Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small leaves the Atlantic County Courthouse in Mays Landing on Oct. 10, 2024. Read more Alejandro A. Alvarez / Staff Photographer

by Jesse Bunch Published Dec. 8, 2025, 5:41 p.m. ET

MAYS LANDING — Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small Sr., facing child abuse charges for allegedly assaulting his daughter, appeared in a New Jersey courtroom Monday as opening statements in his trial got underway.

Small, a Democrat who was reelected mayor this year, faces charges of child endangerment, aggravated assault, and witness tampering. He has denied any wrongdoing.

The allegations stem from incidents in 2023 and 2024 in which prosecutors say Small and his wife, La’Quetta, abused their teenage daughter, largely over their disapproval of her relationship with her boy

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