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Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story

Name: Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story
Director: Skye Borgman
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2025-12-30
Duration: 102 min
Cast: Jodi Hildebrandt, Ruby Franke, Jessica Bate, Eric Clarke, Ethan Prete

2025 · 1h 42m · Documentary

Skip it. While the Ruby Franke case is genuinely disturbing and worth understanding, this feels like opportunistic true-crime exploitation of real child abuse—the kind of documentary that profits from tragedy without offering much insight beyond sensationalism. Watch a deeper investigative piece instead.

Plot

Unravel the case of Utah therapist Jodi Hildebrandt, whose child abuse arrest with parenting YouTuber Ruby Franke exposed a twisted tale of manipulation.

Director: Skye Borgman

Cast: Jodi Hildebrandt, Ruby Franke, Jessica Bate, Eric Clarke, Ethan Prete

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