Deputies: 'Renaissance fighter' forced girl to fight for hours

**MountainMan** · 10-17-2011, 10:22 PM

Originally Posted by KomoNews

YELM, Wash. -- Deputies have arrested a man accused of forcing his daughter to engage in an hours-long wooden-sword fight with him while wearing body armor.

Thurston County deputies said 38-year-old Fremon Seay had grown angry at his 16-year-old daughter, who'd run away from home.

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Hey, at least we aren't Florida yet....... :p

**bijou** · 10-19-2011, 03:41 PM

What began as a man’s attempt to discipline his child turned into a sordid case of abuse when police say a Washington man forced his 16-year-old daughter to don Renaissance armor and engage in a wooden sword battle for two hours.

Freemon Everett Seay, 38, and his daughter were fighting on Oct. 16 over her recent attempt to run away from home, an action he wanted to punish her for, Sgt. Ken Clark of the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office told CBS Seattle....

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Mad parenting skillz.