Therapist Pleads Guilty to Abusing Children Alongside Disgraced YouTube Mom (VIDEO)

The mental health counselor from Utah who worked with parenting blogger Ruby Franke pleaded guilty this week to four separate counts of aggravated child abuse. The woman admitted to physically and emotionally abusing Franke’s children.

Jodi Hildebrandt was apparently a business partner with Franke — a parenting advice blogger who had six children and previously had a popular YouTube channel called “8 Passengers,” where she documented the day-to-day experience of taking care of her children, according to the Associated Press.

Hildebrandt and Franke worked together at the former’s counseling company called ConneXions Classroom. The company offered various parenting classes, published content on its shared Instagram account, “Moms of Truth,” and even started a new YouTube channel.

Through recent revelations, it was discovered that these two women had apparently provided parenting advice and promoted lifestyles that did not accurately reflect the kind of life they were leading.

The two women’s facade began crumbling after Franke’s 12-year-old son escaped from Hildebrandt’s house on August 30 and asked a neighbor to call the police. The boy was discovered to be very thin, with duct tape wrapped around his ankles and wrists, according to a previous report from Blaze News.