Opinion ID: 147525
Heading Depth: 5
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Affidavits of Phillips's half-siblings

Text: In addition to the CSB reports, Phillips's three half-siblings submitted affidavits attesting to the violence and sexual abuse committed against them. Mary Phillips stated that Phillips's father physically disciplined Phillips, along with the three stepchildren. She also stated that Phillips's father would break dishes over my head when I did not do them to his satisfaction. According to Mary, Phillips's father used to beat my sister, Tracy, and me buck naked even when we were of high school age, that he left black and blue marks on my butt for a month, and used to beat us kids with a belt and smack our faces. She stated that her step-father used to sexually fondle Tracy and me. Once, he took Tracy with him while looking for a business associate of his. After getting in the truck, [he] pulled off on a side street and started feeling her breast. She recounted an incident when she was eight years old and her step-father exposed his erect penis to her. She stated that he used to grab my breast and feel on my butt. Mary also stated that William, Sr. would engage in fist fights with Phillips and was emotionally abusive toward him. Mary stated that she was never contacted by Phillips's trial counsel. Tracy confirmed in her affidavit that Phillips's father had frequently beaten her. Edward stated in an affidavit that [t]he home that Ron and I grew up in was screwed up. Ron saw things he should never have seen. He stated that Phillips's father would grab the penises of the male children in the home while wrestling with them. He stated his belief that Phillips's father was having sexual relations with his youngest daughter, Tanya. Edward confirmed the regular beatings that William, Sr. inflicted on his children, stating that he used to throw Tracy, Mary, and me up against the wall. He recounted an incident when he was twelve years old in which his father beat him on the back with a two-by-four. He also stated that William, Sr. had regularly beaten his wife and had thrown knives and dishes at her. Finally, he confirmed that Phillips's father used to molest my sisters, Mary and Tracy, in that he would grab them by the butt or the breast and fondle them.