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Kevin Franke sues therapist Jodi Hildebrandt for negligence, seeking over $300,000.

Hildebrandt and his ex-wife Ruby Franke were sentenced to prison for abusing the two youngest Franke children.

Franke alleges Hildebrandt's manipulative practices caused isolation from his family and his job loss.

SALT LAKE CITY — Kevin Franke is not done with Jodi Hildebrandt — a mental health therapist who provided care for him, his former wife and multiple other family members — after she went to prison for physically abusing his two youngest children.

Instead, he filed a lawsuit asking Utah's 3rd District Court to order her to pay him based on economic and emotional damages he claims she caused him. The lawsuit does not ask for a specific amount of money, but does say it exceeds $300,

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