“I was just a girl and I felt raped every day,” the celebrity told the Utah Criminal Justice Commission. The testimony of them and other victims served to pass a bill seeking more government control in these centers.
Paris Hilton made an emotional statement to the Utah Criminal Justice Commission about the days she was imprisoned at Provo Canyon School, a state boarding school, when she was just 16 years old.
On Monday, the famous 39-year-old woman spoke about the abuses she suffered at the hands of the caregivers themselves and about the trauma she generated in her life and which are still present 22 years later.
“I was just a girl and I felt violated every day,” she said, adding that talking about “something so personal” was and still is terrifying. Paris mentioned that the children were regularly fixed, beaten, thrown on the walls, strangled and sexually abused.
She pointed out that more than two decades after that 11-month episode, she can’t sleep and sleep knowing that there are children who are experiencing the same thing because of what happened and that her nightmares are recurring.
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Paris testified before the Senate committee on Capitol Hill that the same reforming staff beat her, forced her to take pills, watched her in the shower and sent her to isolation without clothes as punishment.
Paris Hilton poses at the American Music Awards 2020 which was broadcast at the Microsoft Theater on November 22, 2020 in Los Angeles. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. / ABC / AFP American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. / ABC / AFP
“Without a diagnosis, I was forced to take medications that made me feel numb and exhausted. I didn’t breathe fresh air or see the sunlight for 11 months, “he said.
“Every time he used the bathroom or took a shower, he was supervised. At 16, as a child, I felt his eyes pierce my body. I was just a girl and I felt raped every day, “she said, condemning:” I am proof that money does not protect against abuse. “
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The statements of Hilton and other victims served to pass a bill calling for greater government oversight in these institutions terribly affected by their abusive practices regarding the treatment of their users.
Paris has called on the authorities and President Joe Biden to have closer control over these institutions where, he said, these abuses continue to occur.
“This bill will certainly help many children, but obviously there is still a lot to do and I will not stop until the change takes place,” he said.