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 relationshi

What we learned from Shari Franke's memoir, including a family vlogging factory, years of abuse and Ruby Franke's relationship with Jodi Hildebrandt.

“ [They] condemned queerness very publicly … while embodying it privately,” Shari writes of her mother and her business partner and alleged lover, Jodi Hildebrandt — in “ The House of My Mother: A Daughter’s Quest for Freedom ” (Gallery Books; Jan. 7).

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."

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 and her business partner, Jodi Hildebrandt, pleaded guilty to four counts of aggravated child abuse. The pair were jailed for up to 30 years each last February.

Ruby Franke’s eldest daughter, Shari Franke, is speaking out for the first time about the alleged abuse she claims her mom inflicted on her as a child. She told her side of the story in her memoir, “The House Of My Mother: A Daughter’s Quest For Freedom” and stopped by “Good Morning America” on Jan.