The husband (Kevin) is just as culpable as his wife (Ruby) in the abuse of their children. He was in those videos showing "tough love", he was part of it all. All three of those abusers should get the max sentence!!

Asking how come the dad is just NOW divorcing her? He KNEW about this abuse and yet he has custody of these children? WTF?

Did her husband just let her abuse their kids? Why is he not charged?

She’s going to have a lot of fun in prison as a child abuser. She better learn how to fight yesterday. Justice will be served.

I can hear the acting in that voice. 😡

Something isn't right about a father that is completely oblivious that his children are abused although a perfect stranger noticed the evidence right off. I'm not buying the father's innocence, I don't care how Mormon you are

The 911 call from the neighbor says it all. It takes a lot to bring an older man to tears. Breaks my heart for all of the kids, for way longer than 4yrs💔

Hearing her speak was infuriating. Not an ounce of actual remorse there. Sickening and may she rot and be forgotten

This is what a narcisstic parent acts like in court. It was clear Franke was abusing her children long before she met Hildebrant. They were two sides of the same evil coin. However, why didn't the father step up and help protect his own kids? Kevin should have been held responsible for his role in ignoring their plight at the hands of his wife. Prison isn't very kind to child abusers so lets see how these two cruel women fare. Perhaps now they will get a taste of the torment they inflicted on children for years.

She is sorry she was caught... Had she not been caught, her children, or some of them, would be traumatized for the rest of their lifes because of a mormon crazy.

So she’s “sorry” she was led down a “dark” path by someone else - and so this other person is responsible, not her? What BS.

Those family photographs are the definition of "all that glitters ain't gold"! Unbelievable!

That call from the neighbour gets me everytime.

The husband needs to be held accountable as well for allowing the abuse and not protecting his children. When she told the school not to give her 6 year old lunch because she forgot it really got me. A little 6 year old with no lunch. I hope the school didn't listen to that evil excuse for a mother

Crazy that the husband escaped justice - those children are still in danger ! As if he was clueless about his beaten and starving children ?! There were two neglectful parents here. Not just a bad mother, the father was also wicked.

These two should get the max!

Idc who “mentored” her, no mom would do what she did before she met that woman and/or after she met that 😊that woman!!!

That Kevin dude has the nerve to sit behind the prosecutors 😂😂

Shes acting

Sounds like an award speech !!

These poor kids. I hope they can get past the horrible treatment they were exposed to. How these women thought they were doing the right thing is unfathomable. No moral values, no compassion, no kindness. They should be barred from ever again having anything to do with kids.

I don't think that people charged with crimes and found guilty should be allowed to give statements in court. Any statement you give, should not influence the sentencing. I am so sick and tired of this idea of saying someone did not show remorse or that they did show remorse...WHO CARES EITHER WAY? Remorse or no remorse, is not going to change the situation. Just sentence them based on the crime and verdict and be done with it.

The thing is ruby has been abusing her children ON CAMERA years before she met Jodi. Ruby is putting all the blame on her and just shows that she isn’t really remorseful because she’s not actually taking accountability of her actions. She’s disgusting and I can’t wait for her to rot in prison.

Why wasn’t the dad on trial?

So what does that say about all of you people who followed her?

This is good. It hopefully will send a message to instagram parents who use their families for likes and popularity. I wish the best for the children.

A momfluencer isnt a job. It's just someone selling advice to other lazy moms who wont go get a job.

Both women should serve 20 years at the least, as they have scarred those kids for life. I can't imagine the physical and psychological harm they endured. To withhold food and water, to force a child to stand in the sun while they got severe sunburn, to be restrained, isolated, to hold their head underwater and more are torture and when it is done by a parent or that parent allows another adult breaks the trust and safety a parent should give a child. I hope they get the therapy they need to understand none of this was their fault. And I hope that the parole board can see through the fake remorse that 'mom' has. She is manipulative. And she was very cruel to the kids before she met that cruel therapist.

These people are sick.

It’s sad how lots of people act and live on social media as if their lives are so perfect….when it’s not! 😡

Where was the father and what was his role in all of that time the children were being abused? He is the head of the family and is accountable for the family’s well being. Why was he not investigated ?

I do not care whose idea this abuse was, it’s still the mothers problem. If someone had told me to abuse my son, I would never simply take their advice and do so or considered it in the least. This is messed up beyond all belief, and Frankie needs to go to jail for quite a long time. A person who has it in their soul to hurt their children through abuse and neglect did not have to be shown the way. I believe there’s an Eagle song that says no one can take you where you don’t already know how to go and this absolutely holds true in this case. The mother and father both should stand guilty here, and the father needs to be brought up on charges as well. I find it impossible for him to have not seen the bruises, cuts and the severe weight loss of his children. They all need to be thrown under the jail and forgotten about.

