Overview
- Three younger Turpin siblings — Julissa, Jolinda and James — gave first-time public interviews in a Feb. 3 Diane Sawyer special describing abuse by their parents and later in foster care.
- Attorneys confirmed a pretrial settlement with Riverside County and placement agency ChildNet was publicly announced, with terms undisclosed and no admission of wrongdoing.
- One attorney said the siblings received enough money to assist them for the rest of their lives, while urging that the case drive lasting child-welfare reforms.
- The Olguin foster caregivers who took in six of the siblings pleaded guilty in 2024; Marcelino Olguin received seven years in prison, and Rosa and Lennys Olguin were sentenced to probation.
- County officials cite a 2022 independent review that found systemic failures and say staffing, coordination and policy changes have been implemented; ChildNet says there were no substantiated concerns during its period of oversight.