Mom Vlogger Ruby Franke Charged With Six Counts of Child Abuse

41-year-old YouTuber who touted controversially strict parenting advice, now faces six felony charges of aggravated child abuse. Franke’s podcasting partner, Jodi Hildebrandt, age 54, also faces six charges, said the Washington County Attorney’s Office in Utah. The charges relate to two of Franke’s six children.

“Each defendant [Franke and Hildebrandt] is accused of causing or permitting serious physical injury to the victims,” the attorney’s office said in a statement, “in three different ways: a combination of multiple physical injuries or torture, starvation or malnutrition that jeopardizes life, and causing severe emotional harm.” The children are referred to as “RF” and “EF” in the court’s documentation.

Potential prison sentences for the women range between one and 15 years, as well as up to a $10,000 fine.last week after Hildebrandt’s neighbors reported finding Franke’s 12-year-old son wounded, emaciated, and asking for help. When he was found, the child reportedly asked for food and water and had remnants of duct tape on his hands and ankles. A police report said the boy “appeared to be emaciated and malnourished, with open wounds.” They called EMS and brought him to a hospital.

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