"Horror House" Parents Charged with 12 Counts of Torture, Better Be Imprisoned for Life

David and Louise Turpin – the California parents who reportedly confined, tortured and malnourished their 13 children – now face up to 94 years to life in prison, authorities announced on Thursday.

The couple was officially charged in court today with 12 counts of torture, following their arrest this week for committing allegedly heinous acts. 

As previously reported, the Turpins were discovered to have been keeping their kids captive for years, allegedly depriving them of food and keeping them chained to pieces of furniture for hours and hours at a time.

The kids ranged in age from two through 29.

A 17-year old daughter managed to escape and call the police, alerting them to the despicable conditions in which her siblings were being kept.

Bail has been set at $ 13 million for the Turpins in Riverside County, California.

Said Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin on Thursday afternoon:

“All the victims were and are severely malnourished. The 29-year-old female victim weighs 82 pounds.”

The kids were immediately sent to the hospital upon being rescued by authorities and are receiving various types of treatment.

They are receiving antibiotics, vitamins and nutrients and psychologists will soon be brought in to evaluate the victims when their physical conditions improve.

Hestrin also said that the children would “sleep all day and be up all night,” confirming reports from neighbors who have said they witnessed the kids being marched all around the home during very strange hours.

According to Hestrin, “none of the victims were allowed to shower more than once a year.”

Many were found lying in piles of their own feces this week.

“This is severe physical and emotional abuse we’re talking about,” Hestrin said. “It breaks our hearts, but we’re professionals and have to seek justice.”

He noted that the 17-year old who broke free and dialed 911 had been plotting her escape for two years.

On Wednesday, investigators served search warrants to the home, spending approximately seven hours going through evidence, and walking out with several boxes, two safes and pieces of wood that appear to have been part of bed frames.

David’s mother, Betty, told reporters after her son’s arrest that David and his wife had so many kids because God wanted them to.

“I feel they were model Christians,” she told the Southern California News Group on Wednesday, adding:

“It’s hard to believe all of this. Over the years, the Lord knows what happened.”

Adds David Macher, a public defender assigned to David Turpin:

“What we would like the public to know is that our clients are presumed to be innocent, and that’s a very important presumption.”

When asked about the number of counts and the nature of the charges, Macher said:

“It’s going to be a challenge.”

Aside from suffering severe caloric malnutrition associated with muscle wasting, several of the kids have cognitive impairment and “neuropathy, which is nerve damage, as a result of this extreme and prolonged physical abuse,” Hestrin says.

What will happen now to the victims?

The Riverside County Department of Public Social Services is seeking court authorization to provide oversight and care for the 13 siblings “to the extent that’s necessary,” says Susan von Zabern, spokeswoman for the Riverside County Department of Public Social Services.

She added on Tuesday:

“At this point, we’ll be doing a full assessment with medical professionals to better understand needs of the adults as well as the children, and we’ll be prepared to provide supportive services as well as engage other agencies in assisting these individuals to be stable.”

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Keaton Jones" Father: An Imprisoned White Supremacist

The public’s knowledge of Keaton Jones began with a viral video of a crying, bullied middle school boy whose mother, for whatever reason, decided to record his misery and broadcast it to the internet.

Then the world saw those photos of Keaton’s mom with a Confederate flag. And of Keaton himself beside a Confederate flag. And there were other, troubling posts. Suddenly, the “sad, bullied boy” sounded like a sad story of a different, much more racist variety.

Well, photos of Keaton Jones’ father have surfaced, and it looks like Keaton’s mom’s racism pales in comparison to his father’s.

The very viral story of Keaton Jones starts off as incredibly sympathetic. A bullied child in tears, confessing to his mother that he was afraid to go to lunch because of bullying?

It’s heartbreaking. And, even with everything that we now know about his parents, we feel sorry for him. Just … maybe not for the reasons that his mother thought that we would when she decided to post her child’s emotional pain for public consumption.

Because on top of photos with the Confederate flag — which is about as anti-American a symbol as I can think of — there were some alarming posts from Keaton Jones’ mother, Kimberly Jones.

She had a lot of negative things to say about NFL players kneeling for the National Anthem, a controversy that has powerful racial undertones.

Her apparent suggestion that perhaps people would be less likely to complain about inequality if only they had been beaten as children was alarming to say the least.

Keaton Jones and his mother addressed the backlash … sort of … with Kimberly Jones trying to dismiss the Confederate flag photos as her poor attempt at humor.

(Incidentally, Kimberly’s daughter tried to defend her mother in a now-deleted tweet and basically undercut her mother’s defense)

But where, you might ask, is Keaton Jones’ father?

