Kevin Franke, the husband of YouTuber Ruby Franke, performed no function within the alleged abuse of their kids, his lawyer claims.
“He’s a really mild man, and nobody’s ever made any allegations that he’s ever bodily abused these children or anybody else,” Randy S. Kester alleged throughout a “Good Morning America” interview Wednesday.
“He simply desires to do what’s finest for his children and get them again, get them below his tutelage and his fathership and shield them.”
The lawyer went on to name Kevin, 44, a “good individual” left “distraught” by the allegations in opposition to his 41-year-old spouse.
Kester has but to answer Web page Six’s request for remark.
Ruby was arrested and charged with two counts of aggravated youngster abuse final week, alongside along with her enterprise companion, Jodi Hildebrandt. The duo had been later charged with 4 extra counts.
On the time, Kester instructed Web page Six that Kevin’s “pressing focus is just to hold” Shari, Chad, Abby, Julie, Russell and Eve “collectively below his fatherly care.”
The lawyer confirmed to us the next day that Kevin and Ruby are legally nonetheless a pair, with Kester “not at liberty to reply concerning the subject of divorce.”
Ruby, whose lawyer has declined to remark, is scheduled to make a court docket look on Friday.
The “8 Passengers” YouTuber’s three sisters have all spoken out in opposition to her, with Ruby and Franke’s eldest daughter additionally offering an Instagram assertion.
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“Immediately has been a giant day,” Shari instructed her followers. “Me and my household are so glad justice is being served. We’ve been making an attempt to inform the police and CPS for years about this, and so glad they lastly determined to step up.”
Ellie Mecham, Bonnie Hoellein and Julie Deru, for his or her half, admitted to maintaining “quiet” about Ruby for years “for the sake of the youngsters.”
Hoellein later clarified that they did “as a lot as [they] might” to assist the little ones.
Equally, the Franke household’s neighbors anonymously spoke out in opposition to Ruby, saying they breathed “a collective sigh of aid” after her arrest.
