YouTube vlogger Ruby Franke, known for her “8 Passengers” YouTube channel, has pleaded guilty in her child abuse case more than three months after her arrest. According to KSL, the 41-year-old mother of six, whose channel amassed millions of followers before being shut down, entered a plea deal in St. George’s 5th District Court on …
YouTuber Ruby Franke’s husband filed for divorce on Wednesday in Utah — where Franke was arrested in August for abusing their children. According to KUTV, Kevin Franke also filed a domestic relations injunction that seeks to bar any harassment and misuse of personal information. The injunction also requests that neither Kevin nor Ruby Franke be …
Newly released police body camera footage shows armed officers bursting into the Utah home of “momfluencer” Ruby Franke in August in search of her children after her 12-year-old son escaped her business partner’s home and asked a neighbor for food and water. The 12-year-old, with tape around his ankles and sores on his wrists, and …
Former “8 Passengers” YouTube vlogger, Ruby Franke, reportedly had several run-ins with law enforcement prior to her arrest earlier this year on child abuse charges. According to police records obtained by Insider, law enforcement in Utah had at least five prior contacts with Franke before her August 2022 arrest on child abuse charges. In 2020, …
A Utah judge said on Monday that she is considering making private a child custody case involving YouTuber Ruby Franke’s four children — who were placed in the state’s care following her arrest last month for child abuse. Juvenile court Judge Suchada P. Bazzelle heard arguments from attorney Virginia Blanchard about whether the public should …
The father of Ruby Franke’s children is pinning alleged child abuse on her business partner, claiming that although Franke is facing a slew of child abuse charges, it came after she partnered up with Utah woman, Jodi Hildebrandt. Attorney Randy Kestner, who represents Franke’s estranged husband, Kevin Franke, told Law&Crime’s Sidebar podcast that Ruby Franke …
The business partner of YouTuber Ruby Franke has been accused of abusing her niece as both women face charges for abusing Franke’s children. Jessi Hildebrandt, who uses they/them pronouns, told KUTV that their aunt, Jodi Hildebrandt, abused them as a child while claiming it was therapy. Jessi Hildebrandt said the abuse occurred when they lived …
YouTuber Ruby Franke and her business partner — who are charged with abusing Franke’s children — are reportedly experiencing medical issues since being arrested last month. People reported that Franke was placed in a medical unit at Washington County jail on Friday. Meanwhile, Franke’s business partner, Jodi Hildebrandt, 54, reportedly suffered a life-threatening medical issue …
YouTuber Ruby Franke, who was arrested last month on child abuse charges, appeared in a Utah court on Friday and accused her own child of sexual abuse. On August 30, Franke along with her business partner, Jodi Hildebrandt, 54, were arrested after Franke’s malnourished 12-year-old son reportedly escaped a home with duct tape on his …
Neighbors are speaking out about the recent arrest of YouTube mom Ruby Franke, who is facing allegations of child abuse after two of her children were allegedly found malnourished, NBC News reports. Franke, a Utah mother of six kids and creator of the popular “8 Passengers” family YouTube channel, was taken into custody Wednesday. Authorities …
The family of “8 Passengers” YouTuber Ruby Franke is speaking out after she was arrested on child abuse charges in Utah on Wednesday. Franke’s malnourished 12-year-old child reportedly fled from the home of Franke’s business partner, Jodi Hildebrandt, 54, to ask a neighbor for food and water. According to the New York Post, Franke’s three …
Utah police arrested a YouTuber on Wednesday after a malnourished 12-year-old child reportedly fled from her business partner’s home. Ruby Franke, 41, the vlogger behind “8 Passengers,” and her business partner Jodi Hildebrandt, 54, were arrested after the child allegedly climbed out of Hildebrandt’s Ivins home and asked a neighbor for food and water. The …
