Disgraced parenting blogger and mom of six Ruby Franke’s “power” and public image” allowed her crimes against her children to go “unchecked,” according to a defense attorney.
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The“power”and“publicimage”ofdisgracedUtahparentingbloggerandmomofsixRubyFranke,whoisfacingupto30yearsinprisonforchildabuse,allowedhercrimesagainstherchildrentogo“unchecked,”accordingtoacriminaldefenseattorney.
Franke,43,andJodiHildebrandt,a55-year-oldmotheroftwo,ranajointparentingandlifestyleYouTubechannelcalledConneXionsClassroomsbeforetheywerearrestedandpleadedguiltytofourofsixcountsofsecond-degreeaggravatedchildabuseinaSt.GeorgecourtroominDecember2023.
“Casesofchildabuseareunfortunatelyfamiliar,butthisonestandsoutforhowpower,publicimageandsystemicfailuresallowed ittogoonunchecked,”JamieE.Wright,aLosAngelesmillennialtrialattorneyandfounder/CEOoftheWrightLawFirm,toldFoxNewsDigital.“Overtheyears,Frankebuiltupanonlinepersonaastheperfectmom,givi