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Former YouTube “momfluencer” Ruby Franke was in a Utah courtroom Monday, agreeing to plead guilty to four counts of second-degree aggravated child abuse. As part of the plea, she is required to testify against her co-defendant and business partner, Jodi Hildebrandt, who is due in court next week. The Law&Crime Network’s Jesse Weber takes a deep dive into what happened to Franke’s two youngest children inside Hildebrandt’s home.
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8 Evil Job
“With the greatest sorrow for my family…..and my children”
I can’t imagine the two youngest in particular will ever want to see Ruby again! Their trust in humanity must be shattered!
I stopped watching when they introduced an advert for a law firm.
Geez this women need to go away for a long time. I hope she never gets to see those kids again. She forfeit that privilege, the privilege of being a mother should be removed.
What a heartless bit… she is.
She is emotionless, standing listening to her charges, that is a psychopath!!!
She's deeply regretful that she was caught and convicted.
I can't help but think of that hot & crazy scale meme everytime I see her
I'm sorry but deals shouldn't be applied with such horrific crimes. Sickening to hear.
WHAT A FREAK!!
Isn’t the husband responsible as well?
What kind of religion do they practice? I'm just curious.
This is EVIL so EVIL.
I don’t understand why she would do this, unless she was purely evil. How could she try and convince herself that she was somehow doing this for god?
This sounds like something that would take place in the 1800s. Wild.
She deserves no less than 30 years under the same circumstances her children were subject to. Disgusting woman.
She’s not sorry
The fact that she couldn't just answer with the word "guilty" to all of the charges that she was pleading to tells you everything you need to know about this woman.
stop showing the kids faces, so disrespectful
It’s so sick, how does a mother do this to their baby I get being frustrated when they don’t listen but my god it’s so sick
Sounds like MK Ultra…which is being carried out in homes across America. Psychological torture of the innocent children!
Do you think if she was not pretty and didn’t have a youtube channel that she would have been able to do these things..like possibly all the attention and money turned her into monster with no conscious.
Hildebrante show should have been named Disconnections as that is what happe ed to everybody she worked with.
She was on YOUTUBE giving testimony about taking the children's toys for months and not caring if her daughter had food at school but was not flagged or looked into by YOUTUBE. This went on for some time and only until the child escaped did she go to jail. Was she and the other lady in a relationship? And why did the husband not ask questions?
Judge stated Consecutively
Normally I would never wish harm upon someone. But after hearing the details, I genuinely hope that the inmates get her. This monster doesn’t deserve to live. May these poor children get the love they deserve.
There is sooo much proof before Jodi!!! They should not have made ANY deal with her


She's lost her going-outside privileges.
May she never see freedom again
"I'm so sorry I was caught"
It is absolutely insane that they offer her a plea deal. She blames everybody but herself. Such a shame. Plea deals shouldn't even be a choice!!!