they are a means of satisfaction. Some humans were created not because they were wanted but based on the sexual satisfaction of two individuals. In the case where people WANT kids, it is their desire to have kids, so these kids are created to satisfy those humans' NEED of wanting a kid. It is never the desire of the baby to exist. Having kids is intrinsically egocentric. Life is suffering yet people decide they want a miniature version of themselves or because they need someone to take care of them when old. The question is, is there a VALID reason for the creation of more human beings that does not come from the desire of other humans?
how horrible of a person do you have to be to bring children into the world of your own volition, abuse them then BLAME THEM???? absolutely disgusting. those poor children.
I think she's a literal psychopath, but I also believe lots of women are in that position because they never wanted to be a wife and mother in the first place, but society told them it's the only path for us. It's not, and the last 50 years of women in the workforce have shown us we have options, but not everyone is that lucky.
@@Guest-wr4bjyeah but if you decide to live for everyone but yourself you are responsible for those consequences. I see too many women blame their parents partners etc for abusing their kids. If youre not being physically forced into sa and have a kid by it and forced to keep it, its no excuse. So many women dont want to work and just have kids because their husbands say theyll pay for everything if they are mothers its sick
@@rachelg7041 Yeah she's a total piece of shit, I guess I just have empathy for that story because my sister is a mom and hates it. I love my nephew though.
The Duggar family was just like this one. They had a young son who was sexually abusing his younger sisters. The proper response to this isn't to abuse the kid though. The kid is abusing his sister BECAUSE of the abuse Ruby and the father inflicted onto them. It mirrors the Duggars all too well
They probably can't prove he was a part of it right now, since he's been out of the home. They're still investigating. I don't think he will ever get custody.
I have a feeling Kevin is one of the victim. I want to believe that he getting the same treatment as Adam Paul Steed did. Jodi destroyed Adam and his wife
Daddy either participated and condoned it or abandoned the children totally! He needs to be held accountable. Is parenting not shared there if a crime is committed? He participated or the children wouldnt have had to go to a neighbor. Damn this case stinks!
@@el5001 He was also guilty of it. He humiliated the kids on camera, but I don´t think he can be prosecuted for that. I don´t believe there is a law against humiliating your kids. I just hope he doesn´t get custody, he is a sick narcissist in my opinion.
They were never just “strict” parents. They were always abusive. The fact that they took away food to punish children too young to fend for themselves, they took away beds as punishment, their abuse didn’t allow their children to form friendships, and all of this was before Jodi and connexions. It’s also what they thought was appropriate enough to record and post online. I am not at all surprised that it was actually this bad
I was thinking the same. I only knew about this family through drama channels and every video about them only tells me that they were abusive with the kids. "Religious strict parents" a lot of times means abusive parents.
They keep euphemistically referring to it as „strict“ in American media because abusive parenting is still so widespread in America. So they do not want to „offend“ all these millions of abusive parents out there. A few facts to illustrate that: They keep calling parental assault of children „spanking“ - and this is still perfectly legal in many states. That’s because so many Americans believe it to be OK. And „8 Passengers“ had over 2 million subscribers. In other words: Two million people who think they can „learn something“ from clearly abusive sociopaths. I lived in the US as an exchange student in 1990/1991, and was stunned at how backwards and authoritarian parenting was in America per average. Also, at least 30% of the female exchange students in my group wound up getting sexually harassed by their own host father.
I hope these children sue her for ruining their reputations and they get every dime she’s made off them through social media. That 911 call absolutely broke my heart especially when the child took blame because he was brainwashed to believe he deserved being tied up.
These kids are going to grow up and be extremely messed up people unless they get therapy. They may repeat this abusive cycle onto their own children. Also how do you know the son isn't sexually abusing his sister? It makes sense from a horrific family like this. She may be a victim of both her mother and brother.
@@JazzyUrquoise, yes you can sue someone in prison, however, she will probably spend all the money she made exploiting her children for her defense. If she doesn’t than they absolutely should sue and get whatever money she or her husband has left. The dad also exploited these kids for years and years. I mean these poor girls, even then getting their periods was documented in their UA-cam videos, how sick is that?
The maltreatment of these children has been going on for years and and the father was complicit. He absolutely needs to be held accountable for his role in this.
Absolutely disgusting that she continues to harm her children behind bars by accusing them of horrible things just to excuse her actions. I’m so glad she was caught just wished it happened way sooner, the fact that it took a kid escaping to a neighbors house to get to this point is so disheartening. I’m wishing and hoping those kids a speedy recovery and get all the love and happiness they deserve, ruby needs to rot in jail.
It's possible the son is super fucked up and abusing his sister like she said. This was what happened in the Duggar family who was just like this one. They tried to deal with it by abusing the son thinking it would "correct" his behavior but it just made him worse.
im sorry but can be PLEASE get a statement from youtube on 1. why their channel was never deleted when so many people reported it. why does OPEN child neglect not violate their community standards? 2. what they plan to do to ensure they NEVER let another abusive parent exploiting their children get rich off their platform again 3. the APOLOGY they owe all these kids for failing them. this needs to bring about serious change in the parent vlogging world which wont happen unless we as an audience apply pressure to this platform.
I so agree. There needs to be far tougher rules on family channels where children are shown on video. Someone has to protect those kids because their parents don't. Or completely shut down "family" channels of kids under a certain age (say 14 or something) where they can give some kind of informed consent.
@@mi-y they pulled the channel. Lawyers can and probably will request videos from the channel for evidence I'd imagine. But it's best for the kids for all that trash to be removed so they don't have to see it.
