A group of California brothers who escaped hellish confinement in a place called the “House of Horrors” but faced further abuse in Riverside County’s foster care system are now “working towards a long legal battle” to settle the case. There is.” Their lawyers say it appears to be something elusive.
The youngest six of Turpin’s 13 children were arrested in 2018 by Riverside County, ChildNet Youth and Family Services, and Foster Families, alleging similar poor treatment after they were rescued from their parents’ torture home. – Sue the network.
Eran Zechzer, the attorney representing the brothers in their lawsuit, told Fox News Digital that the Turpins intend to hold the defendants to the fire and are eager to question them under oath. He said that.
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Six of the 13 Turpin siblings are suing Riverside County, California, and ChildNet for negligence. (Facebook)
“We’re moving into more serious litigation,” he said. “People are blaming all sides because no one wants to take responsibility for such a horrible act. It’s not easy for people to accept the fact that their actions caused horrible harm to children. .”
Zechzer said the ordeal shows serious flaws in the way the government and agencies that are supposed to find homes for helpless foster children are handling them.
Attorney Greg Rollins stands next to defendants Lenise, Rosa and Marcelino Holguin from left in court on April 1, 2022. (Milka Soko)
Before the ordeal for Holguin’s foster family in 2018, then-17-year-old Jordan Turpin ran away from his parents’ home in Perris, Calif., and called 911. Police rescued the captured brothers, who ranged in age from 2 to 29.
The daring escape through the window and the discovery of the squalid conditions by his parents attracted international media attention and exposed treatment that Sechzer called “utterly disgusting and harmful.”
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Jordan Turpin, who survived a terrifying family home with 12 siblings, spoke out about abuse in foster care. (Instagram)
Police found two of the brothers chained to a bed. The victims had not taken a bath in months. And the house smelled like human waste.
Despite the attention the case received, the youngest six children ended up living in a new abusive home.
“The new family says, ‘Your parents were right. You’re nothing. You’re filthy. You don’t deserve to eat lunch,'” Zechzer said. “That’s unfathomable.”
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David and Louise Turpin were sentenced to life in prison for abusing their children. (Terry Pearson/The Press-Enterprise, Associated Press, Poole)
The fact that something like this happened to the victims of such a high-profile rescue operation shows how poor the foster care system is, he added.
“They’re going to hold Childnet and Riverside County accountable,” he said. “They’re not going to play bearish and just hope things go away.”
The Turpins’ biological parents were sentenced to life in prison. The adoptive parents, Rosa Holguin and Marcelino Holguin, and their adult daughter Lenise were arrested in March 2021 and released on bail.According to sources, all three have maintained their innocence. FOX 11 Los Angeles.
Turpin’s home in Perris, California is shown. (Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images/File)
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Despite “credible” prior allegations of abuse and neglect, the Holguins remained in foster care with “financial incentives” that prioritized funds over children, according to the complaint.
“Contrary to the advice of some of its own employees, Childnet placed Plaintiff and her two siblings in the foster care of Mr. and Mrs. Plaintiff. [Olguin]“Shortly thereafter, Defendants were informed that these foster parents and their adult daughters were sexually, physically, emotionally abusive, and grossly neglectful of Plaintiffs,” the lawsuit alleges.
The Holguins then allegedly beat the Turpin children with shoes and belts, pulled their hair, force-fed them excess food and their own vomit, and sexually abused them.
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ChildNet spokesperson Brett Lewis previously told Fox News Digital in a statement that “the organization is not at liberty to disclose the facts or discuss the allegations in the complaint.”
FOX News’ Audrey Conklin and Daniel Wallace contributed to this report.
