Campbell Co., VA - A Rustburg woman says she stands to lose everything. Her baby has a severe head injury, and her husband has been arrested in the incident. The family says the baby fell from a sofa, but investigators aren't buying it.

On Monday, the child was released to Social Services. ABC 13 spoke with the mother, and she is sticking by her husband.
She tells us her husband would never hurt her child and that she's being punished for believing in him.

19-year-old Jessica Withers says she was at work when her two month old daughter was hurt. Her husband said baby Raighley fell off the couch and hit the side of the coffee table.

"The bruising is actually on her left side and it's in the shape of a corner of something, which would match up with my husband's story," Withers said.

Campbell County investigators say the evidence points to James Withers. He's charged with Aggravated Malicious Wounding and Felony Child Neglect.

Capt. L.T. Guthrie, with the Campbell County Sheriff's Office, said, "The injuries the child received were not consistent with a fall from that height, onto carpeted floor. They were much more significant than that."

“They arrested my husband, they said he confessed to hurting our daughter. I do not believe that, my husband is not that kind of man, he is never physical, never violent," Withers said.

The child has been placed in foster care. Jessica Withers claims she asked Social Services why they were taking her baby. She says they told her it's because she doesn't believe her husband is guilty.

"I've done nothing wrong and they are still taking my daughter away from me and I do not see the justice in that," Withers said.

Baby Raighley may have suffered permanent brain damage. Doctors tell Withers it's too early to tell.

Withers says she's been told she can get her baby back, after she completes a parenting course for special needs children.

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