This Monday, December 18, 2023, the American Youtuber Ruby Franke pleaded guilty to aggravated child abuse.
She gave advice on education and ended up in prison. This Monday, December 18, Ruby Franke, the American YouTuber accused of aggravated child abuse, pleaded guilty, as reported by the American media Ap News.
The 41-year-old woman was followed by 2.5 million subscribers on YouTube. She has been offering parenting advice for parents since 2015. As a reminder, the mother was arrested on August 30 when one of her 12-year-old children went to his neighbor's house. He was found with duct tape around his wrists and ankles and demanded water and food.
She admits to abusing them and depriving them of food
Ruby Frank is accused of child abuse. In particular, she allegedly tried to convince her two youngest children that they were possessed and needed to be punished in order to repent.
“With my deepest regret and sadness for my family and my guilty children,” she replied this Monday to Judge John J. Walton. The forty-year-old was taken back into custody and was scheduled to be sentenced on February 20th.
This mother admitted that she tortured her son from May 22 to August 30 by forcing him to do manual labor for hours, working outside in the hot sun without water, denying him food and keeping him away from the outside world to have isolated.
She also admitted committing violent acts against him by kicking him, holding his head under water and even suffocating him by pressing on his mouth and nose.
Ruby Frank admitted the same acts to her 9-year-old daughter.