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Chad Franke—the 20-year-old son of Ruby Franke and her ex-husband Kevin Franke—announced that he got engaged to his ...
A year after mommy vlogger Ruby Franke was convicted of child abuse, her husband, Kevin Franke, and two oldest children, Shari and Chad Franke, are sharing their story in Hulu’s new docuseries ...
Two of Ruby Franke's kids participated in a new docuseries about her. The former vlogger was convicted of child abuse and sentenced to up to 30 years in prison. Shari Franke says she'll never speak to ...
Ruby Franke is in jail in Utah, serving time for child abuse. The "8 Passengers" YouTube family matriarch's story is the subject of a new Hulu series.
Shari Franke, Ruby's oldest daughter, wrote in her 2025 memoir that Ruby admitted to "crying the days away" in her cell in letters written to her ex-husband, Kevin.
Ruby and Kevin Franke had six children: Shari, Abby, Julie, Eve, Chad and Russell. Their youngest child, Eve, was 1 year old when they created the YouTube channel in 2015.
In August 2023, Ruby Franke and Jodi were arrested and charged with aggravated child abuse after Shari’s 12-year-old brother escaped from Jodi's home in Ivins, Utah, and alerted authorities to ...
Shari, who has now become an advocate against family blogging, cut ties with Ruby, saying, “I will never talk to her again — whether she is the most apologetic person or not.
Ruby Franke wasn’t the only vlogger in the family — when Shari Franke was 14, she started her own YouTube channel (now taken down), with Ruby Franke managing the related income.
Shari Franke, the eldest daughter of Ruby Franke, a once-popular mom influencer now in prison for child abuse, has released a memoir detailing her traumatic childhood.
On Aug. 31, E! reported that Shari Franke, Ruby's estranged adult daughter, reacted to the news on her Instagram Story. "Me and my family are so glad justice is being served," wrote Shari, who was ...