Paris Hilton pens heartfelt letter to House Of Representatives to pass child abuse bill: “Silence doesn’t heal”

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Paris Hilton has written a heartfelt letter to the House Of Representatives, urging them to pass a bill for victims of child abuse before the Christmas holiday.It comes after the business mogul, singer, DJ and reality star gave an emotional testimony back in 2021, recalling her own experience of emotional, physical and psychological abuse that she suffered while attending boarding school as a teen.In her statement to the government, Hilton encouraged the US House Of Representatives to pass the Stop Institutional Child Abuse bill before they go on their festive breaks, and consider “the children who can’t speak for themselves”.For most of my life, I carried a deep, unspoken pain.

I thought if I stayed quiet, if I buried it far enough, maybe I could convince myself it didn’t happen. But silence doesn’t heal it only protects the people that caused the harm,” she began. “Speaking up has been the hardest thing l’ve ever done, but it’s also been the most powerful.“As a teenager, I was sent to youth residential treatment facilities where I endured abuse that no child should ever experience […] I was told I didn’t matter, that I was the problem, and that no one would believe me if I spoke up— not even my family.

For years, I lived with the weight of that trauma, the nightmares, the shame. It wasn’t until I found my voice that I began to heal,” she continued.