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Atlantic City's Mayor has refused to step down after he and his wife were charged with viciously beating their teen daughter in an argument over her dating life.
Defiant Marty Small Sr., 50, even posted photos on social media with the captions '#Unbothered' and 'two sides' after news of the scandal broke.
His lawyer, Edwin Jacobs, told the New York Times the matter 'focuses on private personal matters, including challenges that Mayor Small as a dad and his wife, La'Quetta, as a mom have been facing raising a teenage child'.
He also denied the allegations related to 'improprieties in his [client's] office'.
The charges emerged two weeks after Democrat Small dragged his daughter in front of cameras to deny rumors about the crimes, including that he beat her so savagely she miscarried.
Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small Sr. has refused to step down after he was charged with viciously beating their teen daughter
The defiant mayor even posted photos captioned, '#Unbothered' and '2sides' in the wake of the scandal
Small Sr (center), 50, and his wife have been charged with abusing their teenage daughter in a row over her dating life
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The Democrat, 50, and his wife La'Quetta Small, the superintendent of the Atlantic City Public School System, are accused of abusing their daughter on numerous occasions after she refused to stop seeing a boy she was dating.
According to reported charging documents, they carried out a barrage of abuse from December 2023 to January 2024, including beating her unconscious with a broom, threatening to 'earth slam' her down stairs, striking her with a belt, and punching her in the mouth.
But weeks before charges were brought, Small held a bizarre, foul-mouthed press conference in response to his home being raided by cops, where he insisted his daughter was not pregnant with twins via a drug dealer, and stressed he had 'nothing to hide.'
With his daughter stood awkwardly beside him, he listed off a string of denials, some of which he has since been charged with by Atlantic City prosecutors.
Among the claims, he denied that his she 'was pregnant with twins, and I beat the s*** out of her so bad that I killed the babies, and I'm gonna be charged with double murder.'
At the press conference, Small directly denied claims he abused his daughter, as he instead said any allegations were fueled by 'political and racial' motivations.
'We don't have City of Atlantic City money in our house. I didn't steal anything,' he said in the press conference. 'No, we don't have drugs in our house. And we don't have guns.'
'First of all, let me confirm an undisputed fact: My daughter is not pregnant,' he continued. 'My daughter has never been pregnant.'
The Democrat mayor and his wife La'Quetta Small (pictured together), are accused of beating their teen daughter with a broom, punching her in the face and pulling her hair
La'Quetta Small, 47, is the superintendent of the Atlantic City Public School System
After charges were brought, Smalls took to social media to share a close-up selfie, with several hashtags including #unbothered, and #2sides
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
Addressing rumors that Small said came from an Atlantic City police officer, the mayor doubled up his denials that his 'daughter got knocked up by a drug dealer in Stanley Homes village - false.'
'My wife beat the bleep out of her, while my son recorded the whole thing, and I just stood there - false,' he said.
Small also addressed what he referred to as 'the most egregious' of the rumors - that his 'daughter was pregnant with twins, and I beat the s*** out of her so bad that I killed the babies, and I'm gonna be charged with double murder.'
'Now, would you be able to handle this like I'm handling it?' he concluded.
Small's daughter did not speak at the press conference, which was opened by a reverend quoting Martin Luther King Jr.
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
