“This year, I stepped into my most important role as a mother to my beautiful son, Phoenix, and now a beautiful daughter, London. As I dream about the magic of childhood and who they will become, I am constantly reminded of the childhood that was stolen from me. I never want them, or any child to go through what I did.
At 16 years old, in the middle of the night, two men forcibly entered my bedroom and asked if I “wanted to go the easy way or the hard way.” I thought in that split second that I was taking my last breaths. I thought I was going to die.
I screamed for help, but as they dragged me away, I saw my mother and father standing by the front door, sobbing: They had arranged the whole ordeal under the promise that ‘tough love’ would set me on a better path.
At that age, I was a so-called ‘troubled teen’ and marketed as a problem to fix. I was taken against my will by transporters, bundled onto a plane in handcuffs, and flown to institutions in California, Idaho, Montana, and Utah.
That was just the beginning of the nightmare. None of us knew of the horrors which would take place over the following two years as I was physically, emotionally and sexually abused – far from anyone I knew and loved.
I was struck across the face by staff, forced to take medication without diagnosis, deprived of sleep, spied on in the shower, put in solitary confinement and shouted at constantly.
At Provo Canyon School in Utah, I was taken into a room numerous times in the middle of the night, made to lay down on a table, and told to remain silent as members of staff violated me under the guise of performing a medical examination.
I was unable to report what I was experiencing, and for over two decades, I bottled up my emotions. But now, I am turning that pain into purpose.
It is my goal that by the time Phoenix and London are teenagers, no child is abused in the name of ‘treatment’ worldwide and there are more community-based options to support and serve families. Research shows that is the most effective option.
How fucking twisted is it that the simple life made her look like a vapid spoiled princess with no clue.
High fives to the team of publicists working tirelessly to realize this deeply cynical Paris Hilton redemption arc
Jfc! How does she even sit in a room with her parents
!
Isn’t her mom on reality TV now? I wonder what she has to say about all of this.
i hope she is ridiculously successful at shutting these hell holes down
i really respect paris for all of the advocacy she’s been doing the last few years. she’s worked with some top child advocacy organizations and has lobbied at the federal level. it’s huge that she’s willing to share her experience with the twisted system!!
sounds like people can still be treated like property in the US – as long as it’s your own child. so fucked up.
My neighbor sent her adopted child to a similar school in Utah. I’m worried for what she might have gone through there.
I’m sorry this whole Paris Hilton redemption story feels sus. Hopefully I’m wrong and she isn’t being hyperbolic about abuse she endured to up her brand.
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“This year, I stepped into my most important role as a mother to my beautiful son, Phoenix, and now a beautiful daughter, London. As I dream about the magic of childhood and who they will become, I am constantly reminded of the childhood that was stolen from me. I never want them, or any child to go through what I did.
At 16 years old, in the middle of the night, two men forcibly entered my bedroom and asked if I “wanted to go the easy way or the hard way.” I thought in that split second that I was taking my last breaths. I thought I was going to die.
I screamed for help, but as they dragged me away, I saw my mother and father standing by the front door, sobbing: They had arranged the whole ordeal under the promise that ‘tough love’ would set me on a better path.
At that age, I was a so-called ‘troubled teen’ and marketed as a problem to fix. I was taken against my will by transporters, bundled onto a plane in handcuffs, and flown to institutions in California, Idaho, Montana, and Utah.
That was just the beginning of the nightmare. None of us knew of the horrors which would take place over the following two years as I was physically, emotionally and sexually abused – far from anyone I knew and loved.
I was struck across the face by staff, forced to take medication without diagnosis, deprived of sleep, spied on in the shower, put in solitary confinement and shouted at constantly.
At Provo Canyon School in Utah, I was taken into a room numerous times in the middle of the night, made to lay down on a table, and told to remain silent as members of staff violated me under the guise of performing a medical examination.
I was unable to report what I was experiencing, and for over two decades, I bottled up my emotions. But now, I am turning that pain into purpose.
It is my goal that by the time Phoenix and London are teenagers, no child is abused in the name of ‘treatment’ worldwide and there are more community-based options to support and serve families. Research shows that is the most effective option.
But it will not be easy.”
Read more from Paris Hilton, who wrote exclusively for The Telegraph here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/comment/2023/11/30/paris-hilton-abuse-child-institutional-birth-daughter-son/
Holy fuck that’s awful.
How fucking twisted is it that the simple life made her look like a vapid spoiled princess with no clue.
High fives to the team of publicists working tirelessly to realize this deeply cynical Paris Hilton redemption arc
Jfc! How does she even sit in a room with her parents
!
Isn’t her mom on reality TV now? I wonder what she has to say about all of this.
i hope she is ridiculously successful at shutting these hell holes down
i really respect paris for all of the advocacy she’s been doing the last few years. she’s worked with some top child advocacy organizations and has lobbied at the federal level. it’s huge that she’s willing to share her experience with the twisted system!!
sounds like people can still be treated like property in the US – as long as it’s your own child. so fucked up.
My neighbor sent her adopted child to a similar school in Utah. I’m worried for what she might have gone through there.
I’m sorry this whole Paris Hilton redemption story feels sus. Hopefully I’m wrong and she isn’t being hyperbolic about abuse she endured to up her brand.