Paris Hilton Tearfully Says She Was 'Violated' and Subjected to Sexual Abuse As a Teen at Boarding School
etonline.comParis Hilton is tearfully continuing her crusade for reform, revealing in new detail the sexual abuse she says she suffered as a teen at a therapeutic boarding school in the 1990s.In a expose on the «troubled teen industry,» published Tuesday, Hilton says she was subjected to middle-of-the-night «medical exams» with various staff members at the Provo Canyon School in Utah. «They would take myself and other girls into this room and they would perform medical exams,» she says in an on-camera interview. «It wasn't even with a doctor, it was with a couple different staff members, where they would have us lay on the table and put their fingers inside of us.
I don't know what they were doing, but it was definitely not a doctor.» Becoming visibly choked up, Hilton continues, «It was really scary and something that I really had blocked out for many years, but it's coming back all the time now and I think about it.
Now, looking back as an adult, that was definitely sexual abuse.» Hilton, 40, also recounts a time that a staff member «screamed» at her, «You have your phone privileges taken away.
We're going to tell your parents that you are manipulating them, that you're lying.» Sharing a link to the article, Hilton tweeted, «I opened up in a @NYTimes video about something I’ve never discussed before.
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