Bhad Bhabie Alleges She Suffered Abuse At Dr. Phil's Infamous Turn-About Ranch
Danielle Bregoli, aka Bhad Bhabie, has been in a weeks-long feud with Dr. Phil due to her treatment at the infamous "Turn-About Ranch" in Utah, a facility Dr. Phil recommends troubled teens who go on his show attend.
The ranch, made internet-famous after a series of PewDiePie videos in which he watched Dr. Phil episodes and chanted Send Her To The Ranch, is supposed to be a kind of rehab facility where teens are "reformed" from their unruly ways. In February, 19-year old Hannah Archuleta alleged she was sexually assaulted at the facility. A few days later, Bregoli shared Archuleta's video and detailed some of her experiences at the ranch.
"There’s been a Murder at this facility, reports of torture and now a report of sexual abuse and Dr. Phil still continues to send trouble children here even after knowing this stuff has happened at this facility," she wrote. "This makes my blood boil. I went through being malnourished, abused, and having to do hard labor and being there while someone was murdered. I came back with more trauma then I went there with."
The murder Bregoli is referring to is likely a 2016 murder where a teen beat a staffer to death with a metal bar.
On March 19th, she released a video detailing the extent of what she encountered at Turn-About Ranch. "For the first three days you're there, there's no showering. They put you in a teepee, but it's open. You have to sit there for three days," she alleged. "This place is all about taking away privileges. Like, ok, yeah, the phone is a privilege, the TV, yeah. But they take away, like, necessary privileges, like sleeping on a bed, eating good food, not being cold."
Bregoli demanded an apology from Dr. Phil. Dr. Phil did an interview with NewsNation's Ashleigh Banfield where he claimed no responsibility for what happened at the ranch."We don't have anything to do with what happens with guests once they leave the stage," he said. "That's between the guardian and the parent, and whatever facility they go to. We’re not involved in that -- we don’t have any feedback from them. So whatever happens when they’re there, that’s between them and the facility."
Bregoli responded to Dr. Phil's claim with shock at the denial. In an April 7th interview, she said claims the Dr. Phil Show had no responsibility or knowledge of what was happening at the ranch was "f***ing nuts."
I’m really trying to keep my composure but these two aren’t making it easy. My mother signed a consent of release of information to send progress reports directly from Turn-About to the Dr. Phil show. So when you say you don’t have any fucking feedback from them, that is not true. So if you’re saying you don’t have any feedback, maybe you should be getting feedback about these places before you’re just sending multiple people’s fucking kids here. You’re just trying to save your ass but there’s too many stories and too many people behind this that you can’t save your ass anymore."
Bregoli is teaming with Paris Hilton as part of Breaking Code Silence, an organization that looks into allegations of abuse at Utah "reformation" facilities. Hilton has previously alleged she was abused at the Utah Provo Canyon School and flew to Utah to testify in favor of laws that would bring oversight to such facilities.
Comments ( 6 )
Sorry, but you must activate your account to post a comment.