Haunting police footage shows the ‘panic room’ a YouTube mum used as her daughter speaks out on abuse. Ruby Franke was given the maximum sentence for child abuse last February after pleading guilty to four felony counts of second-degree aggravated child abuse alongside her business partner, Jodi Hildebrandt.

Both Ruby Franke and Hildebrandt pleaded guilty to four counts of child abuse in 2023 against two of Ruby Franke's children, but not Shari Franke. Both Ruby Franke and Hildebrandt were sentenced to four consecutive sentences of one to 15 years in prison.

Ruby Franke and Jodi Hildebrandt pleaded guilty to child abuse charges in December 2023 and are currently serving time for their treatment of Ruby’s six children. Shari’s memoir describes her struggles living in what she calls a “house of lies” and her eventual relief at the arrests, which followed years of reported abuse.

Shari Franke speculates about her mom Ruby Franke’s love life in her bombshell new memoir. The 21-year-old claims in “The House of My Mother: A Daughter’s Quest for Freedom” (out Tuesday) that the former “8 Passengers” mommy vlogger,

Ruby Franke's daughter, Shari Franke, remembers her last conversation with her mother before she was charged with child abuse her new memoir, "The House of My Mother."

Ruby and Hildebrandt were arrested and charged with aggravated child abuse in September 2023. Now Shari is shedding some light on the nature of her YouTuber mother’s relationship with Hildebrandt, a Utah-based therapist.

In a new interview, Shari Franke reflects on the psychological torment her mother inflicted on her as a child.

Shari Franke, the oldest daughter of YouTube family vlogger and convicted child abuser Ruby Franke, revealed what it was like growing up with an abusive parent in a disturbing memoir which hit shelves Tuesday (January 7).