Texas judge now under investigation says, "I haven't done anything wrong"

(CBS/KZTV/AP) PORTLAND, Texas - Until last week, only a few friends knew about the savage beating Hillary Adams received in 2004 from her father William Adams, a Texas judge who handles child abuse cases.

Now the beating is on YouTube thanks to a secret video she made when she was 16, and her father is being investigated by police.

More than 1 million people had viewed the 8-minute video by early Thursday. Hillary told The Associated Press that says she's received an outpouring of support and encouragement since posting the video last week.

But she says that's tempered by the sadness that it's her father lashing her 17 times with a belt and threatening to beat her "into submission."

The judge told CBS affiliate KZTV on Wednesday that he was only disciplining his child.

"In my mind, I haven't done anything wrong other than discipline my child after she was caught stealing," Adams said. "And I did lose my temper, but I've since apologized."

When told of her father's comments, Hillary Adams said, "it's a shining perfect example of his personality and he believes he can do no wrong. ... He will cover up rather than admit to what he did and try to come clean, which is what I really want him to do."

Hillary, 16 at the time, said she secretly videotaped the beating in her bedroom because she "knew something was about to happen."  She says her parents were angry at her for using her computer to download pirated content over the Internet.

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