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