This is heartbreaking. Selfish, horrible adults.

Why the dad is not on trial??? He allowed all this crap to happened... What a simp.

Still can't hear her take any responsibility. I call bull. She needs to be locked away for a longtime. Husband needs to go to jail too. This was happening for more than 4 years.

CPS failed those kids.

Praying these poor kids are placed together in an environment where they are given the care, love and kindness they deserve. Hopefully, they receive the legitimate therapy they need after surviving this abuse. Prayers for the Franke children. Stay strong and persevere. ❤

Zero accountability

UNDER THE JAIL.

My husband and I tried for 10 years to get pregnant, including 3 surgeries. Not meant to be. This woman gets this beautiful family and throws it all away. Unreal.

As some of us know very well there have been s long list of parent-influencers on social media that in various ways found out that how they exposed their children to their 'followers' ended up being driven by the amount of money that ended up in their bank accounts and in that long list of families what made the most money often were things that were abusive. And when viewers started realizing what they were seeing and started reporting it the common excuse was that those making the reports were jealous of their success. More often than not CPS has chosen to buy the "someone is jealous of our success" instead of taking a few hours to watch a few of yhe videos that were pointed out for them as containing the evidence of abuse. For those that have spent a great deal of time looking into online complaints where people think a child or children are being taken advantage of or abused, it's pretty easy to see what is happening if one just looks.

Don't give Mr Franke custody. Please God these kids need to heal. This dad is complicit, He has to be.

Jeez when we was growing up we got a spanking every once in a while if we really got out of hand, but we didn’t get taped up, thrown out in the snow, or any of that.

Why isn’t the father being charged?!!

People have been reporting Ruby for YEARS. The board better consider that too

This is the fakest scene of the entire movie.

As others have pointed out ruby was abusing those kiddos way before the scapegoat came into the picture. All three adults failed those babies and should be punished for life because those babies will live with it for life.

That neighbor is awesome, thank you for helping

Sooooo what about the dad? Everyone is just ignoring his existence? He was a good trooper all these years?

No accountability.

May them rot in jail!

He needs to be in prison too. She is only sorry her kids escape and told the world.

No parole.

7:45 What remorse? Did we both watch the same apology?? She wasn’t sorry about anything but being caught!

Narcissist manipulator. May she stay in prison for her entire length of sentence.

Ruby and Jodi are void of moral compass. They are the faces of evil.

My hope is that one day Mormons will realize that the second "m" isn't fooling anyone.

That woman's statement sounded bizarre as well as phony. I noticed in two brief clips that, as she entered court in the past with prison garb on, she had this self-absorbed smile and even smiled broadly to a court officer behind where she was to be seated. She refers to her children as her "chicks"--another bizarre comment. I do wonder, as others have, why the husband is not being charged as well. It seems he knew of the abuse and even took part in some of the "tough love" treatment. What's up with that?

Tough love doesn't mean you abuse your children, make them sleep outside in the cold, duct tape their hands behind their back, or other smaller forms of torture. Tough love means you don't give into the kids every demand, they work and do chores if they want something, get grounded if they do something bad, and if you don't like what was made for dinner then you can go to bed hungry, you don't get something else. That's the type of stuff for tough love. I think people literally confuse the meaning, and thing that tough love means like physically toughening the kid up.

I’m shocked that these children were used as entertainment for years…..how did such a tragedy be ongoing without question!! Where was the father in all of this? This is sick….God Bless our Children!

Before ruby started showing remorse in court wasnt she saying her young son was a liar and a molestor of her other children????? How all of the sudden is she this victim?!?!?

That 911 call still makes me cry.

I think that other lady Jodi was munching her carpet and vice versa. They were essentially living together and the husband wasn’t even around. I mean some of the younger rkids were being tortured at HER house not Franke’s. And Ruby would stay there literally all the time…something was going on there.

Anyone who believes ruby is remorseful didn't watch 8 passengers. She was a monster before jodi. Jodi did encourage her, but jodi never tortured her other victims. Ruby did that. Rudy always smiles in glee when she punishes her children. Why do you think her college age girl send out a one word post when ruby was arrested. It read, "Finally". That says it all.

I have quite a few questions about this case. 2:20ish. Neighbors voice { to me } had more genuine emotion in the 911 call than Ruby Franke's voice in court. 3:20ish. Lifestar Counselling Service may have let Ms Hildebrandt go { fired ? } because of her methods ? That might have been when she partnered with Ruby Franke in forming Connections counselling < ? > services ? 4:30ish. Viewers DISTURBED about content and had a petition with 243 signatures signed in year 2020. ( Viewership declining due to disturbing content ? ) 5:17ish 2018: (2) police responses for " juvenile problems. 2019 (1) police response for juvenile problem. 2022 (2) WELFARE CHECKS with I AM presuming a police response. SEPT 2022 : SISTER ( why not Father ?) called for a welfare check on her younger siblings. Years : 2018 - 2022 ; NUMEROUS RED FLAGS ! NO ACTION(S) TAKEN DURING THAT WHOLE TIME ? 😳 At least action(s) have been taken now. Wish the best for all these child survivors.

