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[[File:Barsi | [[File:Jozsef Istvan Barsi.png|thumb|300px|right|József Istvan Barsi]] | ||
'''József "Arizona Joe"<ref name=latimes /> Barsi''' was a Hungarian-American plumbing contractor who was known as the father of child actress Judith Barsi, and the husband of her mother, Maria Eva Barsi, both of whom were his victims. | '''József "Arizona Joe"<ref name=latimes /> Barsi''' was a Hungarian-American plumbing contractor who was known as the father of child actress Judith Barsi, and the husband of her mother, Maria Eva Barsi, both of whom were his victims. | ||
==Early life and marriages== | ==Early life and marriages== | ||
[[File:Jozsef,_Klara,_Agi_&_Barna.png|thumb|József with his first family.]] | |||
Barsi had [[w:Hungarian diaspora|fled]] [[w: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 [[w: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 [[w: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 [[w:Hungarian diaspora|fled]] [[w: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 [[w: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 [[w: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|300px|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 /> | ||
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==Domestic abuse== | ==Domestic abuse== | ||
[[File:Jozsef_&_Judith_Barsi.png|thumb|József with his daughter, Judith.]] | |||
Maria Barsi soon began grooming her daughter to become an actress.<ref name=latimes>Johnson, J. [http://articles.latimes.com/1988-08-07/local/me-382_1_child-abuse A Script of Fear : Repeated Threats by Father of Child Actress Carried to Tragic End], ''LA Times'' (August 7, 1988)</ref> At the age of five, Judith was discovered at a skating rink.<ref name=latimes /> She went on to appear in more than 70 commercials and guest-starring roles on television.<ref name=latimes1>[http://articles.latimes.com/1988-08-23/local/me-919_1_child-abuse-files Local News in Brief : Child-Abuse Files Ordered Opened], ''LA Times'' (August 23, 1988)</ref> | Maria Barsi soon began grooming her daughter to become an actress.<ref name=latimes>Johnson, J. [http://articles.latimes.com/1988-08-07/local/me-382_1_child-abuse A Script of Fear : Repeated Threats by Father of Child Actress Carried to Tragic End], ''LA Times'' (August 7, 1988)</ref> At the age of five, Judith was discovered at a skating rink.<ref name=latimes /> She went on to appear in more than 70 commercials and guest-starring roles on television.<ref name=latimes1>[http://articles.latimes.com/1988-08-23/local/me-919_1_child-abuse-files Local News in Brief : Child-Abuse Files Ordered Opened], ''LA Times'' (August 23, 1988)</ref> | ||