Jodi Hildebrandt and Ruby Franke Accused of Fraud, Racketeering, and Ongoing Abuse in New Lawsuit
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🗓️ 4 February 2025
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| 0:00.0 | This is a true crime in real time update from True Crime Today and the Hidden Killers podcast. |
| 0:06.9 | On January 22nd, 2025, a bombshell lawsuit was filed in Utah, |
| 0:11.8 | alleging that the disgraced life coaching empire known as Connections Classroom, |
| 0:16.1 | run by convicted child abuser, Jody Hildebrandtt and YouTube vlogger turned criminal Ruby Frankie, |
| 0:22.6 | continues to prey on vulnerable individuals, even as its two masterminds served time behind bars. |
| 0:28.7 | The lawsuit filed by former Connections client Michael Robert Tillaman accuses Hildebrandt, |
| 0:34.2 | Frankie, and their network of engaging in a racketeering scheme designed to control |
| 0:38.6 | and exploit their clients emotionally, financially, and psychologically, according to reporting |
| 0:43.4 | by Rolling Stone. |
| 0:45.2 | This lawsuit isn't just about bad therapy. It alleges a well-oiled system of manipulation, |
| 0:51.6 | coercion, and abuse, one that remains operational despite the incarceration of its |
| 0:56.8 | founders. According to Tillamon, Connections members are still recruiting new followers, enforcing |
| 1:03.0 | Hildebrandt's harmful teachings, and even subjecting children to continued abuse. If true, this lawsuit |
| 1:10.1 | could reveal an even darker side to connections than |
| 1:12.5 | was previously known, exposing the cult-like tactics that kept followers trapped in a cycle of |
| 1:17.9 | fear and dependency. To understand the gravity of these allegations, it's important to look at how |
| 1:23.5 | connections classroom gained its foothold in the self-help and therapy world. |
| 1:31.2 | Jody Hildebrandt, once a licensed mental health counselor, |
| 1:35.4 | positioned herself as a tough love therapist specializing in truth, |
| 1:40.9 | a rigid, black-and-white ideology that promoted absolute obedience to her teachings. |
| 1:47.3 | In 2018, she partnered with Ruby Frankie, the woman behind the now-defunct eight passengers YouTube channel. Frankie had built an online empire centered around her |
| 1:52.6 | ultra-strict parenting methods, which were later revealed to be abusive. Together, they |
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