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 $300,000.

Franke claims she was negligent as his therapist and breached the duty of care she had to him while he was vulnerable by using improper mental health care techniques.

Hildebrandt and Franke’s ex-wife, Ruby Franke, each pleaded guilty to four counts of aggravated child abuse, a second-degree felony, and were sentenced to fo

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