Barricaded siblings turn to TikTok while defying court order to return to father they say abused them

A judge concluded the children were victims of “parental alienation,” which continues to influence family courts despite being rejected by mainstream scientific groups, and authorized police to use “reasonable force” to remove them from their mother.

(Kim Raff for ProPublica) Ty Larson, left, livestreams on TikTok from a barricaded bedroom. Police have attempted to return him and his sister, Brynlee Larson, to the custody of their father, who they say sexually abused them.