Her "therapist"😂😂😂😂

She only pled guilty so she would not have to hear her kids display the horror they went through! Lock her up for life! The kids have a long road to heal, they may never heal from this.

She is hollow. Fake fake fake.

abuse? sounds like unmitigated torture !

Ruby cares a out Ruby and she proved that! And WHY? was the father not charged? He was aware he was just letting his wife do this? Why didn't he step in? I hope she gets the maximum sentence and she should NEVER be around ANY CHILD ! Hopefully her children can heal.

Gong award for worst acting performance

Thr father should be in prison also

Max jail! Please don’t let her skin color lower the years! Why isn’t the husband charged???!!?!?!!!

You can hear it in the neighbors voice, as to how bad it was. That man was crying looking at this child.

There’s no excuse. “She lead me to this” is BS. Any parent should only have their children’s best interest at heart. I’m a war vet, I have PTSD, a brain injury, and anger problems. I WOULD NEVER harm my kids, under any circumstances for any reason, EVER. If my messed up head knows better, she has zero excuses. This is where the anger problems kick in, I’m so f**king MAD she did this to those kids. Just angry as can be!!! Sad too, but mad at her.

Listening to the neighbor who made the emotional 911 call at 2:22.. his descriptive words were heartbreaking. Ruby would have us believe she was brainwashed & living in an alternative reality. Hearing about but especially seeing emaciated wounded abused children is a tramatic experience. Keeping the Franke children in my prayers & the neighbors that were involved also.

I call bullshit on her! Common sense what mother does what she did!?!? Both women should be locked up period!!

She has excuses not remorse also, where was the father during all of this? He learned about all of us when we did?

What about the dad? He must have known about all of this.

Where was the dad while this bs was happening. Poor kids.

Ruby was not deluded and not disoriented, she was intentional in every single move... and the husband turned a blind eye because he is weaker than Ruby and a downright coward. Lumping this whole thing on Jodi is just not going to cut it.

These woman going to jail is so unexpected… all this abuse went on for years. I actually lost hope.

They gonna be in prison for a long time. Good ridden to both

They are only sad because they got caught. They’re crying because they’re sad for themselves, not the children. They’d be doing the same thing if they hadn’t got caught. Neither of them has any remorse.

God poor babies. I hope theses monsters never get out. The Devils

Blaming others is not a good look.

Omg,,evil women..

She wanted to bring pain to her children even before she met Jodi.

The last thing I would want to hear from my abuser is “you are a part of me”. 😔

Where do I watch a full episode??

Ruby has no remorse, that performed speech written by her attorney is sickening, he told her to read it and show remorse or she would spend her life in prison !!!! Jodi saw a mom who was already abusing her kids and wanted to get in on it and bring it to the next level. They both should get the same treatment they gave those kids !!! The dad, he’s a coward, he had no courage to go against Ruby so he ran off abandoning his kids to be tortured ! They are all sick !

Too many truly unintelligent people are in positions of power over others. Ruby and Jody were obviously two very ignorant women who enjoyed torturing their own children. Being ignorant of basic decency, they thought they could gain social status by presenting as tough parents - but cocealing their abusive techniques. They did not think they would ever be caught. Ruby's face says it all. She never realized her victims would ever be in a place to where THEY could punish HER, and she was furious. So she accused the escapee of being a pedo, in her fury. Now she finally realizes that she no longer has a family and all that deception has been revealed to everyone. There is nothing she can do but sit in prison and know her kids won, she lost, and she is now just a horrible person that will be remembered, by the world, as a horrible mother. A fitting end to an unfit mother. Remember - ignorant is the root of ALL evil. Ruby and Jody are truly evil and it feels good knowing they have lost everything they built, using evil against their own families. I wonder how she's being treated in prison.🙂 Also, wth is wrong with Utah and their cults? Ya'll need to reassess your mental faculties and stop letting cult leaders tell you how to live or raise your kids. Snap out of it!!!

Her fake crying makes me barf.

Kevin seems to be as wicked as Ruby, but he is more skilled at concealing it.

We suggest " an eye for an eye"!!

Awe crocodile tears!

So, no sentence?

Yet Cancel Culture doesn’t even address influencers. How surprising.

1-15 years????? 15 years

How could millions of people watch this crap??????