YouTube mom Ruby Franke apologizes at sentencing in child abuse case
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Defendant Ruby Franke looks on during court Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024, in St. George, Utah. Franke, a Utah mother of six who gave parenting advice to millions via a once-popular a YouTube channel, shared a tearful apology to her children for physically and emotionally abusing them before a judge sentenced her to serve up to 60 years in prison. (Sheldon Demke/St. George News via AP, Pool)FILE - This image from video shows Ruby Franke during a hearing Monday, Dec. 18, 2023, in St. George, Utah. A Utah judge will set prison sentences Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024, for Franke, a mother of six who gave parenting advice via a once-popular YouTube channel called 8 Passengers, and her business partner after they each pleaded guilty to four counts of aggravated child abuse for physically and emotionally abusing Frankes children. (Ron Chaffin/St. George News via AP, Pool, File)Defendant Jodi Hildebrandt looks on during court Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024, in St. George, Utah. Hildebrandt, a Utah mental health counselor who had been hired to work with Rudy Franke's youngest son before going into business with Franke, received a prison sentence of up to 60 years. Franke and Hildebrandt had each pleaded guilty to four counts of aggravated child abuse for trying to convince Frankes two youngest children that they were evil, possessed and needed to be punished to repent. (Sheldon Demke/St. George News via AP, Pool)
Defendant Ruby Franke looks on during court Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024, in St. George, Utah. Franke, a Utah mother of six who gave parenting advice to millions via a once-popular a YouTube channel, shared a tearful apology to her children for physically and emotionally abusing them before a judge sentenced her to serve up to 60 years in prison. (Sheldon Demke/St. George News via AP, Pool)