Paris Hilton Goes to Washington: ‘Legislation Is Hot’
The heiress and DJ spoke to lawmakers on behalf of teens in congregate care facilities.
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Paris Hilton put on her best business casual and marched to the nation’s capital on Wednesday to sit in front of a group of lawmakers and advocate for a cause that is very close to her heart: the treatment of teens in congregate care facilities and what can be done to make it better.
“Today I come here not as Paris, but as a survivor,” she said, before launching into her own harrowing story about her time in and out of these facilities, which are meant for wayward or “troubled” teens to get straight and involve physically and mentally abusive tactics. “For 20 years I couldn’t sleep at night, as memories of physical violence, feeling of loneliness, the loss of years rushed through my mind when I shut my eyes.”