The details of Hildebrandt’s issue are unclear. Attorneys for both women did not respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
Franke and Hildebrandt were arrested late last month and each face six felony child abuse charges. The two women amassed large social media followings for their parenting and life advice content.
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Franke’s 8Passengers channel on YouTube documented her family’s home life and gained about 2.5 million followers before she stopped vlogging last summer amid a wave of backlash about her parenting methods.
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Late last month, police arrested the women at Hildebrandt’s home in Ivins, Utah.
Police then found Franke’s 10-year-old daughter allegedly in “a similar physical condition of malnourishment” inside Hildebrandt’s home. The children were taken to the hospital. Child protective services then took them, plus two older siblings in their teens, into custody after police arrived at Franke’s home in Springville, Utah.
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Family members, neighbors, and critics online spoke out following the arrests.
“Finally,” Franke’s oldest daughter Shari, 20, wrote on Instagram alongside a photo of police outside the family’s home.
“Today has been a big day," Shari wrote on Instagram. “Me and my family are so glad justice is being served. We’ve been trying to tell the police and CPS for years about this, and so glad they finally decided to step up.”
Franke’s adult children appeared to be in the observing section for their mother’s virtual hearing on Friday, where a judge set a new Sept. 21 court date for her and Hildebrandt. The women have yet to enter pleas for their six felony child abuse charges.
If you suspect child abuse, call the Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline at 1-800-4-A-Child or 1-800-422-4453, or go to www.childhelp.org. All calls are toll-free and confidential. The hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages.
source: people.com
