"In 2023, siblings Ty and Brynlee Larson, then aged 15 and 12, made national headlines when they barricaded themselves in Ty's bedroom for 54 days, refusing to follow a judge's order that they return to their father's home "despite state child welfare investigators determining that he had sexually abused the children," ProPublica reported at the time. The pair livestreamed their defiance of the order on TikTok, garnering millions of views and "igniting a viral national reckoning," according to a press release from ABC News Studios."
"The judge's order came after Utah's Division of Child and Family Services found in 2018 that their father, Brent Larson, had sexually and emotionally abused his children, calling the abuse "severe & chronic," per ProPublica. At the time, he was restricted to supervised monthly visits and received a 150-day restraining order prohibiting him from contacting his children. However, Larson denied the accusations and instead accused the children's mother, Jessica Zahrt, of "parental alienation.""
"Parental alienation "occurs when a child refuses to have a relationship with a parent due to manipulation, such as the conveying of exaggerated or false information, by the other parent," according to Psychology Today. It has been discredited by major scientific organizations, including the American Psychiatric Association and World"
A two-part docuseries premieres on Disney+ and Hulu on May 19, focusing on what happened to Ty and Brynlee Larson. In 2023, the siblings barricaded themselves in Ty’s bedroom for 54 days, refusing a judge’s order to return to their father’s home despite findings by state child welfare investigators that he sexually abused them. The siblings livestreamed their defiance on TikTok, drawing millions of views. The judge’s order followed Utah’s Division of Child and Family Services findings in 2018 that the father committed severe and chronic sexual and emotional abuse, with supervised visits and a restraining order. The father denied the allegations and claimed parental alienation, a concept described as manipulation by the other parent and widely discredited by major scientific organizations.
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