Father chokes daughter for nude photos on social media

The father lost his temper after the teenager resisted being hit from her mother.

A father in the US has been arrested for choking his young daughter for posting nude photos of herself on social media.
Christian Amason, 45, was arrested by the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office in Tennessee earlier this week on Sunday, after his daughter told officers that he had grabbed her by the throat and began choking her, because she wouldn't let her mother hit her over the racy photos, New York Post reported.
The father confessed to choking his 14-year-old daughter after finding out she was posting nude photos of herself to Snapchat.
According to an arrest report obtained exclusively by The Post, the girl was arguing with her mother at home over some of the pictures posted on the social media platform.
The father then intervened when his daughter 'refused to allow' a beating from her mother, slapping the girl on her face, back and legs.
According to the report, he parents followed the teen to her room, where the father then grabbed the girl by the throat and began choking her.
The girl called her sister after six hours to pick her up to go file a police report.
Both parents confessed to hitting their daughter - Amason said he lost his temper.
"The parents stated they were angry when they discovered their daughter was posting nude pictures of herself on Snapchat," according to the arrest report.
Amason was arrested and charged with child abuse and neglect. A judge set bail at $2,000, according to the arrest report.
The investigation is ongoing.