In past videos, he was complicit in taking the kids things (including Chad’s homework due the next day) and forcing the kids to buy them back or they would be thrown away. He was fine in taking Chad’s bedroom, bed and bathroom door. He was fine that food was withheld as punishment. He had to know the kids were kept home from school to clean floorboards to cause them pain. He is a horrible parent. He needs his parental rights severed immediately. He should not even be allowed to ever see the kids again, let alone have custody!
Exactly! Especially when there were so many concerning behaviours documented on their YT channel. So even if he wasn't in the house, any decent father would have seen that, dug deeper and done something about it. He's just as guilty in my opinion.
@@Mr_C.Bacteria he didn’t even have to turn to yt children will naturally talk and even if they didn’t he can see it in their actions. If a child’s too scared to talk watch their behavior it’ll alert you to what’s happening. But clearly he decided to be blind to it all
@@BlessinginBloom yeah, totally. I would imagine the kids were terrified of speaking up given their experience - I mean, they were likely afraid of punishment. But yeah I wholeheartedly believe he was involved and at the very least, knew what was going on.
I know people keep saying “imagine the huge boom in a few years of these kids coming out and talking about how horrible being apart of a family channel is” but I really hope this situation brings how despicable these sort of things are to light much sooner. There needs to be laws and I don’t want to wait ten years for lawmakers to do something about this abuse. How many kids are going to go through this again in that time?
I was hoping the same thing, that the publicity of this case can be used to STOP family channels, or at the very least be the catalyst for new legislation that's desperately needed 🥺 These babies are suffering & being exploited as we speak. As a society we shouldn't tolerate it! ☹️
I know some influencer kids who are now adults have been speaking out and pushing for laws in America, I'm pretty sure some states have started to regulate the money being made and make sure it's being put away for the kids, but hopefully this case shows law makers who are out of the loop see how evil these "families" can be and they need HEAVY regulation and restriction
As a mother, this is the saddest story ever. I love my daughter more than anything in the world. I’m not perfect, but I COULD NEVER hurt her like that or even BLAME HER for MY behavior! They are not parents. They are just sick.
I feel so bad for Russel. She put the blame on Russel. Saying he molested his siblings and was being inappropriate with them. So now the 12 y.o. boy is being separated from his siblings. That's disgusting.
what i don’t understand is why the judge immediately took her word for it?? why was there no doubt or skepticism that she could be lying? she’s not a trustworthy person! that poor kid.
She make ma sick 🤢 It speak more about her character that she would accuse CHILDREN of SA before even questioning herself. She’s selfish and vicious Those poor children don’t deserve this 💔
The kids she claimed hurt other kids were probably the ones who gave her the most resistance. Everything she's saying is going to make her lose her kids anyways, but maybe that's the goal at this point because she clearly doesn't want them
Even if that was true, she put that claim into the public domain to follow them for Years and years to come. True or not, that's an appalling move on her part. I know she's a psychopath anyway, and Extremely twisted, but even so, what appalling behaviour from her.
It's totally disgusting as to how "normalised" it is to exploit your own children nowdays and expose them to the public for money and clout. I belive family channels should be banned permanently or the least they could do is hide the children's faces. All of us at some point in our lives felt embarrassed and angry when our parents overshared our stuff to relatives, friends etc. I cant imagine being in these childrens position, let alone the abuse...
Frankly, this ABSOLUTELY should be what happens, and it's nauseating that it seems to be the minority opinion. There is SO much content out there of children, and it just doesn't need to be online. Even despite what we know about how easy it is for child predators to use the content, people still insist it's fine (not to mention that the children can't consent to having their life out there for anyone to see). Poor kids.
People need to be contacting the police and demanding HIS arrest, clearly he is an abuser too. But this sociopathic she-demon needs to be locked up for many decades.
Even if the claim of her kids watching "stuff they shouldn't have" was true, shouldn't she have stopped it??? She's the parent in this situation. This woman is sick in the head & I hope she & her husband never see those kids again, and that the kids are in good hands
The 2 most horrible people in the world! I come to hear Tea spill because I know she speaks facts! Jessi Hildebrandt, the niece of Jody came out and made a statement about doing the same thing to her growing up.
Everyone is covering this story now. Where were they when people were reporting and begging for help. Thank you Tea Spill for covering this way before to bring awarness. Hoping the best for the children.
Yeah, we knew she'd try to make her arrest someone else's fault. The fact that she chose to pin all the blame on her children only makes it ten times sicker.
I used to work for CPS and I can tell you for sure that the legal process for situations like this is sooooo long and difficult. Best case scenario they will keep all or some of the kids together but its very hard to do that.
It’s really sad when a complete stranger has more empathy and concern for your kid than you do. The only thing I’m glad for is that this very kind person was the neighbor who her son ran to get help from.
You need to go watch the Mormon Stories podcast episodes about this case. ESPECIALLY their interview with Jodi's niece, Jessie. Jodi Hildebrant is a dangerous woman who can convince people of just about anything. And once you hear Jessie's story, everything about what they did to those kids will make horrifying sense. The kids didn't abuse anyone. But Jodi not only convinced Ruby that it did, she also convinced the kids that it happened and that they deserved the physical torture because it was the only way to, "get the sin out." And when you also come to understand just how powerful Jodi was in the LDS church and Utah in general, you'll start to see that the number of people and families that she has destroyed over the decades is immeasurable. I promise you, while Ruby and Kevin were always garbage parents, this torture would never have happened without Jodi.
The abuse has ABSOLUTELY been going on for longer than what the fathers attorney has reported. It didn’t just start when he left the house and even if he saw the “error of his ways” he needs to be at least be behind bars before they make the decision that he’s not involved.
I hope they clear those children’s names so that they can rejoin the rest of the world and talk to each other. How incredibly sad and disgusting that this woman is able to continue to manipulate them from prison. I hope she rots in there.
