the beating and allowing it to happen.