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The teenage daughter of Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small testified against him in a New Jersey courtroom on Tuesday, claiming the mayor hit her with a broomstick, punched her and hit her with a belt.

Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small took the stand on Friday to testify in his own defense.

Mayor Small was in an Atlantic County, New Jersey, courtroom as he faces charges involving alleged abuse of his teen daughter .

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Small appeared emotional at the beginning of his testimony on Dec. 12 and said that he and his daughter had a close relationship for years.

"She meant the world to me and I would do anything to protect her," Small said. “I was her best friend and she was my best friend.”

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