Utah parenting vlogger sentenced to prison for child abuse [Video]

Ruby Franke, 42, had already pleaded guilty to four counts of aggravated child abuse and was sentenced on Tuesday to one-to-15 years in prison on each charge.Photo: SCOTT OLSON / GETTY IMAGES/Getty Images via AFPSource: AFP

A Utah mother-of-six who doled out parenting advice on a popular YouTube channel has been sentenced to prison for abusing her children, holding two of them in conditions prosecutors likened to concentration camps.

Ruby Franke, 42, pleaded guilty in December to four counts of aggravated child abuse and was sentenced on Tuesday to one-to-15 years in prison on each charge.

Franke’s business partner Jodi Hildebrandt, 54, whom she described as her “mentor,” received the same sentence.

Beginning in 2015, Franke ran a since-deleted YouTube channel called “8 Passengers” which provided parenting advice. She would later feature on a YouTube channel run by Hildebrandt after separating from her husband.

Utah prosecutor Eric Clarke said Franke and Hildebrandt held two of the children, …

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