Lawyer: California siblings 'survivors' of years of torture

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Updated 2:54 pm CST, Wednesday, January 16, 2019



FILE - In this Aug. 3, 2018, file pool photo, defendants David Turpin, right, and wife, Louise, appear in Riverside Superior Court during an information hearing on charges that include torture and child abuse in Riverside, Calif. The couple are accused of mistreating 12 of their 13 children. Jack Osborn, an attorney for seven adult children who were freed from their parents' California home and years of alleged abuse says they are not bitter. Osborn said in an interview aired Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019, on "Today" that his clients want people to know they are survivors. The Turpins have pleaded not guilty to the charges. (Watchara Phomicinda/The Orange County Register via AP, Pool, File)


LOS ANGELES (AP) — Seven adults rescued from their parents' California home after authorities say they endured years of torture are not bitter, their attorney said Wednesday.

Jack Osborn, a lawyer who represents seven of c's 13 children, said in an interview on NBC's "Today" show that his clients want people to know they are survivors.

"They're not bitter. They really take every day as it is — as a gift," Osborn said. "They want people to know that they are survivors."

The interview comes a year after authorities arrested the couple and freed the siblings — ranging in age from 2 to 29 — from a squalid home in the city of Perris, where they said some siblings were shackled and many starved, abused and rarely allowed to leave.

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Lawyer-Adult-children-in-California-abuse-case-13538502.php

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[japple]

1. This is such a sad, disgusting story. I hope all of the children will find some kind of positive

way to deal with what has happened to them. Lord knows what that might be. There are so many sick, sad, sorry people in this world. I cannot imagine what happened to the parents to turn them into such monsters. It might be beyond imagination.

[Ginger Snapped]

2. How can people not love their children?

Look at them all, how skinny they are...Looks like Mom and Dad ate good though. Dogs are better parents than these two.

[BigmanPigman]

3. They are like cult leaders more than parents.

100% self absorbed and crazy. They had enough money for what they "wanted" but not for what their kids "needed" like food, dentists, etc. I hope they are getting therapy, the kids that is since. The parents are beyond help and deserve nothing but a cold prison cell and bread and water which is actually is too good for them.

[dmr]

4. This is impossible to understand.

Heartbreaking. I wish these survivors all the best in the world.