Overview
- Now streaming on December 30, 2025, the Netflix documentary by director Skye Borgman examines the partnership between life coach Jodi Hildebrandt and parenting influencer Ruby Franke.
- The case began publicly when a malnourished 12-year-old escaped Hildebrandt’s Utah home in August 2023 with open wounds and duct tape on his extremities, leading police to also find his sister in the residence.
- Reporting and participants describe Hildebrandt’s ConneXions Classroom as cult-like and say her standing within segments of the LDS community, including reported placement on bishops’ adviser lists, fostered client trust.
- Hildebrandt and Franke pleaded guilty to four counts of aggravated child abuse in December 2023 and were sentenced in February 2024 to four consecutive terms of one to 15 years, with Utah law capping service at 30 years.
- Hildebrandt later lost her counseling license in 2024, and both women remain incarcerated at the Utah State Correctional Facility with first parole hearings scheduled for December 2026.