Kate Gosselin’s New Book: Robert Hoffman Claims Child Abuse, Neglect & More

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Uh oh. The tell-all book Kate Gosselin fought so desperately to stop has finally been released, and the accusations of child abuse and plotting for fame and fortune are intense.

Kate Gosselin, 39, is at the center of a controversial new book titled Kate Gosselin: How She Fooled The World, The Rise and Fall of a Reality TV Queen. Author Robert Hoffman, who reportedly tracked Kate and her children for years at the height of her fame, makes harsh accusations that Kate often hits her children with something called “the spanker” until they get “happy” again. The book also details her alleged love affair with her bodyguard, Steve Neild.

Kate Gosselin Accused Of Child Abuse & More In Shocking New Tell-All

Wow. Just days after her return to television, Kate Gosselin is already being dragged through the mud.

Robert Hoffman, a former journalist, has penned and released a revealing tell-all — complete with allegations of child abuse and so much more, reveals the Daily Mail.

Kate allegedly used something called “the spanker” to hit her children until they were “happy” again, according to her standards. The book also reveals that Kate often wrote in a private journal about her troubles disciplining the children, and even believed her son Colin, 2 years old at the time, did things specifically to annoy her. Colin spent a lot of time sitting in a corner staring at the wall as punishment for his “intentional” bad behavior.

There are also claims that Kate did not play with her children, and that she did not have an ounce of maternal instincts inside of her.

Not only does Robert detail accounts of Kate abusing her children with something called the “spanker,” he also claims that she somehow managed to manipulate her fertility treatments so that she could get pregnant with a second set of multiples. According to the book, this was all part of a “master plan” for her to find fame and fortune — through her children.

Kate allegedly found a shady fertility doctor that she referred to as the “African Doctor,” who helped her manipulate her second pregnancy to be one with multiple babies. The doctor allegedly inject her with Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG), which helps woman ovulate and release eggs.

Robert claims that Kate knew if she could give birth to two different sets of multiples, she would be able to achieve a level of fame and fortune she often dreamed of. Crazy!

Kate’s Torrid Love Affair With Her Bodyguard, Steve

Of course, a tell-all about Kate would not be complete without covering her alleged love affair with her longtime family bodyguard, Steve.

The protector has served as the family’s security detail since Jon & Kate Plus 8 was still on air, and in Robert’s book he claims that Kate’s affair with Steve began before she and Jon were divorced.

The book reveals that once Jon caught onto Kate and Steve’s affair, he pulled out of filming for the show. Kate allegedly offered Jon a contract which allowed him to have girlfriends and live his own life so long as he showed up for filming, and then soon after fired the children’s nanny solely because she got along with Jon.

Robert also claims that Kate started taking money of the joint bank accounts she had with Jon and hiding them in trust accounts, with Steve named as the trustee.

This book sounds intense — with lots of eye-opening allegations about Kate and how she has built an empire around her and her children.

What do YOU think, HollywoodLifers? Could there be any truth to Robert’s book? Will you read the book and decide for yourself what you believe? Let us know your thoughts below!

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I’m sure some of this book will be true, some of it will be fabricated, and none of it will be worth anyone’s reading time or money.

While Kate as well as Jon May have some growing up to do, the author of this book is a former tabloid reporter! He also has a PAYPAL button on his website to accept donations!?? Also, whatever Kate did in high school is her business.

I am not trusting a tabloid journalist for accuracy! He actually has a PAYPAL button on his website to accept donations!

He has a Paypal because some offered to help with his legal bills after Kate filed a lawsuit against him. She later dropped that suit because she didn’t want to go through the discovery phase. At that point the would have had to either perjure herself or tell the truth, the truth being what is in the book.

A lot of this book is from Kate’s journal which she copyrighted as her “Mommy Journal”. There’s no more excuses for her, she’s a child abuser and still to this day has not stopped hurting those poor children. I won’t even go into how badly she treated the dogs, basically let them play in traffic, as well as other things. Horrific.

TLC and anyone else that witnessed the abuse of the kids, dogs, etc., and anyone else that continues to excuse her behavior are just as bad as her. Disgusting.

Why is it that whenever the kids are with Kate that they never smile?

Hope the book falls straight on its face. Nothing wrong with punishing kid for bad behavior as long as its not over punishment. I dont beilieve anything in this. This Didnt even mention when kate relised a book john tried to take all the money. Wonder how much johns paying for this to be published. It doesnt say anything about him, maybe she fired the nanny bc he was sleeping w her. Which is the truth. Read in to it good before you judge. Also if she was really so money hungery why did she settle with john? He was/is basically a no body.

The book has sold more copies than Kate’s fake cookbook sold in one month.

Why do people who never saw the original shows feel the need to run their mouths??????????????? HMMMMMMMMMMMM??????????????????????????????? WHAT’S THAT?????????????????? I DIDN’T QUITE HEAR YOUR RESPONSE AIMEE. (What was larger—your mother’s IQ or her shoe size????)

Don’t believe a word of it and would never read the book.

Kate copyrighted HER Mommy Journals and canceled her lawsuit against Robert. If she went any further she would have to commit perjury and all the previously signed confidentiality agreements would have been nullified as all the former nannies, helpers, babysitters would be subpoenaed. She has never said the accusations are lies. NEVER.Obviously you didn’t watch much of the show.

Kate does come off as a cold parent but you know we don’t know what’s she really like .How many people do stuff and we know they are not right and yet nobody is putting it in a book for the world to see because they don’t have fame.Eventually the kids will tell the truth as they get older and are on their own.Kate is like most parent’s in the spotlight everything she says and does will be magnified 100 times and and she will be ripped apart for things most people do.The same thing happened to Britney when she had her sons and the press always tried to find some unflattering thing she did to her kids, like when the baby almost fell out of her arms while she held him.

Anything to sell a book. Hope it flops.

The numbers for Hoffman’s book:
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #192 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
#1 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Biographies & Memoirs > Leaders & Notable People > Rich & Famous
#1 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > Leaders & Notable People > Rich & Famous
#2 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > Arts & Literature > Actors & Actresses

All of this has been said for years and none of it has been contested. TLC’s firm confidentiality agreements and non-disclosure contracts have effectively muzzled anyone who sought protection for those kids. TLC is complicit in the abuse of those kids and i haven’t watched that channel since i started to read about the abuse they willingly overlooked for profit.

According to court documents, KATE NEVER ONCE SAID WHAT WAS IN THE FIRST BOOK IS LIES. I have the documents AND a more detailed review on my site. I don’t get it. Paula Dean almost looses everything for admitting to using the “N” word 30 years ago — Kate Gosselin scams churches and is rewarded?

I actually bought the book and am in the process of reading. Although I really didn’t need a book to convince me what Kate is truly like, it just re-enforces my thoughts about her. I had Kate pegged as a fraud and a phony way back before this book was even a thought in the author’s mind. I’m just glad that finally it seems that the teflon is starting to peel away from Kate. I am convinced that the reason she dropped her lawsuit to stop this book from being published was because her attorney’s and TLC’s advised her that all those non-disclosure agreements that she made everyone who came in contact with her sign would be worthless in a court setting.

I read the book and yes I believe the author. He has documentation, receipts, photos, and has interviewed family, friends, nannies. The kids do live in a “house of horrors”. The book is a fairly quick read, although sad, with details about Kate, her demands of & manipulating TLC, abuse of the kids and dogs.