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Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small Sr. and his wife have been charged with abusing their teenage daughter in a row over her dating life.
The Democrat, 50, and his wife La'Quetta Small, the superintendent of the Atlantic City Public School System, are accused of beating their daughter on numerous occasions after she defied them over a boy she was dating.
According to reported charging documents, when she refused to stop seeing the boy, they carried out a barrage of abuse from December 2023 to January 2024, including beating her unconscious with a broom.
Small and his wife are also accused of threatening to 'earth slam' her down the stairs, striking her with a belt, and punching her in the mouth.
The charges came two weeks after Small's home was raided by police, leading him to hold a press conference where he insisted his daughter was not pregnant, and claimed the allegations were politically motivated as he had 'nothing to hide.'
Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small Sr (center), 50, and his wife have been charged with abusing their teenage daughter in a row over her dating life
The Democrat mayor and his wife La'Quetta Small, the superintendent of the Atlantic City Public School System (pictured together), are accused of beating their teen daughter with a broom, punching her in the face and pulling her hair
Both parents have been charged with second-degree endangering the welfare of a child, and Marty Small is also charged with third-degree terroristic threats, third-degree aggravated assault and disorderly persons simple assault.
La'Quetta is also charged with disorderly persons simple assault, and Atlantic City High School principal Constance Days-Chapman - a reported close friend of the mayor and his wife - is also facing charges.
Days-Chapman is accused of failing to notify authorities when the teen told her she was being 'emotionally and physically abused' by her parents.
Following the charges, the mayor's attorney Ed Jacobs told NBC10: 'The charges filed by the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office today make no claims of public corruption or misconduct in office or any failure by Mayor Small, to properly discharge his responsibilities as the mayor of Atlantic City.
'On the contrary, they focus only on personal, private family matters.'
The mayor's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment when contacted by DailyMail.com.
According to a criminal complaint reported by the outlet, the search of Smalls' home - and subsequent charges - were triggered by the mayor's daughter telling a school staffer about the alleged abuse.
Students at Atlantic City High School were receiving mental health training, and were asked to circle faces on a ticket indicating if they were happy, neutral or sad.
Small's daughter reportedly wrote the word 'abuse' on the back of a neutral ticket, and asked to speak to a counselor.
Mayor Small held a press conference following a search of his home, where he insisted that the matter was a 'private family issue'
Both parents have been charged with second-degree endangering the welfare of a child, and Marty Small is also charged with third-degree terroristic threats, third-degree aggravated assault and disorderly persons simple assault
The mayor's home (pictured) was raided on March 28. He lives at the home with his wife, two children and mother- in-law
She then told a mental health trainer that she had been knocked out with a
