"He was also told that everything that was being done to him were acts of love," the agreement states.įranke acknowledged similarly physically abusing her 9-year-old daughter by forcing her to work outside, run on dirt roads barefoot and go without food and water, causing her severe emotional harm. When the handcuffs cut into his skin and injured his hands and wrists, those injuries were treated with homeopathic remedies and covered with duct tape, and the bindings were replaced on top of the duct tape, according to the agreement.įranke also admitted to kicking her son while wearing boots, holding his head under water and smothering his mouth and nose with her hands, according to the plea agreement.įranke tried to convince her son he was "evil and possessed" and needed to repent and could avoid the punishments by being obedient, according to the agreement, which said Franke's actions caused her son "severe emotional harm." At times, ropes were used to tie together handcuffs that secured his hands and feet as he lay on his stomach, lifting his arms and legs off the ground and injuring his wrists and ankles, the plea agreement said. He was denied food or given very plain meals, punished when he secretly drank water and he was isolated from other people without access to books, notebooks or electronics.Īfter he tried to run away in July, his hands and feet were regularly bound, sometimes with handcuffs. 30 by forcing him into hours of physical tasks such as wall sits and carrying boxes full of books up and down stairs summer work outdoors without adequate water and "repeated and serious sunburns" that blistered. In the plea agreement, which contains graphic details of the abuse, Franke admits that she tortured her now 12-year-old son from May 22 through Aug. Details from Ruby Franke's plea agreement Franke is committed to taking responsibility for the part she played in the events leading up to her incarceration," the statement said. Franke initially believed that her co-defendant Jodi Hildebrandt "had the insight to offer a path to continual improvement," but said that Hildebrandt "took advantage of this quest and twisted it into something heinous."ĭuring Franke's incarceration, "she has actively engaged in an introspection that has allowed her to reset her moral compass and understand the full weight of her actions. "Ruby Franke is a devoted mother and is also a woman committed to constant improvement," Winward Law said in a statement. Winward Law said in a statement Friday that the abuse occurred while Franke was influenced by a relationship counselor who led her to "a distorted sense of morality." Under the plea agreement, Franke agreed to serve a prison term and the sentences will run consecutively. 20 after accepting the plea agreement, which described new details of the abuse the children endured, including the claims that they were possessed. On the fourth, she fought back some emotion before saying: "With my deepest regret and sorrow for my family and my children, guilty." This image from video shows Ruby Franke during a hearing Monday, Dec. Ruby Franke was originally charged with six counts of child abuse in September, and two counts were dropped under the plea deal, CBS affiliate KUTV reports.įranke stood shackled in gray and white jail clothing as she closed her eyes and took a deep breath before pleading guilty to each of her first three charges. YouTube mom Ruby Franke expected to enter plea deal in child abuse case 02:25Ī Utah mother of six who gave parenting advice on YouTube pleaded guilty Monday to child abuse charges and will go to prison for trying to convince her two youngest children they were evil, possessed and needed to be punished to repent.
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