Texas' top court suspends judge in beating video

[The Straight Story]

McALLEN, Texas (AP) -- The Texas Supreme Court has suspended a judge whose beating of his then-teenage daughter in 2004 was viewed millions of times on the Internet.

According to an order signed Tuesday by the clerk of the state's highest court, Aransas County court-at-law Judge William Adams is suspended immediately with pay pending the outcome of the inquiry started by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct earlier this month.

The order makes clear that while Adams agreed to the commission's recommended temporary suspension and waived the hearing and notice requirements, he does not admit "guilt, fault or wrongdoing" regarding the allegations. His attorney did not immediately return a call seeking comment.

Adams' now 23-year-old daughter Hillary Adams uploaded the 2004 video of her father beating her repeatedly with a belt.

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[ellisonz]

1. Good.

:thumbsup:

[aikoaiko]

2. That's a start.

May justice be served.

[Suich]

3. I don't understand the "suspended with pay" part...

like the pepper-spray cop got. Isn't that like paid vacation?

:shrug:

[DefenseLawyer]

8. It's called due process

Even assholes get it.

[Populist_Prole]

9. I hope it doesn't mean, get him below the radar till it's forgotten

But I think it will.

[jwirr]

4. That is wonderful news. Did they take his daughter away also?

[kestrel91316]

5. She's 23.

[jwirr]

6. And she is a vulnerable adult. In our state she would be protected

from him and removed from the home if need be.

[Angry Dragon]

7. I believe the parents are divorced and she may live with the mother

or out on her own......... not sure

[kestrel91316]

10. I am not sure she still lives in the home. I think in CA there would be no way to

remove her if she's an adult. He is the one who should be removed anyway.

Not sure about the laws where she is.

[ellisonz]

11. Yeah, the mother left him and his daughters too.

[duhneece]

12. Thanks for update

I think about this young woman and her abusive father often, wondering what is happening with them.