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.

Hildebrandt was licensed as a clinical mental health counselor when she was treating Kevin Franke in 2022, though her license was revoked by the Utah State Division of Professional L

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