Posted on 02/20/2024 10:35:51 AM PST by Morgana
Disgraced YouTube mommy blogger Ruby Franke wept in court as she was sentenced to up to 60 years in prison for brutally abusing two of her own children in a 'concentration camp-like setting'.
Franke, 41, pleaded guilty last year to four counts of child abuse after one of her young children escaped and alerted a neighbor to their suffering.
She was sentenced to between one to 15 years in prison for each count - up to 60 years in total - at Utah 5th District Court on Tuesday.
How much time she will spend in jail will be determined by the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole, and state law means she can only serve a maximum of 30 years.
Franke, who has six children in total, broke down while speaking in court as she apologized to her 'little chicks' and told the judge she was willing to serve her time.
Franke's business partner Jodi Hildebrandt was also handed down the same sentence on Tuesday.
The criminal 'Momfluencer' became an internet sensation thanks to her YouTube channel 8 Passengers where millions of viewers watched how she and then husband, Kevin Franke, raised, and disciplined, their six children.
But late last year, shocking claims emerged that Franke, a Mormon, had spent years abusing her children.
Franke was arrested alongside her business partner Jodi Hildebrandt, upon whom Franke attempted to heap most of the blame for the abuse of her family. The pair pleaded guilty in late December.
Chief Deputy Washington County Attorney Ryan Shaum said in a written statement on Tuesday that Franke and Hildebrandt's actions amounted to 'some of the worst child abuse' he had seen in nearly 30 years of prosecuting.
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Good! I hope you serve the full sentence!
Sorry folks, any mother who does this kind of thing has no remorse. She is a wack job. They are the consumate actor when claiming regret. Anything they do is a carefully rehearsed and self-scripted act that will eventually attempt to fix blame on someone else. Women are like that.
Even if the evil witch thought the world was evil; what reason is that to take it out on the kids.
I haven’t any idea of what kind of abuse the children suffered. Were they beaten? Starved? Sexually assaulted?
It’s not hard to see how a devout Mormon wanting to meet the requirements of Mormonism and assure themselves and their children of “exaltation” in the next life could get into hyper-moralism and harsh discipline. It’s not a stretch at all to see how she might believe she is doing the right thing for her children; helping them to reach godhood. There’s little room in Mormonism for the true mercy of Christ because theres’s no understanding of God’s grace (Ephesian 2:8-9), because Mormonism is completely works/merit based. It may look as wholesome as apple pie on the outside, but underneath it’s a stress inducing, hypocritical, performance based religion with a false facade.
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