Collin Gosselin Claims Mom Kate Institutionalized Him So He Couldn’t Reveal Her Alleged Abuse

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Collin Gosselin opened up about his time in various institutions — and claimed his mom, Kate Gosselin, sent him to the facilities to protect herself.“I was starting to tell my teachers that my mother was — wait, real quick.

Can I use the word ‘abusive’ or are they not allowed to use that on air?” Collin, 19, began in the Wednesday, July 19, episode of Vice’s Dark Side of the 2000s series.When a producer asked whether Collin was “trying to say your mother was abusive to you,” Collin said yes. “Well, yeah.

That’s kind of the reason why she sent me away,” he claimed. “I was starting to tell people what was going on at home, and she caught wind of that and had to put me somewhere where I wouldn’t be able to get the secrets out.”Kate, 48, sent Collin to the Fairmont Behavioral Health Institute in 2016 to address his “special needs.” He was later moved to another facility in Pittsburgh, at which point he wrote a letter to his father, Jon Gosselin, asking for help.“Being in an institution, it took a toll on me mentally,” Collin told Vice producers. “It was a really, really dark place.

All I had was myself. I didn’t have anybody else. I had no support system. It was scary. I was confused, I was lost.”Jon, meanwhile, claimed he had no idea where his son was during this period, as Kate had full legal custody of their eight children following their 2009 split. (The former couple share twins Mady and Cara, 22, and sextuplets Collin, Hannah, Alexis, Aaden, Leah and Joel.)In order to view the video, please allow Manage Cookies“I used to go to my kids’ school and have lunch with all of them, and that’s when I would see them — I could see them all collectively,” Jon, 46, recalled on Dark Side of the 2000s. “One day, I look around and