SALT LAKE CITY — Kevin Franke filed a lawsuit against Jodi Hildebrandt for negligence after experiencing what his lawyers described as “unnecessary, damaging mental health treatments.”

The lawsuit is the latest development in a long-winding series of events involving Hildebrandt and the Franke family .

Jodi Hildebrandt, 56, pleaded guilty to four counts of aggravated child abuse, a second-degree felony, in Feb. 2024, for her treatment of four of the Franke’s children. Ruby Franke, Kevin Franke’s wife, was given an identical sentence of four consecutive terms of one to 15 years each in the Utah State Prison.

Ruby Franke (left) and Jodi Hildebrandt (right) as they separate enter the Fifth District Court House in St. George. (St. George News)

Hildebrandt was licensed as a clinical m

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