Nearly two decades after “Jon & Kate Plus 8” turned the Gosselin family into household names, fresh controversy has reignited old wounds.

Collin Gosselin, one of Kate and Jon’s sextuplets, has announced a memoir that he says will expose years of alleged abuse and personal trauma, as reported by Fox News.

The TLC reality series premiered in 2007, following Jon and Kate as they raised their twin daughters and sextuplets.

After the couple’s highly publicized split in 2009, the show continued under the title “Kate Plus 8.” Its final episode aired in 2017, but interest in the family has never faded.

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In recent weeks, Collin revealed that his memoir is forthcoming and will address alleged mistreatment by his mother.

The announcement has set off a storm of renewed attention around the Gosselins and their long history of family discord.

Kate Gosselin, now largely out of the public eye, has declined to comment directly on the new allegations.

However, her legal representative has previously denied similar claims, stating, “She never wants to comment because she always knows that this gets taken out of context.”

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He added, “The facts belie the truth… She has no comment because it’s not going to change the past.”

Jon and Kate famously announced their divorce in an emotional broadcast episode.

During that time, Kate said, “Over the course of this weekend, Jon’s activities have left me no choice but to file legal procedures in order to protect myself and our children.”

Jon later responded that his kids remained his “No. 1 priority.”

Over time, the fractured family dynamic only deepened. Collin alleged that, at age 12, he was sent by his mother to the Fairmount Behavioral Health System, a psychiatric hospital in Philadelphia.

The episode aired during “Kate Plus 8,” where Kate explained she could not meet his needs with her “own resources.”

Jon Gosselin later stated that he had not been informed of Collin’s placement until he realized his son was missing during a family meal.

At that point, Kate held full custody and claimed she was not required to disclose Collin’s location due to a court order.

In a later interview, Collin described the experience as one of profound fear and confusion, explaining, “I didn’t know what was going on… That was the most scared I’ve probably ever been in my life.”

He said their already-strained relationship “kept tearing even more down” after his institutionalization.

Years later, Collin moved in with Jon, along with his sister Hannah. By 2018, Collin was no longer in contact with most of his siblings.

Jon called it a case of “parent alienation and sibling alienation” when he spoke on the “First Class Fatherhood” podcast.

Collin has also spoken about the toll of growing up under constant public scrutiny. “I want to believe it was because of TV and what being in the public eye does to a family,” he said.

“It gave us less time to actually be together as a family and more time to be in the public eye.”

Two years ago, he made more serious claims, telling The Sun that Kate had physically restrained him as a child.

Her attorney denied those allegations at the time, insisting there was no intent to harm.

Now 22, Collin says his memoir has forced him to face “some of the hardest moments” of his life, describing it as a way to finally speak his truth.

The upcoming book, reportedly set for release in October, features a childhood image of Kate covering young Collin’s mouth.

“For a long time, I wasn’t sure I’d ever tell this story,” he wrote in his announcement. “People felt like they knew me… But there was so much they never saw.”

He added that writing has helped him reclaim something he had long lost: his voice.

The project has stirred public reaction across social media, and observers continue to revisit the family’s complicated legacy.

With Collin’s memoir approaching publication, the narrative of America’s most famous reality-show family appears far from finished.

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