The release of a video on Youtube, by the daughter of a Aransas County Court judge that oversees family court cases beating his sixteen year old daughter with a belt.

The judge is identified as Judge William Adams, who has stated to reporters he does not feel he did anything wrong and was disciplining an unruly child. Hillary Adams, the then sixteen year old is now twenty-three released the video that she hoped would cause her father to get the help that he needs, according to her of the 2004 video.

The video that was released shows the family court judge hitting his daughter not once, but as many as seventeen times during the almost eight minute video that the then teen had made by hiding a video camera on her dresser and covering the light with a scarf. The 23 year old proved that this was not a onetime event of parental abuse.

According to Rockport Police Chief Tim Jayroe, an investigation was opened Wednesday, after receiving calls from concerned citizens. Chief Jayroe stated that 51 year old William Adams was receiving threatening phone calls and faxes at the courthouse after the video was put online.
The mother of Hillary Adams the now 23 year old that suffers from Cerebral Palsy since birth, who was also seen on the video hitting the 16 year old with a belt and telling her to “take it like a woman”, has since divorced the judge and moved out of the family home with a younger daughter. The mother says that she was both brainwashed and controlled by William Adams.

The judge who is now being investigated by several legal agencies had his scheduled hearings canceled for the afternoon Wednesday after the video was released and has since had his cases taken over by another judge for at least two weeks. According to neighbors of the judge he was seen taking hanging clothes, bags, a briefcase, a laptop and between six and eight gun cases from his home on Wednesday afternoon and along with his girlfriend laving.

According to Chief Jayroe the law in Texas sad that parents have the right to discipline their children. The chief said that it is clear what is discipline and what is abuse, about the Adams video. Hillary Adams mother and eleven year old sister are living at an undisclosed location and has apologized to Hillary and has a relationship with the 23 year old. William Adams was reelected as judge one year ago and still has three years left on his election.  What are your feelings about this?  Do you think a man should hit a girl with a belt for 7 minutes?

The author, personal injury attorney Michael Ehline, is a child injury lawyer at 213.596.9642.  We have locations to serve you across California. 

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