"Revealed: Shocking Details of Child Abuse in YouTuber Ruby Franke's Journals"
TL;DR
Ruby Franke, a former YouTube family vlogger, detailed months of abuse in handwritten journal entries released by prosecutors, where she insisted her son was possessed by a demon and described incidents of abuse towards her children. Franke and her business partner, Jodi Hildebrandt, were sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to four counts of second-degree aggravated child abuse. The abuse was motivated by religious extremism, with the women believing it was necessary to cast out evil spirits. The family's popular YouTube channel "8 Passengers" ended after Franke's arrest, and her husband filed for divorce.
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