Dr. Phil Intervention

I was approached by a friend who was also a private investigator who needed two investigators to place a 14-year-old female on surveillance from Friday night until Monday morning. This 14-year-old child was allegedly prostituting herself to the men in the apartment complex and using the money to buy drugs and electronic gadgets. My friend was hired by the staff with Dr. Phil and our job was to monitor the 14-year-old and make sure she didn’t leave before the Dr. Phil teen intervention team arrived.

It was very emotional for me to watch this young girl. I worked the night shifts and was just below her bedroom window, and watched her all weekend. I could hear and see her fighting with her mother and grandmother. She left her curtains open all of the time even when she changed her clothes.

There were several men standing in the area of her window and just watching her. It was very hard for me not to go off on these assholes. But, I was on a case and undercover so there was nothing I could do. The mother, grandmother, and teen left on the second night and I followed them to a restaurant and, I sat behind them. The mother and grandmother never spoke to the young girl and vice versa.

Dr. Phil's intervention team arrived at 6:00 am on Monday morning with a film crew. They interviewed the investigators including myself who were involved with the surveillance and then we went into the apartment and the film crew woke her up. The mother and grandmother already knew and approved the intervention so the only one surprised was the girl.

The young lady immediately knew it was the Dr. Phil show and begged everyone to leave. It broke my heart as I stood there listening to this young girl beg for everyone to leave as the intervention team went through her bedroom with a camera in her face. The young lady began to talk after an hour of fighting and screaming at everyone. She admitted to prostituting herself out to the men in the apartment and that she bought drugs, cell phones, and an iPod. She told us about the men she had sex with who lived in the apartments and even gave the apartment numbers.

The young lady said she was doing the same thing her mother did by bringing different men into the apartment all of the time to have sex and drink beer all night. The mother was standing next to me and she responded by saying, “I don’t drink beer, I drank wine and I’m an adult.” I just looked at her and told her that she was pathetic. The girl and the family went to Dr. Phil’s house but no one ever did anything about the pedophiles. 

So, I went to the authorities and provided them with the video that I had taken during the intervention and all the men was arrested. I  watched the show a few months later and saw that the family appeared to be getting help and doing well. They moved to another city and started a new life.