“When I was 16 years old, I was ripped from my bed in the middle of the night and transported across state lines to the first of four youth residential treatment facilities,” Paris Hilton said during a House Ways and Means committee hearing on Wednesday. “These programs promised healing, growth and support, but instead did not allow me to speak, move freely or even look out a window for two years.
'I was force-fed medications and sexually abused by the staff. I was violently restrained and dragged down hallways, stripped naked and thrown into solitary confinement.' Hilton also shared in her testimony that private equity firms have increasingly taken a greater stake in the industry in recent years focusing on maximizing profits, and subsequently, she said, hiring unqualified workers.