Just a few months after his wife Ruby was locked up for allegedly abusing their children, Kevin Franke filed a petition for divorce. The disgraced YouTube mom faces six felony charges of aggravated child abuse in Utah. The Law&Crime Network’s Jesse Weber sits down with high-profile Atlanta divorce attorney and founding partner of KS Family Law Randy Kessler to take a deep dive into what we know so far about the divorce proceedings.
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Kevin is as guilty of child abuse as Ruby is!
He was agreeable to not give one kid any Christmas. Another example of abuse!
It sounds like the husband was brainwashed and abused. Very poor judgement! I wonder if family and friends tried to warn him? Or was he surrounded by people who thought his wife was normal?
Separation is fine and dandy—- but WHO in their right mind decides it’s OK to not see their kids for over a Year????? Kevin is NOT right in the head.😢
A six yr old packing her own lunch!…ya, that's a hard NO for me.😢😤😡💔
Kevin Franke will NEVER “follow through” with this divorce to wife Ruby GRIFFITH’S Franke! They will stay “SEPARATED” until Ruby is released by probation and parole in 4 years.
This case is disgusting! The divorce plot is to get custody of the 4 youngest kids back!
We wanna hear all current jail calls between Kevin & Ruby.
Kevin Franke is COMPLICIT in the abuse of the 6 kids PRIOR TO JODI HILDEBRANDT and AFTER JODI HILDEBRANDT.
Ruby Doobie Doo’s entire family is supporting her behind the scenes including her 3 sisters,1 brother and parents Chad & Jennifer GRIFFITH’S!
Ruby and Kevin are both narcissists! They do everything evil to their kids in agreement with one another.
We’re WATCHING YOU,KEVIN FRANKE! We know what you’re all about and the plot of evil you will continue by only maintaining a separation from Ruby while she serves 4 years in prison.
Everyone already knows Ruby is a horrible person! Also when did he find out Ruby was a lesbian sleeping with Jodi?
I look forward to the day that people accept that Kevin was unaware that the police kicked in the door of the family home, not his daughter. Also, accept that his daughters sole focus of taking things was to take any and all documents that she wanted due to the circumstances. She handed over the ones of Kevin's once he requested them. Kevin and Sherrie have since reconciled. Accept that Kevin and Sherrie no longer are upset at each other. Please people, accept this. There is plenty of media reports reporting this.
The Republican Party LOVE Ruby Franke.
I give an "F" to Kevin Franke as a father. His priorities are WTF. Breed six kids and forget about them. Pathetic
This man willingly abandoned his children. He should not ever have custody of them again.
Here we go again the LDS church is involved in yet another case.
He should be in prison
I bet as soon as Ruby gets out of prison they are back together!!! Kevin is only doing all this so he has a better chance of getting custody back !
He was part of the beginning of the verbal, mental and physical abuse which was documented on their YouTube channel. After he left the abuse got worse. It doesn't pardon him from the fact that he participated in the neglect
Kevin thought Jodi was a "competent" mental health advisor. Why??? Because she was recommended by LDS bishops who usually have no training in mental health. I'm pretty sure that if Jodi was non-LDS and tried to implement her methods of "treatment," neither Kevin nor Ruby nor any other LDS person in that community would have done what she advised.
Obviously, people in cults become zombies. Give these children loving parents that are not psycho!
Kevin! It is called Failure To Protect! You abandoned your children, knowing what was going on in their home. You served YOURSELF! You are as guilty as Ruby. I hope the kids are NEVER returned to your care.
Divorce is just a plot that he and Ruby have put together, so he gets custody. Then when Ruby is released, they lie low for a while till everything settles down, they get back together and move away. That's one way to abuse the system.. Come on America get a grip its obviously what will happen..
Kevin went to college to learn about engineering then became a Professor and taught engineering which by the way, most of his students thought he was terrible! For a man as educated as he is, why doesn't he know what emaciated means???!!!
Sorry, no pass. Kevin himself spoke of the “trusted therapist” Jodi and said she had cut marks all over her arms- that she was “possessed” so much so that Ruby had to sleep with her.. he talked about how horrible it was when Jodi stayed with them, but he leaves he children alone with these two psychopaths? Nope. Kevins 12 year old son is more of a man than Kevin.
I think and his lawyer knows thats its for him to separate wholeheartedly to get the kids back 😮😮
I might be more likely to see Kevin Franke as a victim of wannabe cult leader, Jodi Hildebrandt if not for all those 8 Passenger videos showing his deficit in parenting skills.
I do think the dad knew what was going on.
There is many family lawyers who is there just for money,the reason they don't give a damn for the reality of the family situation .
Why isnt he in jail along with Ruby. Because the Mormons run Utah. I doubt Ruby n Jodi even do 4 years because they are Mormons
Imagine how the two little ones felt when they were alone with Jodi and Ruby, did they wonder where Dad was, did they cry for him? Or did they know that he would not care. Did they have anyone who was kind to them?
;She mentions Anasazi in this video. When my former wife and I divorced she sent two of my children to Anasazi. They both told me later that the tactics that were used there was very abusive. Of course this is a program endorsed by the Mormon Church which is also a fraud! Look into it you will find that I am right about the Mormon Church!!
They are all as bad as each other!!!!
That little boy in picture sitting on dad's lap was cruelly tortured by his mother. He saved his life and his sister's by escaping and seeking help.
A "great dad' doesn't ignore his kids for 13 months. He was no contact, by choice or poor judgement. He stood by and supported her cockamamie ideas about discipline while they were together and during their separation. On the jail phone calls, he promises to continue to raise their children 'in truth'. This is NOT a man who should get custody.
He testifies to the police about his direct knowledge of how crazy Jodi is and then he turns his children over to her “care.”
No he,s an unfit father his lawyer is wrong he to should be in prison i hope he doesn’t get his children back they are better off without him and her.
Very poor excuse for a father he should be in jail
At first, second and third glance, Kevin abandoned and did not protect his children. He chose to try to get his abusive wife back rather than protect his children.
DNA is spying on Americans.
His bond was SOOOOO strong he didn't see his children for over a year….unforgivable…