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Ruby Franke Alleges Her Child Sexually Abused a Sibling for Years

By Dustin Rowles | Social Media | September 8, 2023 |

By Dustin Rowles | Social Media | September 8, 2023 |

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For those catching up, Ruby Franke is a YouTube parenting influencer who was recently arrested and charged with six counts of felony child abuse. Franke and her business partner, Jodi Hildebrandt, were arrested after cops found the emaciated 12-year-old son of Franke with open wounds and duct tape around his wrists and ankles. He had climbed out of a window and had run to a neighbor for help. Another child of Ruby Franke, a 10-year-old, was found at home equally malnourished, and both children had to be hospitalized.

Authorities had apparently been warned numerous times about the danger that Franke posed to her children, and even her YouTube channel, 8 Passengers, detailed some of her “parenting tricks.” Hacks like: Punishing children by depriving them of meals, taking away a teen child’s bedroom for seven months because he played a prank on his sister, withholding breakfast from a child for not giving Franke a back massage, threatening a small child with decapitating their favorite stuffed animal, and multiple instances of emotional abuse. And this is just what’s online.

In a court appearance today, Ruby Franke added to the chaos by revealing that one of her children had been abusing a sibling and “molesting” other family members and neighbors for “years.” Franke said that the abuse was disguised as a “petting” game and that the child had started watching pornography at the age of 3.

What a hell of a thing to reveal during a court appearance about her child abuse. Franke added that she found out about the abuse in May (and she’s just now dealing with it? From jail?) Two of Franke’s older children were in court for the appearance, as was Ruby’s estranged husband, Kevin Franke. Kevin has denied through an attorney being involved in any of the alleged abuse.

The court declined to hear more details about the abuse allegations, though noted it would remove the child and place the child in a home with no other children.

via Page Six