YouTuber Ruby Franke sentenced after pleading guilty to counts of aggravated child abuse. Here’s what to know about the case. WPXI [Video]

On Tuesday, former YouTube “momfluencer” Ruby Franke was sentenced to up to 60 years in prison after pleading guilty to child abuse last year. Franke’s business partner and co-host for parenting advice videos, Jodi Hildebrandt, also pleaded guilty to child abuse and was given the same sentence.

Here’s everything you need to know about the case.

⚖️What happened in court?

Utah state prosecutor Eric Clarke described the environment Franke’s children lived in as a “concentration camp-like setting” and said that Franke “committed horrible acts of child abuse.”

At her sentencing on Tuesday, Franke said she takes “full accountability” for her choices, and Judge John J. Walton sentenced her to serve up to 60 years in prison.

For more on what happened in court, read more from the Associated Press

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