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‘Teen Torture, Inc.’ and Paris Hilton Bring Abusive Industry to Task

A new film out this month looks at the billion-dollar business, which sees minors kidnapped and then abused, and comes after the hotel heiress spoke to Congress on her experiences with their brutality.

The doc will premiere July 11 and the just-released trailer gives a preview of the harrowing tales the movie tells through those who are advocating for it to be shuttered for good. This abuse at “youth residential treatment centers” was what led aughts icon Hilton to speak before Congress’ Ways and Means Committee on June 26. In a Washington Post opinion article from 2021, Hilton writes of being “choked, slapped across the face, spied on while showering and deprived of sleep” at these camps.

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