Last year, Ruby and her business partner Jodi Hildebrandt were sentenced to up to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to four counts of aggravated child abuse, including trying to convince Ruby’s two youngest children that they were evil, possessed by demons and needed to be punished.
Chad Franke, the oldest son of YouTube family vlogger and convicted child abuser, Ruby Franke, has opened up about the torment he experienced at the hands of his mother.
After Ruby was arrested in 2023, she admitted to several horrific acts, as shown in a statement filed in court to support her guilty pleas, which said she abused two of her children from May 22, 2023, until her arrest in August.
Traumatic details revealed that she forced her son into long physical tasks outside in the summer without shoes or adequate water, leaving him with “repeated and serious sunburns.” He was also denied sufficient food, and when he was given food, they were very plain meals while the rest of the household got more flavorful food, the plea agreement said.
Chad Franke speaks out in Hulu’s new documentary, ‘Devil in the Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke’.