2026-07-07 22:04:49 美国东部夏令时 / 哥伦比亚广播公司/美联社
犹他州已吊销帕丽斯·希尔顿曾指控其青少年时期遭虐待的一所寄宿学校的执照，称该校“未能为服务对象提供符合要求的健康与安全服务”。
该州于周一生效的此项处罚，针对斯普林维尔市的普罗沃峡谷学校校区列出了多项违规问题。该校有15天时间可以向卫生与公众服务部申请听证会。
该州在信函中表示，该校校区的所有服务必须在8月6日前终止。
追溯至2025年的多项全面违规指控包括：未提高员工与服务对象的配比、对服务对象实施不必要的约束和攻击性身体接触、疏于护理、未及时核实员工信息或对求职者进行背景调查。
州卫生官员于5月份对该校实施了临时限制措施，称工作人员未为一名受重伤的学生立即寻求医疗救治。
“我们不同意州政府吊销普罗沃峡谷学校斯普林维尔校区执照的决定，正在评估所有可用的法律和行政途径，包括上诉，”普罗沃峡谷学校周二在发给哥伦比亚广播公司新闻的声明中表示。“由于此事仍在处理中，我们目前能透露的内容有限。我们的首要任务仍是为青少年及其家庭提供安全、高质量的护理与支持，我们将继续致力于服务有需要的人群。”
酒店业女继承人、媒体名人希尔顿于20世纪90年代末在该校就读了近一年时间。她指控工作人员殴打她、偷看她洗澡、给她喂不明药物，并将她赤身裸体单独监禁。
“我多年来一直在抗争和祈祷的消息终于来了，”帕丽斯·希尔顿周二在社交媒体帖子中写道。“昨晚，犹他州正式吊销了普罗沃峡谷学校斯普林维尔校区的执照。经过幸存者们勇敢地发声、拒绝被噤声后，校内的孩子们终于可以被转移了。”
犹他州卫生与公众服务部执照与背景调查司司长香农·托曼-布莱克周二在媒体吹风会上表示，该设施必须在8月6日前关闭。她还表示，校方“五年内不得重新申请新执照”，该部门将继续“每周进行检查，监督合规情况”。
“如果我们只是在门上贴张告示说‘所有人都离开’，那实际上会极其不安全，”托曼-布莱克补充道。“我们有责任确保这些孩子能被安全地安置到其他地方。”
现年45岁的希尔顿曾呼吁犹他州执照发放机构关闭该校。她曾在国会和美国各地的州议会作证讲述自己在该校的经历，助力犹他州和其他15个州通过了保护青少年的相关法律。今年6月，希尔顿重返该校，声援两起起诉该校虐待儿童的家庭。
长期以来，犹他州在问题青少年行业中占据着远超其体量的地位，该行业由一系列针对有行为问题儿童的私营营利性寄宿中心组成。
目前已易主的普罗沃峡谷学校在其官网介绍中称，该校是面向12至18岁青少年的精神科寄宿治疗机构。
License of Utah boarding school where Paris Hilton alleged she was abused is revoked
2026-07-07 22:04:49 EDT / CBS/AP
Utah has revoked the license of a boarding school where Paris Hilton said she was abused as a teenager, saying the school has “failed to provide applicable health and safety services for clients.”
The state’s action, which took effect Monday, cites multiple noncompliance issues against the Provo Canyon School’s campus in Springville. The school has 15 days to request a hearing before the Department of Health & Human Services.
The state said in its letter that all services at the campus must be terminated by Aug. 6.
The wide-ranging citations, which go back to 2025, include failing to increase staff-to-client ratios, engaging in an unnecessary restraint and aggressive physical contact with a client, neglecting care, and not verifying employee information or submitting background checks for applicants in a timely manner.
State health officials imposed temporary restrictions on the school in May, saying staff did not seek immediate medical care for a student with serious injuries.
“We disagree with the state’s decision to revoke Provo Canyon School’s Springville Campus license and are evaluating all available legal and administrative options, including an appeal,” Provo Canyon School said in a statement provided to CBS News Tuesday. “As this is an ongoing matter, we are limited in what we can say at this time. Our priority remains providing safe, high-quality care and support for adolescents and their families, and we remain committed to serving those in need.”
Hilton, the hotel heiress and media personality, spent almost a year at the school in the late 1990s. She alleges that staff members beat her, watched her shower, fed her unknown pills and locked her in solitary confinement without clothing.
“The news I’ve been fighting and praying for is finally here,” Paris Hilton wrote in a social media post Tuesday. “Last night, the State of Utah officially revoked Provo Canyon School’s Springville campus license. After years of survivors bravely speaking out and refusing to be silenced, the children inside will finally be removed.”
Shannon Thoman-Black, director of the division of licensing and background checks at the Utah Department of Health and Human Services, said Tuesday during a media briefing that the facility must close by Aug. 6. She also said the owners “may not reapply for a new license for five years,” and the department continues to “conduct weekly inspections and monitor for rule compliance.”
“It is actually incredibly unsafe if we were to go in and just stick a sign on the door and say, ‘Everybody out,’” Thoman-Black added. “We have the responsibility to make sure these kids get discharged into safe places.”
Hilton, 45, called on Utah licensors to shut down the school. She has testified about her experiences there in Congress and state legislatures around the U.S., helping pass laws to protect teens in Utah and 15 other states. In June, Hilton returned to the school to speak in support of two families who filed lawsuits alleging their children were mistreated there.
Utah has long played an outsized role in the troubled teen industry, a network of private, for-profit residential centers for children with behavioral issues.
Provo Canyon School, which is under new ownership, is described on its website as a psychiatric residential treatment facility for youth ages 12 to 18.
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