
On Tuesday 20 February, Ruby Franke stood before the court tearfully apologising as she was sentenced to prison. “I was so disoriented that I believed dark was light and right was wrong,” she said. The 42-year-old American mummy vlogger has been making headlines not for her parenting advice but for child abuse.
In a dramatic fall from grace, Franke went from parenting guru to facing more than 30 years in prison for aggravated child abuse.