Gospel singer James Fortune is being sued for allegedly leaving his 4-year-old stepson with severe burns with over 45% of his body.

The suit says that Fortune picked up his stepson from pre-school after the boy was “misbehaving by coloring on a table.” The suit also says he scolded the boy the entire way home, put him in timeout at home, and beat the child with a switch. Then, Fortune is accused of pushing the toddler in scalding water and holding him down.

Now he’s being taken to court.