As more details surface in one of the most horrific child abuse cases ever, the brother of the mother of thirteen children found malnourished and shackled in a a Perris home says that she and her husband had ambitions to be on reality TV.
Louise Turpin’s brother, Billy Lambert, talked with Inside Edition that his sister thought that her family should have a show like Kate plus 8.
Louise Turpin's Brother Reveals She Wanted to Be a Reality Star Like Kate Gosselin
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Posted by Inside Edition on Monday, January 22, 2018
“I believe that my sister wanted a reality show because the very last conversation that I had with her before all this happened — she did actually say that she feels that they would be perfect for TV at one point,” he told Inside Edition.
Cops searching the house discovered hundreds of DVDs, including seasons of Kate Plus 8.
Lambert says dressing all the children alike for public outings and posting videos of trips to Las Vegas to renew their vows by an Elvis impersonator were all part of their desire to be reality TV stars.
Riverside County District Attorney Michael Hestrin called this, “This is the worst case of child abuse I have ever seen.”
Authorities are now checking DNA to confirm that all of the children involved are the biological offspring of David and Louise Turpin as a report has surfaced that David drove his wife to Huntsville, Alabama to sleep with a man she met online.
A GoFundMe has been set up by the city of Perris and has raised more than $22,000 for the victims. Police have set up a tip line for anyone with more information about the case: 888-934-KIDS, has been set up for tips from the public.
