The Boarding School Experience
Paris’ rebellious streak intensified in her early teens. She began sneaking out, skipping school, and exploring the world beyond the confines of her carefully curated life.
At age 14, a deeply disturbing event occurred: she was groomed by a teacher, an incident that her parents discovered when they found her in a car with an older man.
Following this, Paris was sent to multiple boarding schools for “troubled youth,” ultimately ending up in Utah at one facility she would later describe as “the worst of the worst.” This boarding school experience became one of the defining traumas of her youth.
In a documentary released years later, Paris recounted the horrors she endured at the school. Students were often stripped, yelled at, or physically punished.
She described staff who seemed “used to hurting children and seeing them naked,” and recounted being forced to take unidentified medications that left her feeling numb and exhausted. “You’re sitting on a chair staring at a wall all day long, getting yelled at or hit,” she said.
A staff member warned her that if she told anyone about the abuse, the adults would convince her parents that she was lying. Fear of retaliation kept her silent for years.
The psychological scars of this experience followed her well into adulthood, manifesting as recurring nightmares and sleep disturbances. Continue reading…