Pa. man beat 2-year-old girl to toughen her up

(CBS/AP) ALLENTOWN, Pa. - A Pennsylvania man admits he beat up his wife's 2-year-old daughter because he believed the girl was a spoiled princess who needed to be toughened up.

Twenty-five-year-old Brandon Bishop pleaded guilty Wednesday to aggravated assault for a series of assaults between March and May, in which he punched and kicked the toddler.

Police say the abuse was reported by a relative who noticed the child was limping and missing clumps of hair. Officers who interviewed Bishop say he told them he beat the girl to make her tougher.

Matthew Falk, a Lehigh County prosecutor, says Bishop made no effort to hide the abuse from his wife.

The girl's mother, Candace Watts, pleaded guilty Wednesday to child endangerment in the case, and agreed to testify at Bishop's Jan. 25 sentencing.

Bishop and Watts got married a few days before they were arrrested in June.