Paris Hilton says she was sexually assaulted as a teenager by staff members at a boarding school and “behavioral-health center” in Utah. In a new interview with the New York Times about systemic abuses at facilities claiming to help children with mental-health and behavioral issues — referred to as the “troubled teen industry” — Hilton, who forcibly attended Provo Canyon School for 11 months when she was 17, alleged that male staff members took her and other female students into a room “very late at night” and digitally penetrated them under the guise of performing cervical exams. “This wasn’t even a doctor,” Hilton told the Times. “It was with a couple different staff members where they would lay us on the table and put their fingers inside of us. I don’t even know what they were doing, but it was definitely not a doctor and it was really scary.” Hilton said she blocked out memories of the alleged abuse for “many years” but that they’re “coming back all the time now,” adding, “Looking back as an adult, that was definitely sexual abuse.” Hilton has been a vocal advocate for survivors of the troubled-teen industry since opening up about her experiences in the autobiographical documentary This Is Paris in 2020, in which she revealed that her parents arranged to have her essentially kidnapped and sent to Provo to curtail her behavior. Read more about her allegations at the link in bio.