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After being rescued from their abusive parents’ house of horrors in 2018, some of the Turpin children are now suing the foster care system that was supposed to protect them but instead led them into more “severe abuse and neglect,” according to court documents.
The six youngest of the 13 Turpin siblings have brought a lawsuit against Riverside County and its agency contractor ChildNet, which was given responsibility for placing them with a foster family. The plaintiffs say they were made to stay in their new home for three years despite informing officials that they were being subjected to physical, emotional, and sexual abuse at the hands of their foster family. Their legal filings say the authorities administering their care had “failed to report” the “severe” abuse and neglect at the home.
The siblings say the abuse included being hit “in the face with sandals, pulling their hair, hitting them with a belt, and striking their heads.” The foster family who allegedly perpetrated the abuse have been separately arrested on criminal charges to which they have pleaded not guilty.