I honestly genuinely thought this family channel would be like all the others where we can only suspect and wonder but nothing ever really comes of it but to actually see a CRIMINAL case unfold from it is WILD!
I can only imagine what the female inmates feel towards those two monsters. If the court system doesn't give them the harshest sentences and punishments, I hope that someone does for everything those poor kids went through.
I think Ruby is a SICK SICK individual. I don't know if it's necessarily sexual, but she REALLY enjoys punishing those kids. Whenever she talks about punishing them, her whole face lights up and she's always so animated and happy about it. I absolutely believe that she made that stuff up about the 2 kids, so she could continue to "punish" them. I can't wait until the older kids start speaking out and we learn some truths. Those poor, poor kiddos.
This is twisted and disgusting. My heart goes out to the kids, how awful it must be to not be fed, be abused, isolated, then get blamed by the person whom should be protecting and loving you. I hope the kids are okay and they eventually heal from this.
I think it's sick that the judge would prevent the young child from being with his siblings only on the word of his accused mom. Common sense and previous documentation would let the judge know this woman was lying to punish her son for getting help. She should be punished for lying on her kids. Also, the role of the LDS org. in all of this should be investigated.
Even if what she says about her children is true, it only reflects back on her even further. What they do to each other or other kids is either what they’ve witnessed at home, or brought on by a desperate need to release negative emotions brought about by the abuse. Ruby has insisted on having such a tight grip on the kids that she (and her husband) cannot possibly argue that this behavior can’t be blamed on them. What an evil woman, throwing her own children under the bus to try and save her own skin…
I get so emotional just THINKING about what those kids went through. I can’t imagine the level of evil it takes to actually cause that pain to a child, let alone one that you created. It’s sickening. Throw away the key.
He absolutely knew what she was doing. This behavior is nothing new for them. It wasn't as extreme before but it was just matter of time. They were testing how far they could take it. Let's not forget that she literally said on camera that she wanted her infant daughter to go hungry because she forgot to pack her own lunch. That's what she was willing to share with the world and while she and her husband were still together. Imagine what she's not sharing. Dad can't have custody of those poor kids. It would be sending them back the hell they escaped from.
I appreciate that you set a somber tone for these videos. Less upbeat voice, no outro or background music, etc. It shows you take the topic seriously ❤
Ruby making those allegations is disgraceful. She is ruining her kids lifes by saying that and she well knew it, she's already trying to get pay back on her kids.
Between Jodi's niece doing an interview saying that her aunt received messages from God that she had an abortion and would not accept that the niece hadn't, and Ruby's just general unhinged behavior where she takes something innocent a child does and twist it into something sinister, I can't decide if these 2 saw something innocent and twisted it as justification or if she made this up after the arrest in a pathetic attempt to shift blame. I'm positive these allegations against her kids are made up, but that she's even trying to push this is upsetting.
The fact that these 2 monsters were giving parenting "advice" is absolutely mind blowing to me. I hope these psychopaths are truly miserable and suffer in jail. Absolutely disgusting individuals and my heart breaks for those poor kids.
Have anyone seen the clip of Kevin enabling Ruby? From taking away Christmas presents from their children, to him reading his son't text messages out loud at their dinner table to sending their son off to a wilderness camp? Or am I tripping? Kevin what do you mean you didn't know about anything that was going on AT ALL if you were right there. Dude failed his kids. Some father though smh.
First, a 3 year old isn't capable of getting to p0rn, so how was he exposed, Ruby🤨? 2nd, I have a theory on why she's just now telling the world about her son being a "predator." I think she has threatened these kids before saying that if they ever told anyone about her abusive treatment of them they would be taken away and never see their siblings again and who knows what else. She doesn't want them to say anything else to the courts/police so she's hoping this will mess with their heads(like, mom was right. The more I tell the worse things will get) And they'll stop talking.
So Kevin just abandoned his children for the summer? No phone or zoom calls to them? How weird is that? I don’t believe that he had no knowledge. If really didn’t what does that say about him as a parent?
Just throwing out a lil appreciation to Tea Spill for cutting their usual happy music and stuff in order to make the tone fit the subject! Still providing us with the info, but also being super respectful and your efforts are appreciated 👏🏻
This is so surreal. I stumbled upon 8 Passengers after i searched for “reacting to old home videos” in 2015. I watched a video of Ruby reacting to her old home videos with then 3 year old Eve. I think around that time she had 30k subscribers and lived in a very humble home. What fame and money does to people is so immensely wild.
4:16 ish Bravo! I love that you are so transparent here with that Daily Mail source. Shows you have good ethics and *really do* want to tell the TRUTH and not just the sensational stuff that may or may not be true. You’re the only YTer I’ve seen address the validity and value of a Daily Mail source. I dunno, I really like the way you handled that and kudos to you. Thanks!!!
☹️ thanks for reporting on this, i know it's hard. We need legislation ASAP to stop this exploitation of children. We as a society should NOT acceot this. It's not normal & YT needs to be held accountable as well for allowing & even encouraging child exploitation on their platform! 😡
My heart breaks for these children. To think the one person whose supposed to give you love, security, and nurture behaves and treats you this way is so sad. There are people who truly don't deserve to have children. And thats speaking on BOTH parents. Whether he knew the abuse got this bad or not. He participated in abuse before this even came out. Both parents are guilty and Jodi is guilty for inflicting this on a child that isnt even her's.
There's a LOT of distance between "limit kids' screen time" and "tie them up and give them no food or water." Someone should have explained that to them.
