The Turpin siblings filed a lawsuit against Riverside County and a private foster care agency over alleging abuse from their foster family.
According to the lawsuits, the foster parents suggested that the children commit suicide because they were"unlovable." It also accuses the family of forcing the siblings to consume a lot of food, and then making them eat their own vomit when they threw up.
“The Turpin 13 endured some of the most sickening child abuse the County of Riverside has ever seen. After these vulnerable children were freed, they were placed by the County through CHILDNET into a known abusive foster home. It is beyond shocking that the County and CHILDNET let these kids get horrifically abused once again," Elan Zektser, the attorney representing two of the oldest Turnip siblings, told NBC4 News.
The siblings accused their former foster father of fondling and kissing two of the sisters and physically assaulting other children, according to the suits.The six siblings have either since been emancipated or placed in alternate foster care homes, where no issues have been reported. The Turpin siblings' biological parents, David and Louis Turpin are serving sentences of 25 years to life in state prison.
"Our communities should be appalled. We must always speak up for our children. Always," said Zektser.