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◼ “19 Kids and Counting” alumnus Jill Duggar Dillard and her family are mourning a tragic loss. “It is with heavy hearts that we announce the stillbirth of our beau- tiful baby girl, Isla Marie Dillard,” the couple announced on Instagram. Jill and her husband, Derick Dillard, learned their daughter had died in utero when Jill was four months pregnant. Jill, 32, previously had a miscarriage in 2021. The couple are parents to three sons: Israel David, 9, Samuel Scott, 6, and Frederick Michael, 21 months. “Her 3 big brothers were so excited to introduce her to their world,” the couple wrote. “Isla was much loved from the start.” Thousands of fans offered their prayers and condolences on social media, in addition to many of the couple’s family members. The Dillards closed their Instagram post by saying, “We appreciate your prayers as we continue to grieve and heal from the loss of our little Isla Marie.”
◼ Paris Hilton joined California state lawmakers Monday to push for legislation aimed at cracking down on the industry that cares for troubled teenagers by requiring more transparency from youth treatment facilities. Hilton testified Monday in a legislative hearing in support of the bill, detailing her harrowing abuse as a teenager at a facility in Utah that she said still haunts her and urging lawmakers to take actions before more children have to suffer similar treatment. “Our current system designed to reform, in some horrific instances, does the exact opposite,” Hilton, 43, told lawmakers Monday. “It breaks spirits and instills fear, and it perpetuates a cycle of abuse. But today, we have the power to change that.” It aims to pry open information on how short-term residential facilities for youth dealing with substance abuse and behavioral issues use disciplinary methods such as restraints or seclusion against minors. It would require such centers to notify parents and the state any time they use restraints or seclusion rooms for minors. The California bill passed committee with bipartisan support Monday. “This would have been so helpful to myself and so many others to have known what was happening behind closed doors,” Hilton said. “Because I was cut off from the outside world, I couldn’t tell my family anything, and that’s what they do.” Between 2015-20, California sent more than 1,240 children with behavior problems to out-of-state facilities due to the lack of locked treatment centers for youths, according to Republican state Sen. Shannon Grove’s office.