YESSSSSSSS 👏🏻👏🏻 God thank you so much for saying this. I had the same reaction to what she alleged. If it were the one who escaped, it's extra evil. She is a monster. Her bestie is just as bad. It's sickening how much money they've made on SM for abusing their kids and encouraging others to do the same. While I would love to watch it and know everything because I'm nosy but I think it's more important to protect these kids from the media, both regular and social, and allow them the privacy and time to hopefully heal. Thank you so much for saying that 🙏🏻♥️✌🏻
Defence lawyers predicted RF will deflect blame onto her children following her own parenting guidance . Hearing her say her child SA family & neighbours children is shocking,disgust & disturbing. What happened in hearing has been covered by lots of channels including Law & Crime, still needs more attention imo so thank you for spilling this nasty tea.
Breaks my heart that it took a child escaping, injured, and begging for help for something to done! This all could have been prevented if authorities listened! Even more so, it was so clear evidence, public evidence all over social media! Hope those kids are far away from those insane and dangerous people! I know right now the situation is very grim especially the children being separated due to allegation! I’m holding hope kids can find peace and getting all the help they deserve and need!
I cannot wrap my head around how a mother can do this to their own child… even on my daughters WORST day i would NEVER harm her or even contemplate it…
I'm thinking that the reason she said they should never be around other children was fear of them telling the secret life they've been living...those poor babies. Breaks my heart ❤
Amazing when he was in the house, and she started to withhold food from them he did what about that. I can't see any credible professional telling a parent to withhold food from children.
All of the commentary channels really did gods work because the receipts and videos show how she and Jodie are abusive tyrants to those kids. Poor Russell he’s been accused of serious shit and even if it was true what loving mother would permanently ruin her children’s reputation and now he’s alone without his siblings. EVIlL
As someone very involved in foster care, I have never heard of a child being removed from a foster home and their siblings because of a bio parent reporting past violence, that is usually up to the case worker after actual records of violence.
This reminds me of this big family from TLC where the mother sent away their son into mental health facilities and stuff. When questioned why, they started claiming that he was a danger to the family.
There are only two senerios to the father's assertions: either he never saw his kids for a long time and did nothing about that OR he saw them and ignored the signs of what these kids were being put through.
It's one thing to have your abusive mother go to jail but it a whole other thing to have all (most) of the details broadcasted to the world I feel so bad for these kids may they have Peace and safety
I‘m sorry but with ALL this evidence there is online, it took a kid to climb out of a WINDOW & seek help from neighbours after freeiing himself for CPS & police to react? In Germany this would‘ve happened a LONG time ago. Yall CPS is trash. & let‘s not forget this is not happening since the day this kid escaped. It‘s been happening for YEARS. Just bc the dad wasn‘s there that day doesn‘t mean he‘s innocent. He KNEW. He was PART of it. Smh I hope ruby gets life
I keep saying this over and over just because a woman can get pregnant doesn’t mean she needs to. Children aren’t pawns for a means of satisfaction.
Parents like her use children like they're objects, commodities or just as a paycheck (ie ,taxes, child support)
they are a means of satisfaction. Some humans were created not because they were wanted but based on the sexual satisfaction of two individuals. In the case where people WANT kids, it is their desire to have kids, so these kids are created to satisfy those humans' NEED of wanting a kid. It is never the desire of the baby to exist. Having kids is intrinsically egocentric. Life is suffering yet people decide they want a miniature version of themselves or because they need someone to take care of them when old. The question is, is there a VALID reason for the creation of more human beings that does not come from the desire of other humans?
@@rebeccajimenez6109 yup that’s all they see them as
Didn't get pregnant without help. He's just as guilty.
Kids that hurt each other arent chaining each other ankles and starving each other …
how horrible of a person do you have to be to bring children into the world of your own volition, abuse them then BLAME THEM???? absolutely disgusting. those poor children.
I think she's a literal psychopath, but I also believe lots of women are in that position because they never wanted to be a wife and mother in the first place, but society told them it's the only path for us. It's not, and the last 50 years of women in the workforce have shown us we have options, but not everyone is that lucky.
@@Guest-wr4bjyeah but if you decide to live for everyone but yourself you are responsible for those consequences. I see too many women blame their parents partners etc for abusing their kids. If youre not being physically forced into sa and have a kid by it and forced to keep it, its no excuse. So many women dont want to work and just have kids because their husbands say theyll pay for everything if they are mothers its sick
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@@rachelg7041 Yeah she's a total piece of shit, I guess I just have empathy for that story because my sister is a mom and hates it. I love my nephew though.
The Duggar family was just like this one. They had a young son who was sexually abusing his younger sisters. The proper response to this isn't to abuse the kid though. The kid is abusing his sister BECAUSE of the abuse Ruby and the father inflicted onto them. It mirrors the Duggars all too well
This situation is insane to me. The fact that this family isn’t the only one like it, is crazy to think about.
More like scary to think about. Those poor kids
Ruby seemed evil for YEARS, I hated her all this time and am glad she’s in prison, hope it’s for decades and yes, the dad is guilty too.
Terrifying
@@anaalicia5029exactly
Crazy that this is by far not the worst family I’ve heard about
I still don't understand how the father is also not under arrest/in jail. You're telling me the dad didn't know ANYTHING about what was going on???
It makes me so angry, but at least there’s documentation of his involvement in the form of their horrific videos
They probably can't prove he was a part of it right now, since he's been out of the home. They're still investigating. I don't think he will ever get custody.
YES TY
Absolutely 💯
I have a feeling Kevin is one of the victim. I want to believe that he getting the same treatment as Adam Paul Steed did. Jodi destroyed Adam and his wife
Daddy either participated and condoned it or abandoned the children totally! He needs to be held accountable. Is parenting not shared there if a crime is committed? He participated or the children wouldnt have had to go to a neighbor. Damn this case stinks!
True!!!
