Jailhouse Interview: Sacramento Woman Denies Torturing Girlfriend's 3-Year-Old Daughter

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A Sacramento woman denied accusations she tortured her live-in girlfriend's 3-year-old girl.

Sacramento County detectives Ashley Williams, 27, used an unknown instrument to torture the girl.

Williams told CBS13 in a jailhouse interview that she met the victim and her daughter four months ago online. She invited her to her home, and that relationship went from bad to worse.

"I don't want to be here. I don't want the baby hurt. I want everybody back to normal. It doesn't feel good to know that she's in the hospital," Williams said.

Filled with tears and denial, she says she didn't torture the 3-year-old girl at the north Sacramento apartment.

"It doesn't make sense how I got blamed for so much," she said.

The sheriff's department says Williams is accused of torturing the child at the apartment complex, using an unknown instrument that causes extreme pain.

"I meant no harm. I didn't mean any harm," she said.

Records indicated she also allegedly viciously attacked her live-in girlfriend with an unknown deadly weapon. When we asked about what that weapon could have been, she said, "I plead the Fifth," referring to the right against self-incrimination.

Williams did admit her relationship with her live-in girlfriend was plagued with accusations of cheating, which often escalated into fistfights.

"Consistently. It wasn't just one. It was repeatedly," she said.

Williams understands the seriousness of the charges.

"It's very serious, and it's scary," she said.

She knows a conviction could send her away for a long time.

"I don't want to go. I don't want to go," she said.

Williams has a 10-year-old son who was living with her in the apartment, but she says Child Protective Services took him away when she was arrested. She had this message for him.

"Please be strong for mommy. I love you. I do," she said.