Showbiz | Celebrity News I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice . Paris Hilton said she is entering her “ Liam Neeson era” as she spoke before a United States House of Representatives committee.
The American reality star and socialite, 43, has become a campaigner against child abuse in recent years, and was making a reference to Northern Irish actor Neeson’s movie Taken, where he stops at nothing to get his family rescued. Hilton addressed the Ways and Means Committee in Washington in person on Wednesday to advocate for children in the American foster care system. She posted on Instagram about her address, saying: “In my Liam Neeson era.
“From the California capitol in April to DC today, I will continue to advocate until every child is safe, and shine a bright light on these abuses.” Hilton acknowledged that she had not been in the foster care system, while speaking to the members of Congress , but said: “I know from personal experience the harm that is caused by being placed in youth residential treatment facilities. “When I was 16 years old, I was ripped from my bed in the middle of the night and transported across state lines to the first of four youth residential treatment facilities.
“These programmes promised healing, growth and support, but instead did not allow me to speak, move freely or even look out a window for two years.” The Hilton Hotel heiress previously alleged during a doc.