The emotional abuse and neglect was going on while he was there
In my opinion he's just as bad as her. He was OK denying the kids food and defended their parenting several times.
Ya, to say he knew nothing is ludicrous!
@@el5001 He was also guilty of it. He humiliated the kids on camera, but I don´t think he can be prosecuted for that. I don´t believe there is a law against humiliating your kids. I just hope he doesn´t get custody, he is a sick narcissist in my opinion.
it’s crazy to think if that child didn’t escape this would still be going on and we would have no idea
Just think about the families doing this who Jodi advised and they do not have You Tube channels but they are doing the same thing. It’s frightening.
i feel like a lot of people had their suspicions, the kid is just finally the evidence needed
That brave kid did his tormenters a favour; he saved them from facing murder charges.
But people did. She made videos and posted them on UA-cam fir everyone to see
@@pamalojo …..yes but he may have prevented his own murder and the murder of his sister.
They were never just “strict” parents. They were always abusive. The fact that they took away food to punish children too young to fend for themselves, they took away beds as punishment, their abuse didn’t allow their children to form friendships, and all of this was before Jodi and connexions. It’s also what they thought was appropriate enough to record and post online. I am not at all surprised that it was actually this bad
exactly !
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I was thinking the same. I only knew about this family through drama channels and every video about them only tells me that they were abusive with the kids. "Religious strict parents" a lot of times means abusive parents.
Totally agree
They keep euphemistically referring to it as „strict“ in American media because abusive parenting is still so widespread in America. So they do not want to „offend“ all these millions of abusive parents out there.
A few facts to illustrate that:
They keep calling parental assault of children „spanking“ - and this is still perfectly legal in many states. That’s because so many Americans believe it to be OK.
And „8 Passengers“ had over 2 million subscribers. In other words: Two million people who think they can „learn something“ from clearly abusive sociopaths.
I lived in the US as an exchange student in 1990/1991, and was stunned at how backwards and authoritarian parenting was in America per average. Also, at least 30% of the female exchange students in my group wound up getting sexually harassed by their own host father.
I hope these children sue her for ruining their reputations and they get every dime she’s made off them through social media. That 911 call absolutely broke my heart especially when the child took blame because he was brainwashed to believe he deserved being tied up.
I didn't know that part 😢 that's heartbreaking
Can you sue someone that is in prison?
These kids are going to grow up and be extremely messed up people unless they get therapy. They may repeat this abusive cycle onto their own children. Also how do you know the son isn't sexually abusing his sister? It makes sense from a horrific family like this. She may be a victim of both her mother and brother.
Loving feminism ⬅️
@@JazzyUrquoise, yes you can sue someone in prison, however, she will probably spend all the money she made exploiting her children for her defense. If she doesn’t than they absolutely should sue and get whatever money she or her husband has left. The dad also exploited these kids for years and years. I mean these poor girls, even then getting their periods was documented in their UA-cam videos, how sick is that?
I'm so glad this woman was caught. The whole lunchbox situation was all I needed to know this was not a good parent.
The maltreatment of these children has been going on for years and and the father was complicit. He absolutely needs to be held accountable for his role in this.
Absolutely disgusting that she continues to harm her children behind bars by accusing them of horrible things just to excuse her actions. I’m so glad she was caught just wished it happened way sooner, the fact that it took a kid escaping to a neighbors house to get to this point is so disheartening. I’m wishing and hoping those kids a speedy recovery and get all the love and happiness they deserve, ruby needs to rot in jail.
It's possible the son is super fucked up and abusing his sister like she said. This was what happened in the Duggar family who was just like this one. They tried to deal with it by abusing the son thinking it would "correct" his behavior but it just made him worse.
@@anafrill9892no this is textbook abuse after abusers are arrested in family court abusing from the stand I’ve lived it
Those kids are scarred for life.
im sorry but can be PLEASE get a statement from youtube on
1. why their channel was never deleted when so many people reported it. why does OPEN child neglect not violate their community standards?
2. what they plan to do to ensure they NEVER let another abusive parent exploiting their children get rich off their platform again
3. the APOLOGY they owe all these kids for failing them.
this needs to bring about serious change in the parent vlogging world which wont happen unless we as an audience apply pressure to this platform.
my thoughts exactly. how they allowed this to happen is insane. it’s disgusting.
I so agree. There needs to be far tougher rules on family channels where children are shown on video. Someone has to protect those kids because their parents don't. Or completely shut down "family" channels of kids under a certain age (say 14 or something) where they can give some kind of informed consent.
Even now youtube seems to be protecting a predators and striking videos calling out this criminal.
Why should it be deleted? It's useful for evidence. Reddit community was able to put together a lot of stuff before they're deleted
@@mi-y they pulled the channel. Lawyers can and probably will request videos from the channel for evidence I'd imagine. But it's best for the kids for all that trash to be removed so they don't have to see it.
The dad had to know. It just seems so odd that as a father you’re completely oblivious to the WELL-BEING of YOUR child!
In past videos, he was complicit in taking the kids things (including Chad’s homework due the next day) and forcing the kids to buy them back or they would be thrown away. He was fine in taking Chad’s bedroom, bed and bathroom door. He was fine that food was withheld as punishment. He had to know the kids were kept home from school to clean floorboards to cause them pain. He is a horrible parent. He needs his parental rights severed immediately. He should not even be allowed to ever see the kids again, let alone have custody!
Exactly! Especially when there were so many concerning behaviours documented on their YT channel. So even if he wasn't in the house, any decent father would have seen that, dug deeper and done something about it. He's just as guilty in my opinion.
