NEED TO KNOW

• Three of the youngest Turpin siblings are telling their story for the first time
• The Diane Sawyer one-hour special is airing on Tuesday, Feb. 3 at 10 p.m. EST, on ABC and streaming the next day on Disney+ and Hulu
• In 2018, the 13 Turpin siblings were rescued from their parents’ so-called “House of Horrors” in Perris, Calif.

Three of the youngest Turpin siblings are speaking out for the first time.

The siblings are talking to Diane Sawyer in a new one-hour special, “The Turpins: A New House of Horror — A Diane Sawyer Special Event,”  airing on Tuesday, Feb. 3 at 10 p.m. EST, on ABC and streaming the next day on Disney+ and Hulu.

The interview comes almost a decade after the 13 Turpin siblings were rescued from the family's Perris, Calif., home in early 2018. The rescue came about after Jordan Turpin — who was 17 at the time — escaped from the home and told authorities about their captivity and abuse.

Prior to their rescue, the Turpin siblings, who ranged in age from 2 to 29, spent most of their lives inside the home where they were regularly beaten and starved. At times, the children were chained to their beds or put in cages for breaking house rules.

Their parents, David and Louise Turpin, were later convicted on multiple felony counts including cruelty to an adult dependent, child cruelty, torture and false imprisonment and sentenced to 25 years to life in prison.

“We literally were dying in there from starvation, and she knew about it,” said one of the Turpin daughters.

However, their trauma didn’t end there. After their escape, the six youngest Turpin siblings were sent to live with foster parents, Marcelino and Rosa Olguin, and their adult daughter Lennys Olguin.

An attorney for some of the siblings told PEOPLE that their ordeal in foster care was “worse” than what they experienced at their parents' home.

“These kids were just hit with a double whammy,” attorney Elan Zektser previously told PEOPLE. “They were made to feel worthless at home by their parents and then they were hit again when they went to the foster home. They constantly told these children, ‘Your parents were right. You are worthless. You're a nobody. You're a Turpin,’ like that was some kind of grotesque thing. And it brought their confidence to an all new low.”

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“They would do everything in their power, it seemed like to try to break me,” said a Turpin son.

Arrested in 2021, the Olguins pleaded not guilty to the charges against them. However, in 2024, Marcelino Olguin pleaded guilty to four counts of lewd acts on a child 14 or 15 years old, with the defendant being at least 10 years older; three counts of lewd acts on a child younger than 14; one count of false imprisonment; and one count of injuring a child.

Rosa Olguin and their daughter Lennys Olguin both pleaded guilty to three counts of willful child cruelty and one count each of false imprisonment and intimidating a witness.  Rosa also pleaded guilty to grand theft.

"The Turpins: A New House of Horror — A Diane Sawyer Special Event" airs Tuesday, Feb. 3 at 10 p.m. ET on ABC and will be available to stream the following day on Disney+ and Hulu.

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