A CRUEL mum who sparked outrage by punishing her son with hot sauce and cold showers is now in hot water herself after being charged with child abuse.
Mum of six, Jessica Beagley shocked viewers with this home video:
The 36-year-old is seen making her seven-year-old adopted son hold hot sauce in his mouth because he lied.
Beagley can be heard saying, "What happens when you lie to me?"
He answers, "I get hot sauce. You get hot sauce."
"What else happens when you lie to me," she snarls.
He says: "I get a cold shower."
The boy, adopted from Russia, is then put into a cold shower and can be heard screaming.
The shocking footage created an emotional uproar and resulted in criminal charges.
Amazingly, Beagley who got her 10-year-old daughter to shoot the disgraceful footage, sent the video to the Dr Phil show, seeking help with discipline of her son.
"I feel out of control," she admitted on the show.
But after the show aired, the video went viral, sparking a flood of Internet outrage.
Viewers complained to the Anchorage Police Department, which prompted prosecutors to charge Beagley with child abuse.
Court documents allege Beagley intentionally caused her son to be "tortured...cruelly punished or physically injured."
She has pleaded not guilty and the boy is still in Beagley's custody.
She is due in court March 21.
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