Ruby Franke's Husband Didn't Want Her to Leave Him, Won't 'Sling Mud' After Abuse Charges Lawyer
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Ruby Franke's Husband Didn't Want Her to Leave Him, Won't 'Sling Mud' After Abuse Charges Lawyer
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Ruby Franke's Husband Didn't Want Her to Leave Him, Won't 'Sling Mud' After Abuse Charges Lawyer
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00:00 Ruby Frank's husband didn't want her to leave him, won't sling mud after abuse charges.
00:05 Lawyer, Even Frank is hoping to heal the past trauma and events with his children after their mother was arrested on child abuse charges.
00:12 His lawyer tells Kevin Frank, the husband of disgraced vlogger Ruby Frank, did not choose to leave his wife,
00:18 but won't point fingers at her either after she and her business partner Jodi Hildebrandt were charged with child abuse.
00:24 Kevin's attorney tells TODA.com,
00:26 Ruby, 41, and Hildebrandt, 54, were arrested late last month in Ivins, Utah after the two youngest Frank children were found emaciated by police,
00:36 according to a probable cause affidavit previously obtained by P.U.P.O.
00:40 Officers arrived at Hildebrandt's home to check on the kids after a neighbor called 911,
00:44 reporting that Ruby's 12-year-old son had come to his house covered in wounds, asking for food and water.
00:50 Kevin's attorney, Randy Kester, has portrayed the father as a very gentle person who had no role in his children's alleged abuse.
00:56 Kevin and Ruby share six children, who range from ages 10 to 20.
01:00 Four of the Franks' children were taken into child protective services following Ruby's arrest last month.
01:05 She continues to be held in jail without bail after a hearing for her and Hildebrandt was delayed on Monday until sometime in early October.
01:12 Kester told TODA.com that Kevin and Ruby had been separated at Ruby's directive for about 13 months.
01:18 "Kevin did not want to be separated," Kester claimed to the outlet.
01:22 "He wanted to work through concerns as a family.
01:24 There was never a formal, written decree of separate maintenance or separation agreement.
01:28 The separation was under terms prescribed by Ruby and Jodi Hildebrandt."
01:32 Kester also told the outlet that Kevin is currently working on mending his relationship with his children.
01:37 "Kevin is making an effort to rebuild and bridge these relationships rather than sling mud and point fingers," Kester told TODA.com.
01:45 "He is focused on doing what is best for his kids at this point, even if that means undergoing some introspection."
01:51 Neighbors have told P.U.P.L. that Ruby would often travel back and forth to Hildebrandt's home in Ivins, Utah,
01:56 about four hours away from the Franks' house in Springville, Utah, and would stay for weeks.
02:01 She would often bring her two youngest children with her while leaving her two teenage girls home alone in Springville for weeks on end.
02:07 One neighbor described it as "odd."
02:08 The neighbor, who spoke with P.U.P.L. on the condition of anonymity, said earlier this month.
02:13 Over the past year, the neighbor described the Frank children's presence in the neighborhood as "dwindling."
02:18 "She really started isolating her kids," the neighbor said.
02:21 Last week, Frank's sister Bonnie Holine spoke out about her nieces and nephews' alleged abuse and laid blame on Kevin,
02:27 saying he was the one person that could have done something to help the kids but that the family had zero contact with him.
02:33 "It was Kevin's job to check in on the kids and he did not," Holine said in a YouTube video.
02:38 Kester addressed the comments in his interview with TODA.com,
02:41 saying, "I think she admits that she, too, was out of the loop and had not had any contact with the children herself."
02:47 "Kevin is more interested in reaching out to his children, family, and friends to heal the past trauma and events," Kester added.
02:53 Kevin and his attorney appeared in a Utah court on Monday for a second custody hearing for the kids.
02:58 Ruby and Kevin's oldest daughter, 20-year-old Sherry Frank, was also in attendance, the Salt Lake Tribune reports.