"Former YouTube Mom Ruby Franke Receives Up to 60-Year Jail Term for Child Abuse"

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Source: The Independent
"Former YouTube Mom Ruby Franke Receives Up to 60-Year Jail Term for Child Abuse"
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Former YouTube vlogger Ruby Franke, known for parenting advice, has been sentenced to up to 60 years in prison on child abuse charges, along with her former business partner Jodi Hildebrandt. The women pleaded guilty to four counts of aggravated child abuse after physically and emotionally abusing Franke’s two youngest children. The abuse came to light when one of the children escaped and sought help from a neighbor. Franke tearfully apologized in court, expressing remorse for her actions, while Hildebrandt insisted she loves the children and did not want them to relive the abuse at trial.

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