After beating goes viral, Texas judge does interview making him look even worse

Texas Judge William Adams told a reporter: ‘I don’t want to get into this right now, because as you can see my life’s been made difficult over this child.’ Oh, really?

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But have you seen the interview Adams gave to a Corpus Christi TV station?

As if this guy couldn’t look any worse, he offers up these sound bites, telling a KZTV reporter:

“I lost my temper, spanked her. Her mother was there. She wasn’t hurt. It was a long time ago. … I don’t want to get into this right now, because as you can see my life’s been made difficult over this child. … In my mind I haven’t done anything wrong except discipline my child after she was caught stealing. … It looks worse than it is.”

If Adams were to seek PR counsel—and in the unlikely event that someone took him as a client—PR professional Ryan McCormick offered his take in a blog post:

“He should immediately make a tearful public apology to his daughter and then resign and check into a mental health clinic.”

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