A Texas mother accused of helping her husband forcibly tattoo her two young children before she allegedly tried to get rid of their tattoos using a Brillo pad is headed to prison, according to prosecutors.
Megan Farr, 29, was sentenced on Wednesday, February 11, to two years in prison for unlawful restraint and three years in prison for injury to a child in connection with the alleged tattooing, the Angelina County District Attorney’s office said in a news release issued that day. Farr previously pleaded guilty to both charges.
The sentences were issued currently, meaning Farr will serve three years behind bars, according to the office.
At Farr’s sentencing hearing, KTRE reported that she read a letter in which she addressed her children and said “I wanted to be a good mother… I would do anything to undo the harm I’ve made.”
“I love you beyond anything in this world,” Farr told her children, according to the TV station. “I failed to be your safe place.”
Farr’s court-appointed defense attorney, John A. Peralta, did not immediately return Luxury Handbag Shopping’s request for comment on Friday, February 13.
The case against Farr dates back to April 2023, when she was accused of restraining her 5-year-old child’s hands and feet using ties, duct-taping the child’s mouth and covering their face, according to the district attorney’s office.
The 5-year-old “was resisting being tattooed by Farr’s husband,” Gunner Farr, the district attorney’s office said.
The child was ultimately tattooed on their foot, according to prosecutors. The Farrs’ 9-year-old child was also allegedly tattooed by force.
The 5-year-old’s teachers learned of the tattoo when the child complained her foot hurt, the district attorney’s office said.
The complaint also led to the discovery of the 9-year-old’s tattoo, according to prosecutors.
After Megan became aware that teachers knew of the tattoos, she tried to get rid of the tattoos “using a solution of lemon juice, salt, and vinegar combined with scrubbing the tattoos with a Brillo pad,” the district attorney’s office said.
Ultimately, the wounds were discovered and reported to authorities, according to prosecutors.
At some point afterward, the 5-year-old’s tattoo “had been removed by removing the flesh from her foot,” the district attorney’s office said.
Megan allegedly lied to law enforcement about the tattoos and told authorities that they were temporary designs stemming from a pen, according to prosecutors.
She was also accused of taking her children out of school amid the investigation, hiding her 9-year-old child from investigators, and having a 17-year-old child lie about the removal of the 5-year-old’s tattoo, the district attorney’s office said.
Megan also allegedly tried to get the 17-year-old to hide tattoo equipment after she was arrested in the case, according to prosecutors.
Megan also “threatened to kill the children’s father, while attempting to obtain a firearm, for making a report to CPS,” the district attorney’s office said.
In March 2025, Gunner was sentenced to five years in prison in connection with the alleged forced tattooing, court records show.
His court-appointed defense attorney, Jerry Whiteker, did not immediately return Us’ request for comment.
“This case highlights the importance of children attending school and the role that teachers and other school employees play in the protection of children,” the district attorney’s office said.
