{"id":517576,"date":"2026-07-09T13:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T13:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/517576\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T13:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T13:06:09","slug":"utah-shuts-down-provo-canyon-school-following-paris-hiltons-abuse-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/517576\/","title":{"rendered":"Utah shuts down Provo Canyon School following Paris Hilton\u2019s abuse allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"gngXgPCjmfo\" style=\"display:none\">The school has 15 days to request a hearing before the Department of Health &amp; Human Services, and all services at the campus must be terminated by August 6.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"The Utah facility was cited for failing to provide health and safety services, and engaging in unnecessary restraint. Photo \/ Provo Canyon School\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>The Utah facility was cited for failing to provide health and safety services, and engaging in unnecessary restraint. Photo \/ Provo Canyon School<\/p>\n<p class=\"gngXgPCjmfo\" style=\"display:none\">After the announcement, Hilton took to social media platform X to celebrate, as she told fans: \u201cI\u2019ve been waiting years to write this. The place that hurt me, and countless children before and after me, will no longer be allowed to operate.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019ve been waiting years to write this. The place that hurt me, and countless children before and after me, will no longer be allowed to operate. The children inside are going to be removed \ud83e\udd79The dream I\u2019ve had to protect future generations from the abuse I endured is finally\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZpWH4xO0dY\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZpWH4xO0dY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Paris Hilton (@ParisHilton) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ParisHilton\/status\/2074395411117158843?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gngXgPCjmfo\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThe children inside are going to be removed \u2013 the dream I\u2019ve had to protect future generations from the abuse I endured is finally happening.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"gngXgPCjmfo\" style=\"display:none\">Hilton added in a statement to the Daily Mail: \u201cToday, the State of Utah [sic] revoked Provo Canyon School\u2019s licence for its Springville campus. For more than fifty years, children came forward with stories of abuse, neglect, and trauma. Today, the state confirmed what survivors have known all along: Provo Canyon School failed the children in its care.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Paris Hilton (third left) expressed relief at the school having its licence revoked, stating the closure protects future generations from the abuse she endured. Photo \/ Getty Images\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Paris Hilton (third left) expressed relief at the school having its licence revoked, stating the closure protects future generations from the abuse she endured. Photo \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"gngXgPCjmfo\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cI was one of those children. I know what it feels like to cry for help and believe no one is coming. Today, children still inside that facility know someone is finally coming to protect them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gngXgPCjmfo\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThe little girl in me who was told she would never be believed feels so validated today. We were telling the truth. We always were.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gngXgPCjmfo\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cNo institution is too powerful to be held accountable. When survivors refuse to stay silent, change is possible.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The school has 15 days to request a hearing before the Department of Health &amp; Human Services, and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":517577,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1903,19340,74,26676,65187,190220,177,6097,156,5504,28226,257019,19339,111,139,69,6943,257018,16513,53545,4062,57343,1961,4205,686],"class_list":["post-517576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-abuse","tag-abused","tag-after","tag-allegations","tag-alleges","tag-canyon","tag-celebrate","tag-down","tag-entertainment","tag-following","tag-hilton","tag-hiltons","tag-licence","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-paris","tag-provo","tag-reason","tag-revoked","tag-school","tag-shuts","tag-this","tag-utah","tag-week"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=517576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517576\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/517577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=517576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=517576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=517576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}