TMZ found Keaton Jones’ dad, and Shawn White is in prison where he clearly belongs.

If Shawn White’s tattoos, hand gestures, criminal history, and social media history are any indication, the guy is a full-blown white supremacist.

In the photo above, you can see Shawn White (far right) with some other men, making a symbol that is apparently not “the shocker” but in fact a white power symbol.

(So apparently he associates with others of his ilk)

When Shawn White (and we cannot get over that being his name, considering the hateful path that he chose in life) was free, as recently as 2015, he posted upsetting posts like:

In case that’s too subtle … and it says “ARYAN,” in case that atrocious blue-on-black is too hard to read … Shawn White’s other posts are also pretty horrific.

“ARYAN PRIDE!”

“Holy F–k I Love Being White!”

“Keep Calm and be White Pride.”

White is locked up because of a probation violation following a 2012 conviction for aggravated assault. And, bad news folks, but he’s scheduled for release some time next year.

In case you thought that maybe White had accidentally shared some posts in poor taste or perhaps as a tone-deaf inside joke with some friends … the guy also has some scary tattoos.

A tattoo on his chest reads “Pure Breed.”

The tattoo on his stomach reads “White Pride.”

As you look at the photos of this 36-year-old man, remember that he apparently believes that he is genetically superior to the majority of the human race.

Yikes.

While it’s not clear how close Keaton Jones is with his father (he doesn’t share his dad’s last name, and no one can find any record of Kimberly and Shawn having gotten married), they were photographed together just a few years ago.

There’s a theory that perhaps Keaton Jones was bullied less over his appearance and more over spouting racism that he would have picked up at home, but we don’t know that.

We’d say that Keaton Jones deserves our sympathy. His mother — who, on top of everything else, was clearly once in some sort of relationship with Shawn White — cannot be a good influence, and his father is even worse.

It’s everyone’s hope that Keaton Jones and his siblings will rise above their upbringing and be immeasurably better people than their parents.

Considering what we know about Kimberly Jones and Shawn White, that’s not setting the bar too high.

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Kim Kardashian Gets Heartfelt Thank You Note from Imprisoned Grandma

Kim Kardashian’s mission to free Alice Marie Johnson is kicking into high gear … and the 62-year-old grandmother has expressed her “deep and heartfelt gratitude.” According to a thank you note from Alice to Kim, obtained by TMZ … Alice was…

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Martin Shkreli Imprisoned Following Hillary Clinton Threat

If you’ve ever wondered if there’s any truth to those quotes about karma that your pettiest friend is always posting on Facebook, then look no further than the sad case of Martin Shkreli.

As you may recall, Shkreli first made a name for himself as a world class jack rag by hiking up the cost of a life-saving medication by more than 5,000 percent during his time as CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals.

Apparently a fan of being universally despised, Shkreli proceeded to embark on a career of professional douchery.

He feuded with the Wu Tang Clan after buying the exclusive rights to the group’s latest album and refusing to share any of it publicly.

He then trolled the entire hip hop community by stealing unreleased tracks from artists and releasing them online without permission.

If you’re thinking those two acts seem to run counter to one another, you have to bear in mind that at all times, Shkreli is motivated by nothing but the desire to piss off as many people as possible.

We won’t bore with you the full list of the Pharma Bro’s indiscretions (though getting kicked off of Twitter for harassing a Teen Vogue reporter is a doozy that bears repeating), but suffice it to say, the guy is the worst, and he’s finally paying the price for his life of dickishness.

Last month, Shkreli was convicted of securities fraud, and his crimes could land him behind bars for up to twenty years.

Martin is white and wealthy, so he was able to post bond, and the original plan was that he would await his sentencing at home.

But that would’ve required Shkreli to refrain from publicly engaging in behavior that’s been roundly condemned by society for a few weeks, so naturally, he effed it up.

For reasons that are clear only to him, Shkreli offered his Facebook followers $ 5,000 to grab a strand of Hillary Clinton’s hair during her current book tour.

Turns out, our legal system frowns on issuing public threats and paying for acts of assault, so yesterday, the judge in his case issued an order for Shkreli’s pasty ass to be thrown in jail.

“The fact that he continues to remain unaware of the inappropriateness of his actions or words demonstrates to me that he may be creating ongoing risk to the community,” said U.S. District Judge Kiyo Matsumoto, in revoking Shkreli’s bond.

“This is a solicitation of assault. That is not protected by the First Amendment.”

Shkreli was taken into custody immediately after his hearing, and this morning, he was issued an inmate number at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.

But we’re sure he isn’t worried.

After all, the guy who spent the past two years terrorizing the poor and publicly taunting hip hop fans should have no problem making friends inside a Brooklyn prison.

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