Ruby Franke’s husband, Kevin, won’t ‘point fingers’ following child abuse charges, says lawyer

Name: Ruby Franke’s husband, Kevin, won’t ‘point fingers’ following child abuse charges, says lawyer
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00:00 Ruby Frank's husband, Heaven, won't point fingers following child abuse charges, says

00:04 lawyer, the estranged husband of Ruby Frank.

00:07 The Utah YouTuber arrested for child abuse refuses to sling mud and point fingers following

00:12 accusations that he could have saved his children, says his attorney.

00:15 Kevin Frank and Ruby Frank are the parents of six children who were featured on their

00:19 mom's former YouTube channel, 8 Passengers, since 2015.

00:23 The account, followed by millions, was controversial for Ruby's uncompromising punishments.

00:28 It has since been taken down.

00:29 8 Passengers and Ruby Frank's Parenting The Utah mom shared on her channel that her

00:34 punishments included denying her children food and personal space, forcing them to do

00:38 push-ups and skip school to clean the floor when they misbehaved.

00:41 She once withheld Christmas presents from her two youngest children and took away her

00:45 eldest son's bed for seven months, actions she freely shared on her own video channel.

00:50 In August, Ruby Frank was arrested and charged with six counts of aggravated child abuse.

00:55 Her business partner, Jody Hildebrandt, a mental health counselor who recorded parenting

00:59 videos alongside Ruby, was also arrested and charged.

01:03 Last week, Ruby's sisters Julie Griffiths-Diru and Bonnie Holine posted YouTube videos stating

01:08 they were unaware of their sister's behavior because she had cut contact with her family.

01:12 Holine also claimed that Kevin was the responsible party for protecting his family.

01:16 It was Kevin's job to check in on things and he did not, she said in her video.

01:20 Ruby and Kevin Frank separated, attorney says.

01:23 Kevin's attorney Randy Kester tells TODA.com that Kevin and Ruby have been separated at

01:28 Ruby's directive for approximately 13 months.

01:31 Kevin did not want to be separated, says Kester.

01:34 He wanted to work through concerns as a family.

01:36 There was never any formal, written decree of separate maintenance or separation agreement.

01:40 The separation was under terms prescribed by Ruby and Jody Hildebrandt.

01:44 Kester addressed Holine's claims about Kevin.

01:46 I think she admits that she, too, was out of the loop and had not had any contact with

01:51 the children herself.

01:52 However, Kevin is more interested in reaching out to his children, family, and friends to

01:56 heal the past trauma and events, Kester tells TODA.com.

02:00 Kevin is making an effort to rebuild and bridge these relationships rather than sling mud

02:05 and point fingers.

02:06 He is focused on doing what is best for his kids at this point, even if that means undergoing

02:11 some introspection.

02:12 None of that process, however, is going to be creating more distance between him and

02:15 his family, including his extended family.

02:18 He wishes Bonnie and her family well as we all travel down this path of healing.

02:22 In previous footage published by 8 Passengers, Kevin appears to support the decision to send

02:27 their son, then 14, to the Anasazi Foundation Wilderness Therapy Program, an outdoor behavioral

02:33 health care program for youth who struggle with defiance and other behavioral problems.

02:37 What many of you are criticizing or calling abusive are actually things that mental health

02:41 professionals have counseled us to, Kevin said in the video.

02:44 Ruby Frank and Jody Hildebrandt's Arrest Last month, the Santa Clara Evans Public Safety

02:49 Department announced in a press release that two minor children were found emaciated and

02:54 malnourished with open wounds and duct tape around the extremities.

02:57 One child was asking for food and water and was hospitalized in severe condition, police

03:01 said.

03:02 Police said they found a second child in a similar physical condition of malnourishment

03:06 in another home who was also hospitalized.

03:09 Four other children were taken in by the Department of Child and Family Services, according to

03:13 the press release.

03:14 Ruby was arrested in connection with the children's treatment, along with her business partner

03:18 Jody Hildebrandt, a mental health counselor who recorded parenting videos alongside Ruby

03:22 for the former YouTube channel Connections.

03:25 Each woman was charged with six counts of aggravated child abuse.

03:28 Kester recently told Law & Crime, a multimedia network, that the dad was "absolutely shocked"

03:33 by the child abuse allegations.

03:35 He said that Kevin had not recently seen his children at all, as Ruby wanted to separate

03:39 while they worked on their marriage.

03:40 Kester told the outlet that Ruby assured Kevin that their children were happy in his absence.

03:45 According to Kester, Kevin never had any reason to believe that his children were being abused,

03:49 he told the outlet.

03:50 Kester said in that interview, "If he had even one inkling that his kids were being

03:54 abused and that this separation wasn't for any other purpose than to figure out a way

03:58 between he and Ruby to reunite their family, he would have been down there in two seconds."

04:03 Physical abuse had never been a part of their family, Kester told Law & Crime.

Ruby Franke’s husband, Kevin, won’t ‘point fingers’ following child abuse charges, says lawyer

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