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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBhad Bhabie Details 'Abuse' at Utah Ranch Where Dr. Phil Sends Teens
Danielle Bregoli, the 18-year-old viral star turned rapper who goes by Bhad Bhabie, has come forward with allegations of physical and mental abuse at a teen residential facility where she was sent after appearing on Dr. Phil in 2016. In an eight-minute video posted to her YouTube channel on Friday under the hashtag #BreakingCodeSilence, Bregoli shared her support for Hannah Archuleta, a former teen resident of Turn-About Ranch in Escalante, Utah, who is now suing the facility for negligence after alleged sexual assault by a staff member in 2019. Archuleta, like Bregoli, was sent to Turn-About Ranch after appearing on Dr. Phil. Bregoli begins the video by imploring Dr. Phil to issue an apology, not only to me but to Hannah and any other child that you sent to Turn-About or any other program like this. Dr. Phil sent Archuleta to Turn-About Ranch after it had been the site of a publicized murder in 2017, while Bregoli was there, which she says was traumatic for the young residents.
In the video, Bregoli gives testimony about how she was sent to the ranch by transporters who come in in the middle of the night. They dont tell them where theyre going. They just take them, they handcuff them, they put them in the car. Its basically like kidnapping. Bregoli says that at the ranch, they take away necessity privileges, like sleeping on a bed, eating good food, not being cold. Bregoli says she witnessed kids being forcefully restrained, which is against the law, youre not supposed to touch the kids, and that if you reported another kid getting bullied by their peers or something, they would just say, well maybe thats what they need, or something like that. Punishments included being subjected to cold and menial labor. Youre not even feeding them or letting them sleep in decent conditions. Just doing things that no one would ever want done to their child, and doing it to kids that are so helpless, says Bregoli. Thats the thing about these places. You have no evidence. You dont have a phone there. Theres no cameras there. Theres no evidence.
Bregolis stories echo Paris Hiltons own experiences at a teen residential facility, as explored in her 2020 documentary This Is Paris. In fact, Archuletas attorney Gloria Allred stated that Hiltons documentary is what inspired Archuleta to speak up. The Turn-About Ranch website has a blog post up from 2010 called Turn-About Ranch Featured on Dr. Phil, touting its relationship with the shows host. After Bregolis video went live, Dr. Phil neglected to respond on it, instead spending Friday evening tweeting about Drag Race.
https://www.vulture.com/2021/03/bhad-bhabie-details-abuse-at-ranch-where-dr-phil-sent-her.html
In the video, Bregoli gives testimony about how she was sent to the ranch by transporters who come in in the middle of the night. They dont tell them where theyre going. They just take them, they handcuff them, they put them in the car. Its basically like kidnapping. Bregoli says that at the ranch, they take away necessity privileges, like sleeping on a bed, eating good food, not being cold. Bregoli says she witnessed kids being forcefully restrained, which is against the law, youre not supposed to touch the kids, and that if you reported another kid getting bullied by their peers or something, they would just say, well maybe thats what they need, or something like that. Punishments included being subjected to cold and menial labor. Youre not even feeding them or letting them sleep in decent conditions. Just doing things that no one would ever want done to their child, and doing it to kids that are so helpless, says Bregoli. Thats the thing about these places. You have no evidence. You dont have a phone there. Theres no cameras there. Theres no evidence.
Bregolis stories echo Paris Hiltons own experiences at a teen residential facility, as explored in her 2020 documentary This Is Paris. In fact, Archuletas attorney Gloria Allred stated that Hiltons documentary is what inspired Archuleta to speak up. The Turn-About Ranch website has a blog post up from 2010 called Turn-About Ranch Featured on Dr. Phil, touting its relationship with the shows host. After Bregolis video went live, Dr. Phil neglected to respond on it, instead spending Friday evening tweeting about Drag Race.
https://www.vulture.com/2021/03/bhad-bhabie-details-abuse-at-ranch-where-dr-phil-sent-her.html
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Bhad Bhabie Details 'Abuse' at Utah Ranch Where Dr. Phil Sends Teens (Original Post)
demmiblue
Mar 2021
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demmiblue
(36,841 posts)1. Video:
Peregrine Took
(7,413 posts)2. Oh I remember her from his show - she was the
"cash me outside" girl.
I never did understand what that meant but she created quite a show for herself at the time.
demmiblue
(36,841 posts)3. I don't watch Dr. Phil (thanks Oprah), so I don't have an opinion regarding her past behavior.
Not that I really care... this is about sending children into abusive environments that have the capacity to scar them for life.
Also, Dr. Phil is a phony, money-grubbing asshole.
Doc Sportello
(7,513 posts)4. I agree
Also applies to "doctors" Drew and Oz.