In those interviews, Lambert said his sister was obsessed with Kate Plus 8, a reality show about a couple with eight children, and dreamed of having a similar show about her family. The family’s reality TV aspirations were revealed this week by Louise Turpin’s brother, Billy Lambert, who gave interviews to Inside Edition and The Mirror, a United Kingdom tabloid. “I believe that my sister wanted a reality show because the very last conversation that I had with her before all this happened — she did actually say that she feels that they would be perfect for TV at one point," Lambert said, according to Inside Edition. In his interview with The Mirror, Lambert said the Turpins moved from Texas to California “to be nearer to Hollywood.” The family moved to Murrieta in 2010, then relocated to Perris in 2011. “They didn’t care about the kids – it was all about them.” 
 
 Former aerospace engineer Turpin, 57, and Louise, 49, were in jail tonight awaiting trial. They are charged with 12 counts of torture, 12 counts of false ­imprisonment, seven counts of abuse of a dependent adult and six counts of child abuse. David and Louise Turpin, pictured here with their 13 children in 2015, are accused of starving and shackling their children in their California home. "It was always a dark family secret that he did this," she said. Some of the children were chained to beds when police arrived. "I think that her mind was, she was still going through it as an adult. “Elizabeth was so scared she kept it to herself, but now we are piecing things together. He ­controlled everything and my sister Louise just sat back and went along with it. Both parents are now facing life in prison. "We are alleging David Turpin touched one of the victims in a lewd way by using force or fear," Hestrin said. Video Loading Video Unavailable Click to play Tap to play The video will start in 8 Cancel Play now 
 
 One 12-year-old boy is so malnourished his weight was that of an average seven-year-old, and the 29-year-old daughter weighs just under six stones. They would not be released to use the toilet and were allowed to bathe just once a year, prosecutors said. (Elvis Chapel via Facebook) 
 
 Elizabeth Flores is another sister who also has spoken out in the wake of Louise's arrest last week.
– More disturbing details on the California couple accused of abusing and torturing their 13 children, now from the sister of the children's mother. Teresa Robinette, sister of 49-year-old Louise Turpin, appeared on Megyn Kelly Today on Monday and said she received a few odd phone calls between 2008 and 2010 in which her formerly straight-laced sister revealed she and husband David Turpin had been "experimenting with different religions," getting loaded at bars, and going through what the New York Daily News calls a "spiritual and sexual awakening." Robinette recalls one call in which her sister said her husband dropped her at a hotel so she could have sex with a stranger; a year later, Louise Turpin called her back to say David Turpin had taken her back "to the exact same hotel room, the exact same bed she slept with this man in, so David could sleep with her in the same bed," says Robinette. Robinette isn't the only relative speaking up. Louise Turpin's brother, Billy Lambert, has also been making the tabloid rounds, revealing his sister was obsessed with the reality-TV show Kate Plus 8, which featured Kate Gosselin and her eight children, and that Turpin aspired to be a reality star herself, per the Desert Sun. In interviews with Inside Edition and the Mirror, Lambert says the Turpins moved from Texas to California to be closer to Hollywood and renewed their vows at the Elvis Chapel in Las Vegas, with the children (faces blurred) by their sides as part of the stunt; the Daily News has video. Per the Desert Sun, court records show all 13 children had names starting with "J," like the Duggars of the former TLC show 19 Kids and Counting. Lambert says the Turpins were even planning for a 14th child. "They didn't care about the kids—it was all about them," he notes.