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Atlantic City N.J.Mayor Marty Small Sr. listens to a judge speak during a court appearance in Mays Landing N.J. on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024 on charges that he and his wife La'Quetta Small, the city's superintendent of schools, beat and abused their teenage daughter, charges that the couple deny. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Atlantic City N.J.Mayor Marty Small Sr. listens to a judge speak during a court appearance in Mays Landing N.J. on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024 on charges that he and his wife La'Quetta Small, the city's superintendent of schools, beat and abused their teenage daughter, charges that the couple deny. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

La'Quetta Small, the superintendent of schools for Atlantic City, waits for her court appearance to start in Mays Landing, N.J., Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, on charges that she and her husband, Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small Sr. beat and abused their teenage daughter. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

La'Quetta Small, the superintendent of schools for Atlantic City, waits for her court appearance to start in Mays Landing, N.J., Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, on charges that she and her husband, Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small Sr. beat and abused their teenage daughter. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small Sr. shakes the hand of one of his lawyers after a court appearance on charges he and his wife La'Quetta Small, the city's superintendent of schools, beat and abused their teenage daughter, in Mays Landing, N.J., Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small Sr. shakes the hand of one of his lawyers after a court appearance on charges he and his wife La'Quetta Small, the city's superintendent of schools, beat and abused their teenage daughter, in Mays Landing, N.J., Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

La'Quetta Small, the superintendent of schools for Atlantic City NJ, left, and her husband, Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small Sr., second from right, stand with their lawyers during a court appearance in Mays Landing, N.J., Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

La'Quetta Small, the superintendent of schools for Atlantic City NJ, left, and her husband, Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small Sr., second from right, stand with their lawyers during a court appearance in Mays Landing, N.J., Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small Sr. drives away from the courthouse after a court appearance on charges he and his wife La'Quetta Small, the city's superintendent of schools, beat and abused their teenage daughter, in Mays Landing, N.J., Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small Sr. drives away from the courthouse after a court appearance on charges he and his wife La'Quetta Small, the city's superintendent of schools, beat and abused their teenage daughter, in Mays Landing, N.J., Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small Sr. speaks with his wife La'Quetta Small, the city's superintendent of schools, as they wait for their court appearance to start on charges that they beat and abused their teenage daughter, in Mays Landing, N.J., Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small Sr. speaks with his wife La'Quetta Small, the city's superintendent of schools, as they wait for their court appearance to start on charges that they beat and abused their teenage daughter, in Mays Landing, N.J., Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

La'Quetta Small, the superintendent of schools for Atlantic City N.J., listens to a judge speak during a court appearance in Mays Landing N.J. on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024 on charges that she and her husband, Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small Sr. beat and abused their teenage daughter, charges that the couple deny. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

La'Quetta Small, the superintendent of schools for Atlantic City N.J., listens to a judge speak during a court appearance in Mays Landing N.J. on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024 on charges that she and her husband, Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small Sr. beat and abused their teenage daughter, charges that the couple deny. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)