MSN - A Thurston County couple is accused of beating their daughter and forcing her to fight them in a medieval-style duel.
Investigators arrested the 16-year-old girl's stepfather, Fremon Seay, and her mother, Julie Seay, this weekend.
According to police, the teen was forced her to dress in armor and
fight Fremon Seay with a wooden sword for two hours. Police also said
Seay punched and beat his stepdaughter with a tree branch prior to the
duel. Investigators said she collapsed from exhaustion.
The couple told officers they punished the teen for going to a party without their permission.
Investigators learned the couple is part of a group of Renaissance enthusiasts, who recreate fights from the medieval era.
Officers said the parents told them it was their right to discipline their child however they see fit.
They may take her life....But they will never take her FREEDOM!! Ummm, sorry buddy but beating your child with a tree branch and wooden sword is not in the parenting handbook. I hope he didn't really beleive he could discipline her "however they see fit." William Wallace needs to find this guy and teach him a lesson.
