Former YouTuber Ruby Franke and her business partner Jodi Hildebrandt are currently behind bars after pleading guilty to four counts of aggravated child abuse. They were arrested in August 2023 at Hildebrandt’s house in Utah, after Franke’s 12-year-old son escaped through a window and asked a neighbour to call the police.

Why was Ruby sneaking around in the middle of the night like a teenager trying not to get caught by her parents? Were they really doing candlelit massages in my bedroom?’ Shari Franke’s memoir reads

Ruby Franke and her life coach and business partner Jodi Hildebrandt were each sentenced to 30 years in prison for child abuse. Since the case went public, there has been much conversation about the nature of their partnership – which saw the eldest children and Ruby's husband estranged from the house and the youngest children objected to

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 has spoken out about the abuse she suffered at the hands of her mother, Ruby Franke, while promoting her new memoir. Read more on Grazia.

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'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.