Man Held On Domestic Violence Charges For Spanking Adult Daughter

[Carlos_E]

Let's say your 20-year-old daughter runs up an astounding $5000 cellphone bill from talking to her good-for-nothing boyfriend too much. Do you a) cancel her service and make her get her own phone? b) reprimand her and block the offending number from the phone? c) grab her and spank her like she's seven. If you answered c), you just might be James Phillips of Portland, Maine, who did just that. He's now being charged with domestic violence.

Maine lawyer charged with domestic violence
By The Associated Press

Thursday, August 07, 2008 - Bangor Daily News

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - The chief executive officer of Maine's Iris Network faces criminal charges after flying into a rage over his daughter’s $5,000 cell phone bill.

James Phipps, 50, grabbed his 20-year-old daughter and repeatedly spanked her in a dispute over the cell phone bill and her boyfriend, the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department said. There is some dispute over who is responsible for the bill, investigators said.

The Iris Network is a nonprofit organization that helps people who are visually impaired or blind become independent. Phipps, a Portland lawyer, is blind.

Members of the Iris Network’s board say it’s too early to say whether the incident would affect his job there, the Portland Press Herald reported.

Katherine Ray, chairwoman of the board’s personnel committee, said she was reserving comment until the board chairman, Dr. David Stuchiner, has a chance to speak with Phipps about the incident. He has been out of town and was unavailable for comment.

"I don’t see how it impacts the Iris Network until we find out the whole story," said Nancy Hawes. "We’re not planning to do anything right now."

Phipps did not return a telephone call, and his daughter could not be reached.

Investigators say Phipps spanked his daughter repeatedly with his hand as a dispute escalated in his home on Chebeague Island. The daughter then went upstairs to call her boyfriend and another scuffle broke out that involved the daughter taking her father’s cell phone, authorities say.

Phipps was a Cumberland town councilor when Chebeague was part of that town. After the island gained its independence, Phipps was elected to serve on the new town’s transition team.

[Carlos_E]

Why spank her? A punch to the throat would be more appropriate so she can't talk and run up another bill.

[gixxerboy1]

Why spank her? A punch to the throat would be more appropriate so she can't talk and run up another bill.

lol.

[mex83]

Lol.... If Carlos was the father and I was the daughter I would like an order of combo C please lmfao.......

Anyways...... yeah spankin her is not going to do nothing to her..... father needs to cancel her cell phone and CC's which im sure she has ... and make her get a job and pay for her own Shyt.

[SVTmuscle]

I wonder if shes hot?

[mex83]

I wonder if shes hot?

if she was that would be sick that her own father had desires to spank her.... Him and Cal would make perfect friends. lol

[Carlos_E]

Lol.... If Carlos was the father and I was the daughter I would like an order of combo C please lmfao.......

Anyways...... yeah spankin her is not going to do nothing to her..... father needs to cancel her cell phone and CC's which im sure she has ... and make her get a job and pay for her own Shyt.

You wanna be my bitch so I can smack you around?

[BITTAPART2]

wow, I spank a lot of adult daughters!!! am i going to jail? I mean, they arent my daughters

[Timm1704]

stupid beyotch needed a slap!

[spywizard]

well, he did commit an act of violence against a member that resided in the same house hold..

easier to evict her.. stop paying for all her shit.. move.. all easier..

[Skully44420]

yep i say cancel that shit and make her move out or work for it atleast

[mex83]

You wanna be my bitch so I can smack you around?

ummmm send me a pm and we can talk about this lol......

VOTE FOR CARLOS E he so hot lol...... CARLOS

[mex83]

yep i say cancel that shit and make her move out or work for it atleast

Thats what I said omg we got something in common lol...

[godkilla]

roflmfao@punching her in the throat!

[mex83]

roflmfao@punching her in the throat!

He should punch her then take the cell phone away and kick her out of the house.....

[scibble]

he's blind--I say leave him alone.