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Paris Hilton is a name we haven’t heard in a while.

Probably because she’s a bit of a one-trick-pony.

Being ditzy and rich can only get you so far.

Over the years, Hilton has displayed a level of naivety that boggles the mind, like that time she delivered fragrances to the victims in San Gregorio, near Mexico City, which was badly hit by an earthquake in 2017.

In case you somehow didn’t know, perfume usually isn’t the most sought-after supply when one’s home has been destroyed.

Then there was that ill-fated cooking show where she mostly wandered around a kitchen. Between the confusion most felt at the fingerless gloves and the small rat-like animal she referred to as ‘Baby Diamond’, Paris doesn’t actually give you any of the information you need to make lasagne.

In more recent times, however, Hilton has spoken out about her childhood, which, contrary to assumptions about her pampered upbringing, seems to have been awful and abusive, reports Page Six.

The revelations about her time at boarding school, which followed a rebellious phase as a teenager, will be detailed in an upcoming documentary, This is Paris, due to be released on September 14, on her YouTube channel.

Let’s take a look at the trailer before we move on to the horrifying details:

Hilton’s parents decided to send her to a number of boarding schools, when she refused to behave, the last of which was Utah’s Provo Canyon School, where she would stay for 11 months.

“I knew it was going to be worse than anywhere else,” Hilton said, adding, “It was supposed to be a school, but [classes] were not the focus at all. From the moment I woke up until I went to bed, it was all day screaming in my face, yelling at me, continuous torture.”

Hilton describes being tossed into solitary confinement for up to 20 hours at a time.

“I was having panic attacks and crying every single day,” she added. “I was just so miserable. I felt like a prisoner and I hated life.”

“The staff would say terrible things. They were constantly making me feel bad about myself and bully me. I think it was their goal to break us down. And they were physically abusive, hitting and strangling us. They wanted to instil fear in the kids so we’d be too scared to disobey them.”

When she tried to tell her parents, it was her word against that of the administrators of the school, who would also tear up letters and halt phone calls when she tried to get the word out about the abuse.

Three of her classmates appear in the documentary to back up her claims, including that they were “force-fed medication and held down by restraints as punishment”.

When she turned 18, she left the school, and returned to New York.

She says that she didn’t speak out about her experience because she wanted to forget about it and move on with her life.

We’ve heard some horror stories about what happens in schools over the years, including a few in South Africa, like the sexual abuse scandal that played out at Parktown Boys’ High School in 2018.

[source:pagesix]