@@WyattRyeSway That right there! He was a willingly participant. I’m scared that him getting custody will just continue the cycle they’re already in
@@Mr_C.Bacteria he didn’t even have to turn to yt children will naturally talk and even if they didn’t he can see it in their actions. If a child’s too scared to talk watch their behavior it’ll alert you to what’s happening. But clearly he decided to be blind to it all
@@BlessinginBloom yeah, totally. I would imagine the kids were terrified of speaking up given their experience - I mean, they were likely afraid of punishment. But yeah I wholeheartedly believe he was involved and at the very least, knew what was going on.
I know people keep saying “imagine the huge boom in a few years of these kids coming out and talking about how horrible being apart of a family channel is” but I really hope this situation brings how despicable these sort of things are to light much sooner. There needs to be laws and I don’t want to wait ten years for lawmakers to do something about this abuse. How many kids are going to go through this again in that time?
she should be charged for falsifying evidence against a child, not to mention it was under her reign that this would have been again her fault
I was hoping the same thing, that the publicity of this case can be used to STOP family channels, or at the very least be the catalyst for new legislation that's desperately needed 🥺 These babies are suffering & being exploited as we speak. As a society we shouldn't tolerate it! ☹️
Sick of seeing "UA-camrs" exploit their children.
I know some influencer kids who are now adults have been speaking out and pushing for laws in America, I'm pretty sure some states have started to regulate the money being made and make sure it's being put away for the kids, but hopefully this case shows law makers who are out of the loop see how evil these "families" can be and they need HEAVY regulation and restriction
As a mother, this is the saddest story ever. I love my daughter more than anything in the world. I’m not perfect, but I COULD NEVER hurt her like that or even BLAME HER for MY behavior! They are not parents. They are just sick.
I feel so bad for Russel. She put the blame on Russel. Saying he molested his siblings and was being inappropriate with them. So now the 12 y.o. boy is being separated from his siblings. That's disgusting.
what i don’t understand is why the judge immediately took her word for it?? why was there no doubt or skepticism that she could be lying? she’s not a trustworthy person! that poor kid.
She make ma sick 🤢
It speak more about her character that she would accuse CHILDREN of SA before even questioning herself. She’s selfish and vicious
Those poor children don’t deserve this 💔
The kids she claimed hurt other kids were probably the ones who gave her the most resistance. Everything she's saying is going to make her lose her kids anyways, but maybe that's the goal at this point because she clearly doesn't want them
Even if that was true, she put that claim into the public domain to follow them for Years and years to come. True or not, that's an appalling move on her part. I know she's a psychopath anyway, and Extremely twisted, but even so, what appalling behaviour from her.
Oh she wants them they're the material for her channel.
It's totally disgusting as to how "normalised" it is to exploit your own children nowdays and expose them to the public for money and clout. I belive family channels should be banned permanently or the least they could do is hide the children's faces. All of us at some point in our lives felt embarrassed and angry when our parents overshared our stuff to relatives, friends etc. I cant imagine being in these childrens position, let alone the abuse...
Frankly, this ABSOLUTELY should be what happens, and it's nauseating that it seems to be the minority opinion. There is SO much content out there of children, and it just doesn't need to be online. Even despite what we know about how easy it is for child predators to use the content, people still insist it's fine (not to mention that the children can't consent to having their life out there for anyone to see). Poor kids.
People need to be contacting the police and demanding HIS arrest, clearly he is an abuser too. But this sociopathic she-demon needs to be locked up for many decades.
Even if the claim of her kids watching "stuff they shouldn't have" was true, shouldn't she have stopped it??? She's the parent in this situation. This woman is sick in the head & I hope she & her husband never see those kids again, and that the kids are in good hands
That doesn’t explain the _YEARS_ of abuse they suffered at BOTH parents’ hands. He deserves to get charged on that much at LEAST.
I think they can go back legally 7 years to charge him with abuse.
The 2 most horrible people in the world! I come to hear Tea spill because I know she speaks facts! Jessi Hildebrandt, the niece of Jody came out and made a statement about doing the same thing to her growing up.
I mean, I think sex traffickers are a bit worse but yeah they both belong in hell
Everyone is covering this story now. Where were they when people were reporting and begging for help. Thank you Tea Spill for covering this way before to bring awarness. Hoping the best for the children.
Yeah, we knew she'd try to make her arrest someone else's fault. The fact that she chose to pin all the blame on her children only makes it ten times sicker.
I used to work for CPS and I can tell you for sure that the legal process for situations like this is sooooo long and difficult. Best case scenario they will keep all or some of the kids together but its very hard to do that.
I hope her children sue the heck out of her for her allegations
Those are life ruining allegations and she should get all the sentencing she deserves
It’s really sad when a complete stranger has more empathy and concern for your kid than you do. The only thing I’m glad for is that this very kind person was the neighbor who her son ran to get help from.
Her face whenever she punishes them shows what is really going on. Clear as day.
You need to go watch the Mormon Stories podcast episodes about this case. ESPECIALLY their interview with Jodi's niece, Jessie. Jodi Hildebrant is a dangerous woman who can convince people of just about anything. And once you hear Jessie's story, everything about what they did to those kids will make horrifying sense. The kids didn't abuse anyone. But Jodi not only convinced Ruby that it did, she also convinced the kids that it happened and that they deserved the physical torture because it was the only way to, "get the sin out." And when you also come to understand just how powerful Jodi was in the LDS church and Utah in general, you'll start to see that the number of people and families that she has destroyed over the decades is immeasurable. I promise you, while Ruby and Kevin were always garbage parents, this torture would never have happened without Jodi.
If strangers on the internet knew and saw enough to comfortably report her, there is no way the father didn't know.
