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[[File:Barsi | [[File:Jozsef Istvan Barsi.png|thumb|300px|right|József Istvan Barsi]] | ||
{{Quote|Judith's just a kid and she has more money in the bank than I'll ever see. It makes me sick. Some day I'd like to strangle the little brat.|<ref name=NE>Girl who appeared on 'Growing Pains' told show's star: My dad says he's going to kill me!, ''[[The National Enquirer]]'' (September 19, 1988)</ref>}} | {{Quote|Judith's just a kid and she has more money in the bank than I'll ever see. It makes me sick. Some day I'd like to strangle the little brat.|<ref name=NE>Girl who appeared on 'Growing Pains' told show's star: My dad says he's going to kill me!, ''[[The National Enquirer]]'' (September 19, 1988)</ref>}} | ||
'''József "Arizona Joe"<ref name=latimes /> Barsi''' (November 26, 1932-July 29, 1988) was a Hungarian-American plumbing contractor, best known as the father of child actress [[wikipedia:Judith Barsi|Judith Barsi]], and the husband of her mother, Maria Eva Barsi, both of whom were his victims. | '''József "Arizona Joe"<ref name=latimes /> Barsi''' (November 26, 1932-July 29, 1988) was a Hungarian-American plumbing contractor, best known as the father of child actress [[wikipedia:Judith Barsi|Judith Barsi]], and the husband of her mother, Maria Eva Barsi, both of whom were his victims. | ||
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[[File:Jozsef, Klara, Agi & Barna.png|thumb|József during his first marriage.]] | [[File:Jozsef, Klara, Agi & Barna.png|thumb|József during his first marriage.]] | ||
Barsi had [[wikipedia:Hungarian diaspora|fled]] [[wikipedia:People's Republic of Hungary|Communist Hungary]] after the [[w:1956 Hungarian Revolution#Soviet intervention of 4 November|1956 Soviet occupation]] at age 19. He initially settled in [[wikipedia:France|France]], and married a fellow Hungarian refugee named Klara, with whom he had two children, a son named Barna (1957-1995), and a daughter named Ági (1958-2008). József soon developed a [[wikipedia:alcoholism|drinking problem]], and began to physically abuse his wife.<ref name=agibarsi>Barsi, Ági (1999), ''What will you do?'', A Better Life, ISBN 0967169399</ref> Ági, and other close contacts, later wrote that József suffered from low self-esteem, stemming from mockery over his Hungarian accent and the social rejection he suffered in Hungary, due to his [[w:Legitimacy (law)|illegitimate birth]].<ref name=latimes /><ref name=agibarsi /><ref name=Documentary/> | Barsi had [[wikipedia:Hungarian diaspora|fled]] [[wikipedia:People's Republic of Hungary|Communist Hungary]] after the [[w:1956 Hungarian Revolution#Soviet intervention of 4 November|1956 Soviet occupation]] at age 19. He initially settled in [[wikipedia:France|France]], and married a fellow Hungarian refugee named Klara, with whom he had two children, a son named Barna (1957-1995), and a daughter named Ági (1958-2008). József soon developed a [[wikipedia:alcoholism|drinking problem]], and began to physically abuse his wife.<ref name=agibarsi>Barsi, Ági (1999), ''What will you do?'', A Better Life, ISBN 0967169399</ref> Ági, and other close contacts, later wrote that József suffered from low self-esteem, stemming from mockery over his Hungarian accent and the social rejection he suffered in Hungary, due to his [[w:Legitimacy (law)|illegitimate birth]].<ref name=latimes /><ref name=agibarsi /><ref name=Documentary/> | ||
[[File:Barsi Couple.jpg|thumb|right|József (left) with his second wife Maria (right)]] | |||
After the family moved to New York in 1964, József extended his abuse to his son Barna, prompting Klara to escape with the children to Arizona five years later. Although József attempted to reconcile himself with his family, Klara filed for divorce after he threw a cast iron skillet at her in a drunken rage. Shortly after the divorce, József moved to California,<ref name=agibarsi /> where he worked as a plumbing contractor. There, he met Maria Virovacz, a waitress in a Los Angeles restaurant known as a meeting place for immigrants.<ref name=latimes /> | After the family moved to New York in 1964, József extended his abuse to his son Barna, prompting Klara to escape with the children to Arizona five years later. Although József attempted to reconcile himself with his family, Klara filed for divorce after he threw a cast iron skillet at her in a drunken rage. Shortly after the divorce, József moved to California,<ref name=agibarsi /> where he worked as a plumbing contractor. There, he met Maria Virovacz, a waitress in a Los Angeles restaurant known as a meeting place for immigrants.<ref name=latimes /> | ||
Maria, herself a Hungarian immigrant escaping the Soviet occupation, was born in rural southern Hungary,<ref name=latimes /> and suffered psychological and physical abuse from her father. The two married, and Judith's birth quickly followed in Los Angeles, California, where Judith was raised.<ref name = "Documentary"/> | Maria, herself a Hungarian immigrant escaping the Soviet occupation, was born in rural southern Hungary,<ref name=latimes /> and suffered psychological and physical abuse from her father. The two married, and Judith's birth quickly followed in Los Angeles, California, where Judith was raised.<ref name = "Documentary"/> | ||
==Domestic abuse== | ==Domestic abuse== | ||