, Washington County officials said. On Friday, Ms Franke and Ms Hildebrandt both wore orange striped uniforms as they made their first court appearance via video from jail. The virtual hearing was plagued by technical problems after hundreds of viewers logged on to the call, overloading the system. During the hearing, the judge asked Ms Franke to confirm that she could hear the proceedings and whether she had received a copy of her case file, according to CBS News , the BBC's US partner. She responded "yes" twice. The judge said the next hearing for both suspects would be on 21 September. According to jail records, Ms Franke has been removed from her holding cell and placed in a medical block at the Purgatory Correctional Facility. It is unclear why she has been relocated. Image source, ConneXions YouTube channel Image caption, Ruby Franke (right) and Jodi Nan Hildebrandt (left) appeared in YouTube videos together On Thursda){kind=link}
A Utah mother-of-six and onetime YouTube parenting influencer who is now facing multiple child abuse charges has been denied bail in a court appearance.
Ruby Franke, 41, and her business partner Jodi Nan Hildebrandt, 54, were arrested in Ivins, Utah, on 30 August.
They each face six counts of aggravated child abuse. Neither woman entered a plea in the virtual hearing.
The two were detained after Ms Franke’s 12-year-old son sought help from a neighbour, police say.
The boy climbed out of a window of Ms Hildebrandt’s home in Ivins, south-west Utah, and went to a neighbour’s house to ask for food and water, according to investigators.