Dr. Phil sued after teen alleges she was sexually assaulted at a Utah ranch he promoted: reports

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: USA Today

A woman has alleged she was sexually assaulted at a rural ranch in Utah after appearing on the long-running TV show "Dr. Phil." She is now suing Phil McGraw, commonly known as Dr. Phil, and Viacom CBS for negligence, saying she felt pressured to attend the facility after appearing on the show.

The faculty where the alleged assault took place is called Turn-About ranch, which is located in the rural town of Escalante, Utah. The lawsuit was filed in the Los Angeles County Court and in the suit, Hannah Archuleta alleges after she appeared on “Dr. Phil” in October 2019 — she was 17 at the time — McGraw and his staff pressured her to attend the ranch to “have any chance at a good life,” according to a lawsuit obtained by the Los Angeles Times and The Wrap.

Archuleta says her family was pressured to force her to go to the ranch where the alleged assault took place. In the lawsuit, Archuleta says that within weeks of her arrival she was groped twice by an unnamed male staffer.

In the lawsuit, Archuleta says McGraw made “unqualified, positive representations” about Turn-About Ranch, which is a working cattle ranch that bills itself as a “special place that provides a unique set of services to struggling young people,” according to the ranch’s director’s message.



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[mountain grammy]

1. Good.

He deserves to be sued for some of the crap he promoted.. all for the $$

[NullTuples]

2. "within weeks of her arrival" - how long are paying guests expected to stay?

...and is McGraw invested in the place? This all sounds too much like Christian Boot Camp for my comfort.

[Ford_Prefect]

3. If so it wouldn't be the first or last one to come under accusations of abuse.

A number of these so-called Christian oriented work farms have had accusations and prosecutions. It seems the old testament style boot camp/ prison work farm model lends itself to such abuses, along with dubious hiring and supervision conditions.

[crim son]

4. I do not care for Dr Phil but

can not say his recommendation makes him liable for this alleged assault. If someone recommends a restaurant and I'm assulted in the ladies' room, I'm not going to sue the person who recommended the place to me. What am I missing here?

[ripcord]

5. Her family pressured her to go also

I noticed she isn't suing them, no deep pockets.

[crim son]

7. Right you are. n/t

[RobinA]

10. Totally Agree

I can't stand Dr. Phil, but how is this on him? Unless this place was known to be a hot bed of rapists, I'm not seeing his liability. You aren't missing anything.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

6. The lawsuit is finer than frog hair split four ways.

Or whatever sayings that non-doctor might utter, which some people find cute somehow.

[Deminpenn]

8. Part of the troubled teen industry

The New Yorker recently had a story about places like that one: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/10/18/the-shadow-penal-system-for-struggling-kids

[Withywindle]

9. Those "troubled teen ranches" are INCREDIBLY abusive

Physical violence, sexual violence, etc are rampant. They should all be shut down, they do no good for troubled teens whatsoever, and only serve to traumatize them more.