Teresa says that she just has simply lost control
of her violent 16-year-old daughter Tessa
and fears that one day Tessa's just gonna flat out kill her.
Leave me alone!
Get up and go to your room.
Nope.
Get up and go to your room. Nope.
Get up and go to your room. No!
No! Stop it! Don't you.
Get away from me!
Stop! Get away!
Teresa says Tessa has set the house on fire,
physically attacked her, and even launched a violent attack
on her 67-year-old grandmother Bonnie,
repeatedly hitting her in the face
and throwing rocks at her head.
Now, Teresa says her home is a war zone.
Police are on speed dial
having been to the house over 100 times.
Now, four months ago, Tessa fled to another state
and hasn't been seen since.
That was until I intervened.
I sent my team along with her mother
to find her and bring her to L.A.
We've decided that it's probably best
if you roll up alone to the location, pick up Tessa.
Then you guys can come back here
where we'll be ready with local law enforcement.
(phone ringing)
Hello?
How long do you think it's gonna take you
to be ready to literally walk out the door?
I don't know, like 20 minutes.
When you're ready to walk out the door
Okay. Call me.
(dramatic music)
So here's what's going on. I'm Mike and that's Laura.
You're basically a minor, and your mom has
requested an appointment in Los Angeles with Dr. Phil.
If I knew that you guys were going to (bleep)
show up like this I would not have left and
I would have stayed exactly where I was.
Local law enforcement's here.
Now, what we didn't do was roll up
What? Listen.
Why is there cops here?
Let me explain what I'm going to tell you
Why is there police here?
We don't want to make it more
difficult for you honey. Were gonna help you
Great. Can you guys like get the (bleep)
out of my face?
Here's the deal.You're also going to need to
get rid of any pot. Any weed.
That's what she's talking about.
Anything that you have because we are leaving
on a plane.
You (bleep) lied to me.
She didn't. So Teresa
This is why I'm, this is why I never trust you.
This is why I can't be close with you.
Here's the deal. I did what I have to do
to get my daughter. And I'd do it all again.
And I'd lie to the devil to save your soul.
Okay ladies, I'm going to cut this,
no more escalation. Teresa, you need to
say goodbye to your daughter.
Alright. Do you have anything in your pockets?
Oh! Yeah. Pointing objects. That was a nice razor.
We're going to have to search this good.
Put everything up on the hood.
Oh my god you guys
Listen, We've got to check your pockets.
No more of that, right honey?
Please
You don't have any more?
No.
Well you're not in any danger.
You're not in any danger at all.
This is a trip right now.
Here you go sweetie, hop on in please.
(dramatic orchestral music)
But despite Teresa fearing for Tessa's life,
she did not reach out to me.
She's not the one that wrote.
It was her sister Tracie who says much of her niece's
bad behavior falls on Teresa's shoulders.
Shut the (bleep) up and stop trying to
make me be something that I'm not.
My 16 year old daughter Tessa is
completely out of control.
You are my daughter and you are not
I don't (bleep) care!
You are not in control of jack diddly (bleep)
Okay! But I'm in control of myself!
No you're not.
Yes I am!
(dramatic orchestral music)
There are times that I am physically afraid
of my daughter.
You have to go to your room
No! Stop!
Stop it! Stop it! Stop!
No! Get away from me! (screaming)
Stop Get away! Get off!
(Screaming)
Tessa's been arrested seven times
in the last 18 months
How many times have you been arrested
in the last three years?
I don't know and it doesn't matter!
(tense orchestral music)
Three months ago, Tessa and her mom got into a fight.
The police came out and she went down to the
homeless shelter.
You all demanded me to go back to the homeless shelter
and stay there.
Instead of staying at the homeless shelter,
Tessa became a runaway and has dropped out of high school.
You're sleeping around with 20 (bleep) boys
by the time that you're 15.
No. I've never slept with anybody.
Oh my god.
I don't feel that my sister was
a strict enough parent for Tessa,
and now it's clear that Tessa's out of control.
You're shakin up in a bed with a boy
that's 19 years old, you're doing drugs,
everything you own stinks from high heaven,
you're disgusting, you haven't had
a shower for 10 fricking days.
I have told you, and I'll tell you again
I'd sell my soul to the devil to make sure you're safe.
I did everything possible when my
daughter was young to curb her behavior.
But she is not like a normal child.