Paris Hilton details trauma, abuse at 'troubled teen' facility: Kids have died 'in the name of treatment'
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Entrepreneur Paris Hilton details how her own childhood experience inspired her advocacy and unpacks a bipartisan bill to prevent child abuse with Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Ga.
"So I'm really just turning my pain into a purpose and using my platform to help make a difference and save children's lives because hundreds of children have died in the name of treatment in these places." Paris Hilton and her husband Carter Reum arrive at the White House for a meeting on a child abuse law, Tuesday, May 10, 2022. (Edward Lawrence/FOX Business) Paris Hilton and her husband Carter Reum stand outside White House for a meeting on a child abuse law, Tuesday, May 10, 2022. (Edward Lawrence/FOX Business) Paris Hilton and her husband, Carter Reum, visited the White House on Tuesday. (Edward Lawrence/FOX Business) "I'm really just turning my pain into a purpose and using my platform to help make a difference and save children's lives because hundreds of children have died in the name of treatment in these places." - Paris Hilton Madeline Coggins is a Digital Production Assistant on the Fox News flash team with Fox News Digital.
In 2020, Hilton alleged she had been the victim of emotional and physical abuse as a teen attending Utah's Provo Canyon School. She says she was the victim of a "parent-approved kidnapping" when she was a misbehaving 16-year-old, with two men dragging her out of her home and into a congregate-care facility.