Mummy blogger who's confessed to child abuse left chilling 'clues' in her YouTube videos
20.12.2023 - 14:30
/ ok.co.uk
YouTube mummy blogger Ruby Franke has pleaded guilty to four counts of second-degree aggravated child abuse, for abusing and starving two of her children. The Utah mother of six, known for revealing parenting tips on her channel 8 Passengers, expressed deep regret for her actions in court on Monday, 18 December.
However, internet users and investigators say her videos had already held 'clues' about how she treated her children, reports the Daily Mirror. Ruby Franke faced criticism online for her video blog, where she shared incidents like banning her eldest son from his room for seven months because he played a prank on his younger brother.
The former online star also shared stories of not providing lunch for her child who forgot to take it to school and threatening to cut off a stuffed toy's head to teach her daughter a lesson for cutting things in the house. In one video, she shared that she and her husband didn't give their two youngest children Christmas presents one year.
They explained it was due to their selfish behaviour and ignoring punishments like staying home from school or cleaning.
Winward Law, representing Ruby Franke, claimed that she was misled by a relationship counsellor, leading her to a distorted sense of morality.
They described Franke as a devoted mum always striving for improvement.
They claimed that Jodi Hildebrandt, a mental health counsellor and Franke's business partner, took advantage of Franke's efforts to improve herself and turned it into something terrible.
The statement said that Hildebrandt deliberately cut Franke off from her family, older kids, and her husband, Kevin Franke. Franke and Hildebrandt were arrested on 30 August after Franke's 12 year old son escaped from Hildebrandt's house
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