Paris Hilton Advocates For The ‘Forgotten’ Youth At Capitol Hill Detailing Her Own Abuse: ‘Kids Are Hurting’
Paris Hilton detailed her own disturbing experiences while advocating for the nation's forgotten youth and adoptees on Capitol Hill Wednesday.
The entrepreneur detailed her experience when she was pulled away from family and sent to live in treatment centers for troubled youth alongside children she claimed were "forgotten" about by the child welfare system, per 'HuffPost.'
"Imagine the experience for youth placed by the state and don't have people regularly checking in on them," Hilton, 43, stated, reminding the committee that even she endured hardship within the system despite her family's fortune.
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“When I was 16 years old I was ripped from my bed in the middle of the night and transported across state lines to the first of four residential treatment facilities.”
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The media outlet reported Hilton's claims she was "ripped" from her bed in the middle of the night and "transported across state lines" at the ripe age of 16.
"These programs promised growth, healing and support but instead did not let me speak freely or even look out a window for two years," Hilton professed.
The 'Simple Life' star recounted the horrific memories of being "force-fed" medications, being sexually abused by staff, being "violently" restrained and dragged down hallways, stripped naked, and tossed into solitary confinement.
"Why can't we as a society see that these kids are hurting?" the 43-year-old inquired. "That they need love and kindness, not beatings and restraints."
"I assure you that these were not the dreams that were envisioned for Cornelius, Ja'Ceon and the thousands more who have suffered immensely," she added, referring to Cornelius Fredericks, 16, and Ja'Ceon Terry, 7, who died due to the facility's abuse.
This isn't the first time the entrepreneur would address the courts. She originally testified that she was abused at Utah Boarding School in 2021 at Provo Canyon, lobbying for a bill that seeks to regulate the system's troubled youth industry.
