YouTube mum Ruby Franke apologises at sentencing in child abuse case


By AGENCY
This image from video shows Ruby Franke during a hearing Monday, Dec 18, 2023, in St. George, Utah. Photo: AP

Ruby Franke, a Utah mother of six who gave parenting advice to millions via a once-popular a YouTube channel, shared a tearful apology to her children for physically and emotionally abusing them before a judge delivered a sentence that could put her in prison for years, if not decades.

Franke also claimed that she had been "manipulated” by her fellow YouTuber and business partner.

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