Paris Hilton backs lawsuit against former New York boarding school

The New York Post reported that media personality Paris Hilton is supporting 34 former students of the Family Foundation School in a lawsuit alleging child abuse and labor trafficking. The legal action targets the closed boarding school and its network of beneficiaries. [1]

According to the New York Post, the Family Foundation School operated on a 158-acre campus in Hancock, located in the Catskill Mountains of New York. The institution opened in 1984 and closed in 2014 following allegations of widespread mistreatment by staff and administrators. [1]

The New York Post detailed that the lawsuit alleges sexual assault, strip searches, and forced labor. Former students claimed that staff forced them to dig their own graves and eat their own vomit while enrolled at the facility. [1]

Hilton is an American socialite, media personality, and businesswoman who first gained international attention in the early 2000s. She is a great-granddaughter of Hilton Hotels founder Conrad Hilton and co-starred in the reality series The Simple Life. [7]

A federal judge in Binghamton, New York, is scheduled to handle proceedings related to the case beginning on November 4, according to the New York Post. [1]