The abuse has ABSOLUTELY been going on for longer than what the fathers attorney has reported. It didn’t just start when he left the house and even if he saw the “error of his ways” he needs to be at least be behind bars before they make the decision that he’s not involved.
exactly i agree
I hope they clear those children’s names so that they can rejoin the rest of the world and talk to each other. How incredibly sad and disgusting that this woman is able to continue to manipulate them from prison. I hope she rots in there.
I honestly genuinely thought this family channel would be like all the others where we can only suspect and wonder but nothing ever really comes of it but to actually see a CRIMINAL case unfold from it is WILD!
I can only imagine what the female inmates feel towards those two monsters. If the court system doesn't give them the harshest sentences and punishments, I hope that someone does for everything those poor kids went through.
I think Ruby is a SICK SICK individual. I don't know if it's necessarily sexual, but she REALLY enjoys punishing those kids. Whenever she talks about punishing them, her whole face lights up and she's always so animated and happy about it. I absolutely believe that she made that stuff up about the 2 kids, so she could continue to "punish" them. I can't wait until the older kids start speaking out and we learn some truths. Those poor, poor kiddos.
This is twisted and disgusting. My heart goes out to the kids, how awful it must be to not be fed, be abused, isolated, then get blamed by the person whom should be protecting and loving you. I hope the kids are okay and they eventually heal from this.
I think it's sick that the judge would prevent the young child from being with his siblings only on the word of his accused mom. Common sense and previous documentation would let the judge know this woman was lying to punish her son for getting help. She should be punished for lying on her kids. Also, the role of the LDS org. in all of this should be investigated.
exactly!! why did the judge believe her so frustrating. these kids need familiarity not even more trauma
It’s so easy to hide behind social media that you never know what people are really doing behind closed doors.
Even if what she says about her children is true, it only reflects back on her even further. What they do to each other or other kids is either what they’ve witnessed at home, or brought on by a desperate need to release negative emotions brought about by the abuse. Ruby has insisted on having such a tight grip on the kids that she (and her husband) cannot possibly argue that this behavior can’t be blamed on them. What an evil woman, throwing her own children under the bus to try and save her own skin…
I get so emotional just THINKING about what those kids went through. I can’t imagine the level of evil it takes to actually cause that pain to a child, let alone one that you created. It’s sickening. Throw away the key.
Why would a judge randomly take the self-serving assertions of a pathological child abuser at face value? SMFH!
He absolutely knew what she was doing. This behavior is nothing new for them.
It wasn't as extreme before but it was just matter of time. They were testing how far they could take it.
Let's not forget that she literally said on camera that she wanted her infant daughter to go hungry because she forgot to pack her own lunch. That's what she was willing to share with the world and while she and her husband were still together. Imagine what she's not sharing.
Dad can't have custody of those poor kids. It would be sending them back the hell they escaped from.
I respect you so much for protecting the children's identities, which should be done by the parents in the 1st place
The local news did an interview with her niece. It was so sad to hear what she went through while living with Ruby.
I appreciate that you set a somber tone for these videos. Less upbeat voice, no outro or background music, etc. It shows you take the topic seriously ❤
Ruby making those allegations is disgraceful. She is ruining her kids lifes by saying that and she well knew it, she's already trying to get pay back on her kids.
2:07 🤣🤣
-“did your client have a role in the behavior that’s being charged”
-“absolutely not”
-“HOW.”
The system FAILED these children and so did their Father! She did not start this behavior overnight. I hope she never gets out of prison.
Two weeks?? Wow, time flies when you're having fun. I hope these two have a very long way to go with their kids living their best lives ❤❤
Thanku for always keeping us up to date on things❤
I love how she explains it in a clean version and telling it like everyone else is but cleaner.
Between Jodi's niece doing an interview saying that her aunt received messages from God that she had an abortion and would not accept that the niece hadn't, and Ruby's just general unhinged behavior where she takes something innocent a child does and twist it into something sinister, I can't decide if these 2 saw something innocent and twisted it as justification or if she made this up after the arrest in a pathetic attempt to shift blame.
I'm positive these allegations against her kids are made up, but that she's even trying to push this is upsetting.
The fact that these 2 monsters were giving parenting "advice" is absolutely mind blowing to me. I hope these psychopaths are truly miserable and suffer in jail. Absolutely disgusting individuals and my heart breaks for those poor kids.
She deserves longer
Have anyone seen the clip of Kevin enabling Ruby? From taking away Christmas presents from their children, to him reading his son't text messages out loud at their dinner table to sending their son off to a wilderness camp? Or am I tripping? Kevin what do you mean you didn't know about anything that was going on AT ALL if you were right there. Dude failed his kids. Some father though smh.
First, a 3 year old isn't capable of getting to p0rn, so how was he exposed, Ruby🤨?
2nd, I have a theory on why she's just now telling the world about her son being a "predator." I think she has threatened these kids before saying that if they ever told anyone about her abusive treatment of them they would be taken away and never see their siblings again and who knows what else. She doesn't want them to say anything else to the courts/police so she's hoping this will mess with their heads(like, mom was right. The more I tell the worse things will get) And they'll stop talking.
Plus, just how does a 3 year old know how to spell "p0rn"? What 3 year old knows how to spell anything?
i just hope this a wake up call to ALL family vloggers
"You're not going to jail... you are going to prison!"
So Kevin just abandoned his children for the summer? No phone or zoom calls to them? How weird is that? I don’t believe that he had no knowledge. If really didn’t what does that say about him as a parent?
That neighbors phone call was heart wrenching!
HOW IS POSSIBLE THAT HE DIDNT KNOW ABOUT ALL THIS ABUSE AND WHAT THESE KIDS WERE GOING THROUGH? 🤨
Just throwing out a lil appreciation to Tea Spill for cutting their usual happy music and stuff in order to make the tone fit the subject! Still providing us with the info, but also being super respectful and your efforts are appreciated 👏🏻
Yes, good point.
