Paris Hilton testified in court about the abuse she suffered at the exclusive Provo Canyon School, Utah, which she attended for 11 months at the age of 17.
The heiress said that in the boarding school she suffered physical and psychological abuse: the staff members - she said - beat her, forced her to take unknown pills, watched her shower and forced her to stay in solitary confinement without clothes as punishment. .
Hilton testified in a Utah State Senate Committee hearing in favor of the bill requiring greater government oversight of juvenile residential treatment centers. The measure passed unanimously following the emotional testimony of the 39-year-old and several other survivors. "Talking about something so personal was and still is terrifying - underlined Hilton - But I can't go to sleep at night knowing that there are kids who are suffering the same abuse that I and so many others have had to face". Paris then specified that what she experienced was so "traumatizing" that she suffered from nightmares and insomnia for years.
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