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