A DAUGHTER emotionally confronted her father in court after he was charged with assaulting her.
The 18-year-old called her dad, Ihsan Ali, a “monster” while he was visibly uncomfortable in the courtroom.
Her father sat in silence as she said he tried to kill her “with his own hands”[/caption]
The daughter teared up as she spoke out against her parents[/caption]
“I can’t believe you’re my dad,” she told him while he sat in silence wearing a grey prison jumpsuit. “How could you call yourself a father.”
“You tried to kill me.”
The girl, who did not want to be identified to protect her identity, said she had been abused by her parents and attempted to run away the day she was assaulted in October, KING-TV reported.
The incident, which took place outside of a Washington high school, occurred right in front of a bus camera.
“My dad tried to kill me with his own hands,” she said, fighting back tears.
The daughter said that she feared her parents would try to take her out of the country and bring her to Iraq for marriage, Fox affiliate KCPQ reported.
She was 17 years old at the time of the attack.
Her father, 44, punched her boyfriend, and then turned on her, according to the outlet.
Bystanders – including students – tried to break up the fight as witnesses said Ali held his daughter in a headlock, causing her to pass out, reports said.
“You were smiling when you choked me,” she said.
“I’m going to pray for you to stay in jail and die.”
Ali was convicted of assaulting his daughter and her boyfriend, but was acquitted on an attempted murder charge.
He also was also convicted of unlawful imprisonment, according to KING-TV.
Her mother, Zahraa Ali, 41, was also acquitted on an attempted murder charge, but convicted of violating a protective order.
She was at the scene at the time of the crime.
“My mom saw me almost pass away right in front of her own eyes and didn’t help me at all,” she said.
“Didn’t even try to be there for me.”
The dad is also not allowed to contact his daughter for 10 years.
“You were not going to let her go, you were not going to let her breathe, because nobody else was going to control the situation,” the judge, Christine Schaller, said at the emotional sentencing.
“You were going to maintain control.”
Both parents were found not guilty of their attempted murder charges[/caption]
If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 or chat at thehotline.org.
