Texplainer: Will Judge Who Beat Daughter Be Punished?

by Danny Guerra and Susannah Jacob
November 8, 2011
10 Comments

Hey, Texplainer: What will happen to Aransas County Court-at-Law Judge William Adams now that the video of him beating his then 16-year-old daughter has gone viral?

It's been almost two weeks since Hillary Adams, now 23, posted a 2004 video showing her father, Aransas County Court-at-Law Judge William Adams, beating her with a belt and cursing her when she was 16 years old. The video, which is more than seven minutes long and graphic, has attracted almost 6 million of views on YouTube, and prompted strong reactions from many who are horrified and outraged by the judge’s actions ...

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Comments (10)

November 8, 2011 @ 12:39 p.m.

Michelle Moon Reinhardt via Texas Tribune on Facebook

Your graphic is wrong. Aransas County, not Arkansas.
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November 8, 2011 @ 12:51 p.m.

Stanley Moore via Texas Tribune on Facebook

Does this guy judge from a double wide or a single?
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November 8, 2011 @ 12:56 p.m.

Bill Eaves via Texas Tribune on Facebook

Was it a beating or a spanking??
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November 8, 2011 @ 1:16 p.m.

Karen Spivey-Cummings via Texas Tribune on Facebook

Bill, It was a beating. He may not be punished on earth but he will be punished by his Maker.
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November 8, 2011 @ 10:03 p.m.

Daniel Baylor

No need for criminal court here. Run him thru the Family Court machine. They will have no mercy. ---Domestic Violence Registry, removal of his younger daughter from his custody, supervised visitation, child support, removal from the bench, ...and, as he knows, no evidence is required. Additionally, he will never be able to remove his name from the DV Registry.
November 9, 2011 @ 12:01 a.m.

tracie mcguirk

In different stories it states that his daughter was or is disabled, is this true?
If so was she disabled at the time of the beating? The Statute of Limitations is 10 yrs for a crime committed against a disabled person, be it a child or an adult. So if what I have read is true and she was disabled at the time of the crime then felony criminal charges should be filed against this jerk.
November 9, 2011 @ 9:15 a.m.

Mario Leija

He did the right thing, the little lady is now doing something to hurt her dad and she is not using the belt, her dad never revealed what she did wrong which is probably pretty bad except she can't accept it yet. Yes little lady you probably deserved what you got, and now you are wrong about hurting your dad. The power of the pen is mightier than the sword and you are holding the pen. Shame on you, and grow up before you hurt anyone else.
November 9, 2011 @ 9:15 a.m.

Rebecca Ledford Diefendorf via Texas Tribune on Facebook

can we just say crazy !!!!!!!! And AMEN Karen
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November 9, 2011 @ 5:31 p.m.

Alice Curry via Texas Tribune on Facebook

he needs the same punishment with a barbed belt!! then disbarred.
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November 10, 2011 @ 8:13 a.m.

Robert Cottrill via Texas Tribune on Facebook

Just another example of the creeps we have in high place.
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