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21st February 2024
11:15am GMT
Former YouTube star Ruby Franke has been given a maximum sentence following her child abuse trial.
The mum is set to spend at least four years in prison after she was sentenced to four prison terms of one and 15 years each on aggravated child abuse charges on Tuesday.
Franke's business partner Jodi Hildebrandt was given an identical sentence.
The court was told that her children were living in "concentration-camp-like settings".
The children were "regularly denied food, water, beds to sleep in, and virtually all forms of entertainment".
In December, Ruby Franke, former family advice blogger, pleaded guilty to four counts of child abuse.
The former YouTube star was arrested and charged with aggravated child abuse in September.
Franke had a major online following where she documented her life as a mother, as well as sharing parenting advice.
However, the mother was allegedly abusing her children for years.
According to the Santa Clara-Ivins Public Safety Department, the influencer's children were severely malnourished.
They also had “deep lacerations from being tied up with rope”.
Her son alerted authorities after he managed to escape their family home and seek help from their neighbours.
Her six children were taken into care following the harrowing discovery.
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