Polygamous pastor Israel Ford —who recently went viral for a wild video in which he introduced his second wife to his congregation at the LifeWorks Church in Cleveland, Ohio—has a domestic violence conviction, court records show.

Legal documents from the Court of Appeals of Ohio show that Israel was convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence for a 2018 incident involving his then-17-year-old stepdaughter, identified only as K.C. in the legal documents. K.C. testified Israel struck her with a belt, “leaving bruises visible three days after the incident.” He contested the charge, however, arguing that he was “administering parental discipline to punish his stepdaughter’s misbehavior.”

The charges were included in a 15-count joint indictment against him and his wife Lydia, which also included allegations of robbery, assault, and other related offenses from an incident involving a different victim named Latesha McFarland.…