YouTuber Ruby Franke and her business partner each charged with 6 counts of aggravated child abuse

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Franke and her business partner, Jodi Hildebrandt, were arrested last week after Franke's malnourished son ran​ to a neighbor's house asking for help, authorities said.

Ruby Franke, a once-popular YouTuber who gave parenting advice on her now-defunct"8 Passengers" YouTube channel, has been charged with six counts of aggravated child abuse, the Washington County Attorney's Office in Utah said Wednesday. Franke and her business partner, Jodi Hildebrandt,to a neighbor's house asking for help, authorities said.

Franke has appeared in YouTube videos with Hildebrandt that were posted by Hildebrandt's counseling business, ConneXions Classroom, which Hildebrandt says helps people to improve their lives, according to the AP. "The condition of the juvenile was so severe that they were seen by Santa Clara-Ivins EMS and transported to a local area hospital," the department said in its news release.

Four other children were taken into the care of the Department of Child and Family Services and Franke and Hildebrandt were arrested in connection with the incident.

 

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