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💔😢 Bringing back even more of the horrible memories I have blocked out for so many years. In tears watching and listening to what you went through. On behalf of all the survivors and myself, I want to send a huge thank you to for being so courageous, open and honest telling your story.

Thank you for helping shine a light with me on this very important movement.' The people who work at and run these places are the ones who should be ashamed. 'Like you, I have always felt so ashamed to tell anyone about this,' she continued. 'Bringing back even more of the horrible memories I have blocked out for so many years. 'In tears watching and listening to what you went through,' Hilton wrote in response to Von D. On Monday, Hilton reposted Von D's video on her own Instagram page and said she wanted to 'send a huge thank you' to the tattoo artist 'for being so courageous, open, and honest' while telling her story. Thank you 🙏❤️ Love you all! 🤗 To learn more about this movement and why I am so passionate about it please go to my Channel to watch my new documentary #ThisIsParis 🎥Ī post shared by Paris Hilton on at 5:22pm PDT at 5:22pm PDT I am so touched by all your letters and kind messages. Thank you to all the survivors for reaching out.

So proud to be a part of the #BreakingCodeSilence Movement and put an end to the child abuse that is still happening today.

It was very difficult to finally be so open but I'm grateful that I did. The real story of my life and what I have been through. 'It was just terrifying to be in a place every day where people who work there were sadistic and wanted to torture and hurt children,' Hilton told The Times about her experience, which she discussed further in her new documentary. In an August interview with The Times, 'The Simple Life' star said she was beaten, strangled, and forced to take pills that made her feel 'foggy.' According to Hilton, people at the institution 'love to break you down as much as possible.' Paris Hilton also attended Provo Canyon School as a teenager and said she endured physical and mental abuse while there Overall, the tattoo artist said that her experience at the institution led her to experience PTSD, and was 'the root' of her future alcoholism and drug use Von D says that she's now 13 years sober. Von D later said in her video that while she 'was spared of the sexual abuse and the physical abuse' reported by other previous members of the school, she 'definitely saw' others being punished, force-fed medication, and enduring other types of abuse. 'So I was there for a total of six months, and they were definitely the most traumatic six months of my life.'Īccording to Von D, a family therapist recommended the school to her parents once Von D began 'listening to punk-rock music' and dressing 'a little bit different than all of the other kids at school or church.' She said she also had dropped out of high school to begin her tattoo career at the time. 'I was 15 when I was sent, and I spent my 16th birthday in there,' Von D said. Kat Von D says she was sent to Provo Canyon School at the age of 15Īt the start of her Instagram video, Von D said that she doesn't like to describe institutions like the one she attended as 'schools.' Instead, she called Provo Canyon School a 'f-ing lockdown facility.'

#Kat von d raw power code#

Von D also urged others to watch Hilton's documentary and follow Breaking Code Silence - a movement working to end institutional child abuse - on Instagram. 🖤 #breakingcodesilenceĪ post shared by 𝐊𝐀𝐓 𝐕𝐎𝐍 𝐃 on at 4:36pm PDT at 4:36pm PDT Please take a moment to watch ‘s documentary #ThisIsParis and follow to see other survivors testimonials and better understand the horrors of the “Troubled Teen” industry, and the damage it causes to not just the kids, but the families. I spent those 6 traumatic months of my teenage years, only to leave with major PTSD and other traumas due to the unregulated, unethical and abusive protocols of this “school” - and cannot believe this place is STILL OPERATING. Thank you, for giving me the courage to share about being locked up for half a year, without ever seeing the sun, at Provo Canyon School in Utah.