Ruby Franke’s Estranged Husband Kevin Is Suing Jodi Hildebrandt

Content Warning: This story discusses child abuse.

The affair surrounding Ruby Franke And Jodi Hildebrandt keep on going.

Two months after the former business partners were sentenced to four consecutive sentences of one to 15 years in prison for child abuse, Ruby’s ex-husband Kevin Franke filed a complaint against Jodi.

In court documents, obtained by local news outlet KUTV and viewed by E! News, Kevin alleges that Jodi was responsible for physical and emotional abuse against two of his and Ruby’s six children – listed as her 11-year-old son.FR“and my 9 year old daughter”FE” in the documents, after Ruby moved them into Jodi’s house in May 2023.

In the documents, Kevin alleges that Jodi confined her children to the basement of her home, “where they were not allowed to leave without the permission of the defendant or Ruby Franke,” under threat of punishment. . Among the punishments and “physical torture” that Jodi is accused of inflicting on RF were “sitting on the wall, carrying boxes full of books up the stairs, and … working at the outside, without shoes and in the heat of summer.

The latter accusation is more detailed since RF is forced to remain exposed to direct sunlight in summer for days on end with minimal water and no sun protection, resulting in “repeated and severe sunburn with blisters.” and skin dandruff.