Get Ready For A Media Explosion Over This

Link.

Caution for language and obvious violence.

There will be outrage far and wide, but I promise someone will comment on here that they used to receive worse beatings from their parents all the time.

Edit: Aransas local media coverage is here along with a statement from the judge.

Edit: The daughter's twitter feed is here where she says she doesn't want anyone to threaten her father. She also says she is "on a plane to New York."  I bet it is Good Morning America or the Today Show.