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YouTube vlogger Ruby Franke formally charged with 6 felony counts of child abuse (www.npr.org)
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Ruby Franke, the YouTube mommy blogger behind the channel 8 Passengers, was arrested last week after her 12-year-old son climbed out a window and ran to a neighbor's house asking for food and water.

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[–] mo_ztt 12 points 1 year ago

I wonder whether she's in favor of Department of Corrections using strict incarceration tactics to help her improve her behavior in the future

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What about the husband/father? No way he wasn't in on it as well

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

They're divorced and haven't been living together. That's not to say he definitely didn't know, he knew about some pretty awful treatment in the past, but it's believable that he didn't know what's going on now.