Shari Franke Biography
Shari Franke is a brand marketing consultant and a content creator on social media. She is recognized as the oldest daughter of Ruby Franke, who is famous for her YouTube Channel 8 Passengers. Unfortunately, Ruby Franke was arrested by the police on August 30th for two counts of aggravated child abuse.
Shari Franke Age
How old is Shari Franke? Shari is 20 years old as of 2023. She was born on March 3, 2003, in Logan, Utah.
Shari Franke Height
She stands at a height of 4 feet 11 inches, approximately 1.5 meters or 150 centimeters.
Shari Franke Nationality
She is an American citizen.
Shari Franke Education
Franke studied at American Heritage Private School from August 2017 to May 2021 and is now pursuing Political Science and Government at Brigham Young University.
Shari Franke Parents
Shari is the eldest daughter of Ruby Franke, a vlogger, and Kevin Franke. On Wednesday, 30th August 2023, her mother Ruby was arrested on suspicion of two counts of child abuse. Shari spoke out against her mom and asked for the public’s help in collecting evidence against her mom, the former family YouTuber after she was arrested on suspicion of two counts of aggravated child abuse. Shari posted on Instagram Wednesday, saying, “Justice is being served,” amid news that her mom and her business partner Jodi Hildebrandt were arrested in Springville, Utah. The college junior also asked her followers’ help in crowdsourcing “questionable or concerning” video clips of her mom’s previous content, saying it was “too much” for her to try and sort through herself.
“Today has been a big day,” Shari wrote in an Instagram story Wednesday evening. “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.”
A statement from the Santa Clara-Ivins Public Safety Department shared with Insider said the arrests were made after a child climbed out of a window at a residence in Ivins and ran to a neighbor’s house to get help, asking for food and water. The neighbors saw that the child appeared to have duct tape on their ankles and wrists and called the police, local outlet Fox 13 reported, adding that the Ivins residence belonged to Hildebrandt.
Authorities later found a second malnourished child in the same residence, according to officials; the kids were treated for “severe” wounds at the hospital, the public safety department statement said.
Ruby was the face of the popular 8 Passengers YouTube channel, where she documented her life alongside her husband Kevin Franke, and their six children, including Shari. The channel once had approximately 2.5 million subscribers, but allegations of parental wrongdoing had long hung over the Franke family
The family pushed back against the allegations at the time, telling Insider’s Lindsay Dodgson in 2020 that they gave their children “choices” and were trying to teach the kids about the consequences of their actions.
In June 2022, Ruby announced she was creating a new channel called ConneXions with Hildebrandt, a therapist whose license was put on probation in 2012 for 18 months after she discussed a patient’s alleged “porn addiction” with elders at the Mormon church without the patient’s permission, The Salt Lake Tribune reported. The newer, more controversial ConneXions channel, fashions itself as a mom’s “support group.”
Shari said in a September 2022 Instagram story that she was “not in contact” with her “immediate family” and did not support “the extreme beliefs” of ConneXions, Insider previously reported.
Following Ruby’s arrest, Shari asked her Instagram followers on Thursday to help collect concerning content from the past 8 Passengers and ConneXions videos, initially requesting people direct message her the links. She then created a Google Doc and shared the link, encouraging people to make submissions there.
As of 2:00 p.m. PT — about six hours after Shari made her request — the Google Doc was full of more than 40 video clips people had flagged, including apparent 8 Passengers content in which Ruby discussed taking her children’s bedroom privileges away, withholding food as a punishment, and canceling Christmas for her youngest kids for being “selfish.” The document also contained more recent ConneXions content in which Ruby and Hildebrandt discussed their controversial opinions on such hot-button issues as the LGBT community, eating disorders, and rape.
Ruby’s three sisters, who are also family content creators, all issued an Instagram statement Thursday saying the arrest of their sister “needed to happen.”
“Ruby was arrested which needed to happen. Jodi was arrested which needed to happen,” their statement said. “The kids are now safe, which is the number one priority.”
Shari Franke Siblings
She is the eldest of five siblings: Chad, Abby, Julie, Russell, and Eve.
Shari Franke Career
Franke, a successful social media content creator, has gained millions of viewers on YouTube and Instagram since January 2015. Additionally, she works as a brand marketing consultant for various companies.
