Created: 9/30/2009 5:08:49 PM 
JACKSONVILLE, FL -- Rich and Jane Tylski appeared for a deposition Wednesday morning without an attorney.
The couple are part of a civil lawsuit involving their adopted daughter's claims of abuse. They were arrested and charged in the criminal case in 2006.
Last year, Jane Tylski pleaded guilty to aggravated child abuse. Rick Tylski admitted he used excessive discipline with the girl.
The Tylskis say they discipline their kids by spanking with spoons or a belt. They take away privileges. And they use hot sauce when their kids have what they call, a potty mouth.
They say they did nothing wrong and are being targeted in this case because Rich Tylski played for the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Attorney Bob Spohrer asked Jane Tylski during the deposition, "Were you guilty of aggravated child abuse in regards to *****(the child)?"She answered, "If that's what they said."
Spohrer replied, "Well, what do you say?"
"I say, I didn't do these things. What do you want me to say, what would you say?" Jane Tylski responded.
The attorney goes on to ask her if what she told the judge was the truth. "It's what I had to say," Tylski replied.
The Tylskis say they are the victims. They blame the state for having to give up their adopted daughter in order to protect the rest of their family.
"Is what you're telling me now is that Mrs. Tylski, you really were not guilty of aggravated child abuse? You just told the judge you were?" She replied, "In my eyes, yes."
When asked why she did that, she said, "I have three boys. I'm a good wife. I'm a good mom."
When Rich Tylski was asked if his admission was also true he said, "That's what I read to the court...In law, yes."
The Tylskis adopted the girl back in 2004 when she was 4. Two years later, the then-6-year-old was taken to the hospital with a broken leg.
The girl at first said she fell down the stairs and then changed her story to abuse.
The attorney asked Jane Tylski, "Did you ever pull her leg back so far it broke?" She answered, "No."
The attorney asked, "You're sure?" Tylski answered, "Yes."
Hospital records detail broken fingers and bruises.
"She said I bent her fingers back," Jane Tylski said.
The attorney asked, "She says you slapped her fingers down on the corner of the table to discipline her. Did you do that?"
Jane Tylski replied, "No." The attorney then asked, "You sure?" She said, "Yes."
Rich Tylski told the attorney his daughter fell down the flight of stairs, and that he does not believe the girl's stories. The Tylskis also say they never spotted any of the bruises.
When asked if she dressed the 6-year-old or bathed her, the mother replied, "She got dressed on her own...She bathed on her own."
The attorney then asked, "So, it's your testimony that you never saw your daughter without her clothes on?"
Tylski answered, "Every now and then, but I didn't examine her."
The Tylskis admit the girl was disciplined for one recurring problem, refusing to eat.
They both say they still love the little girl and miss her.
The attorney, Bob Spohrer, says he was hoping not to get to this point, but negotiations in the civil lawsuit are not going anywhere. He says his next step is to set a trial date.
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