Four years after rescue, some Turpin children still 'living in squalor' despite donations, pledges of support.
Jennifer, Jordan and Joshua Turpin said they've had difficulties with accessing basic necessities such as safe housing and access to financial support from officials in charge of their case.After suffering unspeakable abuses and deprivation at the hands of their parents, the Turpin siblings -- it seemed -- were on the path to a new life: a future with the resources needed to start fresh, to make up for the years they were locked away from the world.
But some officials and some of the Turpin children are now speaking out to say they still do not have access to many of the resources and services guaranteed to them. An ABC News investigation has found that some of the Turpin children continue to face challenges and hardships since they were rescued and placed in the care of the county. Some of them have even faced danger again.
"That is unimaginable to me -- that we could have the very worst case of child abuse that I've ever seen," Hestrin said,"and then that we would then not be able to get it together to give them basic needs."Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin appears in the Diane Sawyer special event,"Escape From A House Of Horror," Nov. 19, 2021.
State law mandates confidentiality on all juvenile court proceedings, effectively shielding the records of the minor Turpin children. But in the probate court overseeing the adult Turpin children's cases, a blanket sealing order has been issued as well-- an unusual move enacted right after the children were rescued in order to protect them from the onslaught of media coverage.
Donaldson, through tears, explained that basic needs remain elusive, and the kids continue to struggle to navigate a complex and bureaucratic system they have no experience with, despite a global outpouring of support. She said the county dismissed inquires from numerous health care professionals offering free services for as long as the Turpins needed them.
Officials refused to explain what money, if any, has been spent. Recent court filings show the court-appointed public guardian failed to file the annual accounting for the trust, leaving the family's finances opaque. Joshua Turpin said that when he would seek Espinoza's assistance,"she would just tell me, 'Just go Google it.'"ABC News learned from state records that Espinoza, while working full-time for the county, was also a real estate broker on the side.
Chang said he"welcome[s] an independent and comprehensive inquiry into the care, services, and placement provided to the 13 Turpin siblings by Riverside County departments."As the adult children struggled under county guardianship, some of their seven younger siblings faced new hardships in the foster care system and the California-based agency contracted to run it by the county.
"Really what we've seen in the cases that we've looked at is, unless you have a child who dies or a child who ends up pregnant as a result of sexual abuse, then nothing happens," Booth said.In a statement to ABC News, a ChildNet spokesperson said the company was limited in what it could say because of confidentiality laws, but they stood by their work.
Five Turpin children remained in that home for three years while the alleged abuse took place. A lawyer for one of those family members said,"The family are devastated by these charges. At this point, we do not know the basis for these charges, and my client is denying these charges are true." "Well I am not -- I don't have the information you're looking for," Spiegel told ABC News."We're still in investigation stages, so I don't have anything to share with you."
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