Utah therapist Jodi Hildebrandt pleads guilty to abusing children with YouTube mom Ruby Franke

Hildebrandt, a Utah mental health counselor who had been arrested alongside parenting advice blogger Ruby Franke, pleaded guilty to four counts of aggravated child abuse for her role in physically and emotionally abusing Franke's children. — AP

SALT LAKE CITY: The Utah mental health counselor arrested alongside parenting advice blogger Ruby Franke pleaded guilty Wednesday (Dec 27) to four counts of aggravated child abuse for physically and emotionally abusing Franke's children.

Jodi Hildebrandt was the business partner of Franke, a Utah a mother of six who ran a once-popular YouTube channel called "8 Passengers" in which she documented her family life. The two worked together at Hildebrandt's counseling company, ConneXions Classroom, offering parenting seminars, launching another YouTube channel and publishing content on their shared Instagram account, "Moms of Truth.”