Living for this series.
Great job calling out the source! Very professional and transparent! Great reporting!
Kevin knew and got out but left his children, knowing she was abusive, he is quilty
Why would the courts take an abuser word that the victim should not be around other children? This baffles me.
This is so surreal. I stumbled upon 8 Passengers after i searched for “reacting to old home videos” in 2015. I watched a video of Ruby reacting to her old home videos with then 3 year old Eve. I think around that time she had 30k subscribers and lived in a very humble home. What fame and money does to people is so immensely wild.
4:16 ish Bravo! I love that you are so transparent here with that Daily Mail source. Shows you have good ethics and *really do* want to tell the TRUTH and not just the sensational stuff that may or may not be true. You’re the only YTer I’ve seen address the validity and value of a Daily Mail source. I dunno, I really like the way you handled that and kudos to you. Thanks!!!
I am so glad you are covering this story, it rips my heart out. People will do anything for Power and money.
So many parents treat their kids like objects, just disgusting.
It’s the lack of accountability even if your children were doing terrible things where do they learn those behaviors !??? in the household!.
DCP. Word for Word..... He covered all this with courtroom knowledge as well.. JS
☹️ thanks for reporting on this, i know it's hard. We need legislation ASAP to stop this exploitation of children. We as a society should NOT acceot this. It's not normal & YT needs to be held accountable as well for allowing & even encouraging child exploitation on their platform! 😡
I’ll bet these ladies will forever remember this 21st night of September😂😵
My heart breaks for these children. To think the one person whose supposed to give you love, security, and nurture behaves and treats you this way is so sad. There are people who truly don't deserve to have children. And thats speaking on BOTH parents. Whether he knew the abuse got this bad or not. He participated in abuse before this even came out. Both parents are guilty and Jodi is guilty for inflicting this on a child that isnt even her's.
Oh my God it keeps getting worse! So sad the siblings can't be together
The kids not having friends or not being allowed to have friends is believable and makes sense now that the neighbors have spoken out.
That neighbor is a HERO
There's a LOT of distance between "limit kids' screen time" and "tie them up and give them no food or water." Someone should have explained that to them.
YESSSSSSSS 👏🏻👏🏻
God thank you so much for saying this. I had the same reaction to what she alleged. If it were the one who escaped, it's extra evil. She is a monster. Her bestie is just as bad. It's sickening how much money they've made on SM for abusing their kids and encouraging others to do the same. While I would love to watch it and know everything because I'm nosy but I think it's more important to protect these kids from the media, both regular and social, and allow them the privacy and time to hopefully heal. Thank you so much for saying that 🙏🏻♥️✌🏻
Defence lawyers predicted RF will deflect blame onto her children following her own parenting guidance . Hearing her say her child SA family & neighbours children is shocking,disgust & disturbing. What happened in hearing has been covered by lots of channels including Law & Crime, still needs more attention imo so thank you for spilling this nasty tea.
the father holds responsibility here....hello???
Breaks my heart that it took a child escaping, injured, and begging for help for something to done! This all could have been prevented if authorities listened! Even more so, it was so clear evidence, public evidence all over social media! Hope those kids are far away from those insane and dangerous people!
I know right now the situation is very grim especially the children being separated due to allegation!
I’m holding hope kids can find peace and getting all the help they deserve and need!
I cannot wrap my head around how a mother can do this to their own child… even on my daughters WORST day i would NEVER harm her or even contemplate it…
I'm thinking that the reason she said they should never be around other children was fear of them telling the secret life they've been living...those poor babies. Breaks my heart ❤
Amazing when he was in the house, and she started to withhold food from them he did what about that. I can't see any credible professional telling a parent to withhold food from children.
Thank you for the disclaimer on the source. I was wondering if anyone else could verify.
All of the commentary channels really did gods work because the receipts and videos show how she and Jodie are abusive tyrants to those kids. Poor Russell he’s been accused of serious shit and even if it was true what loving mother would permanently ruin her children’s reputation and now he’s alone without his siblings. EVIlL
As someone very involved in foster care, I have never heard of a child being removed from a foster home and their siblings because of a bio parent reporting past violence, that is usually up to the case worker after actual records of violence.
This is Utah we are talking about.
No no no! He belongs in jail also! There is no way that he has been oblivious to his own children's abuse!
Great points, well made, insightful, succinct. Well done 😊
Never in my life did I think that a channel dedicated to the antics of UA-camrs would cover a story suitable for a true crime channel
This reminds me of this big family from TLC where the mother sent away their son into mental health facilities and stuff. When questioned why, they started claiming that he was a danger to the family.
Your talking about Kate with the 8 kids
There are only two senerios to the father's assertions: either he never saw his kids for a long time and did nothing about that OR he saw them and ignored the signs of what these kids were being put through.
It's one thing to have your abusive mother go to jail but it a whole other thing to have all (most) of the details broadcasted to the world I feel so bad for these kids may they have Peace and safety
I‘m sorry but with ALL this evidence there is online, it took a kid to climb out of a WINDOW & seek help from neighbours after freeiing himself for CPS & police to react? In Germany this would‘ve happened a LONG time ago. Yall CPS is trash. & let‘s not forget this is not happening since the day this kid escaped. It‘s been happening for YEARS. Just bc the dad wasn‘s there that day doesn‘t mean he‘s innocent. He KNEW. He was PART of it. Smh
I hope ruby gets life
How could any attorney defend them and live with themselves...
I’m most curious about how Cuomo is on television.
3:43 holy absolute shit I am honestly shocked because I figured that she was going to do this or blame the other woman involved. What the hell
This needs to be the beginning of a movement to end family channels. We have no idea how many other children are suffering for monetisation