Paris Hilton has stepped up advocacy for reforms in youth residential treatment after publicly recounting abuse she says she suffered at Utah facilities as a teenager.
Utah officials moved to close Provo Canyon School’s Springville campus in July 2026 after state regulators found repeated safety and treatment violations, including improper restraints and aggressive physical contact. Hilton welcomed the decision and said the facility had harmed children, while the school indicated it would consider an appeal.
Hilton first disclosed the alleged abuses in her 2020 documentary This Is Paris. She later testified before the Utah Legislature on February 8, 2021, urging stricter oversight and documentation of restraints. The Utah Legislature approved a bill known as SB127 on March 2, 2021, to increase regulation of such programs.
Her advocacy continued at the national level. Hilton held a press conference at the US Capitol in October 2021 to back the Accountability for Congregate Care Act. She later testified before the House Ways and Means Committee in 2022. Hilton joined bipartisan support for the Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act in 2023, and the measure passed both chambers of Congress during the last months of the 118th Congress and was signed into law by President Joe Biden, according to congressional sources cited in media reports.
Career Reinvention And Business Expansion
Beyond advocacy, Hilton has rebuilt a public career that blends entertainment, branding and tech. She rose to fame with The Simple Life and a leaked 2003 sex tape. Since then she has produced reality TV, documentaries and podcasts, released albums including Paris in 2006 and Infinite Icon in 2024, and worked as a DJ since 2012.
Her business footprint is broad. Hilton’s perfume line generated over $2.5 billion in revenue by 2020. In 2021 she renamed her company 11:11 Media and launched London Audio and Slivington Manor Entertainment under a Warner Bros deal. She has issued NFT collections and built virtual projects such as Parisland on The Sandbox and Slivingland on Roblox, which had amassed millions of visits by 2024.
Hilton has published books and a memoir, Paris The Memoir in 2023, and produced high‑profile documentaries. She married Carter Reum on November 11, 2021, and the couple have two children born via surrogacy in 2023. Her public work on child welfare and digital culture has won awards and renewed attention to both her business ventures and her campaign for tougher oversight of youth treatment centers.
