Disgraced YouTuber Ruby Franke breaks down as she’s sentenced on child abuse charges: Live

The defence for Hildebrandt said: “My experience with Miss Hildebrandt is that she is not the person she has been portrayed to be.”

“She accepts responsibility and the consequences of her conduct.”

Hildebrandt then speaks: “I sincerely loved these children. One of the reasons I didn’t go to trial is I didn’t want them to relive this.”

Franke was sentenced to serve four counts of 1 to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to the child abuse charges last year.

Judge Walton sentenced her to four consecutive terms of 1 – 15 year for each of the second-degree felony aggravated child abuse she pled guilty to.

Per the court’s request, restitution is on hold with an eight-month deadline imposed by the court.

“I was led to believe this world was an evil place filled with church leaders that lie and molest….and children who need abuse.  My choice to believe this led to criminal behavior.  Jodi Hildebrandt was never my business partner, she was my son’s counselor.”

Franke calls her children and her now ex-husband Kevin the loves of her life as she breaks down in tears.

Ruby Franke’s defence attorney says she was indoctrinated by her business partner Jodi Hildebrandt.

Ruby has unwrapped the layers of deceit and deception forced upon her by Jodi, the defence said.

The defence added that she is committed to doing the work.

“She is a delightful and respectful person.”

The prosecution is asking the judge to honor the plea agreement, which states that Franke will serve prison time on the child abuse charges.

“She committed horrible acts of child abuse…..in a concentration camp setting.”

Ruby Franke is now in the Utah courtroom for sentencing.

The judge is on the bench.

The two women will learn their fate on Tuesday.

Both have already pleaded guilty to four counts of aggravated child abuse.

They each face a minimum of four years to a maximum of 60 years in prison.

The judge will only decide if their sentences will run consecutive or concurrent.

The hearing will be livestreamed on Law&Crime’s YouTube page.

A 911 call reveals the chilling details of the incident that led to Youtube influencer Ruby Franke’s arrest, when her 12-year-old child sought food and water from a neighbor.

Ms Franke’s child, who was reportedly also in the care of her business partner Jodi Hildebrandt, “climbed out of the window AND ran to a neighbor’s home” on 30 August.

The child reportedly showed up at the neighbor’s home with “duct tape” covering his ankles and wrists as he begged for food and water.

Alarmed, the neighbor called the police.

The neighbors of YouTube family vlogger Ruby Franke were reportedly not surprised to see her Utah home swarmed by police when she was arrested in September.

Some say they were just happy that the police weren’t pulling bodies from the house.

“Everyone is just breathing a collective sigh of relief because we thought they were going to come out of that house with body bags,” one of her neighbors told NBC News.

Parenting advice blogger Ruby Franke pleaded guilty in December to four counts of aggravated child abuse for physically and emotionally abusing her children.

Utah mental health counselor and Franke’s business partner Jodi Hildebrandt also plead guilty.

They both face sentencing today.