Kevin will be heard telling her at the moment, “I’m committed to our family. I’m committed to you and our marriage, regardless of what happens. I will likely be here to support you in any way that I can.”
He has since filed for divorce from Ruby, along with his lawyer saying the pair had been living aside from for greater than a yr before her arrest.
E! News has reached out to lawyers for Ruby, Kevin and Jodi for comment on the phone call but has not heard back.
Ruby—who ran the 8 Passengers YouTube channel—was sentenced Feb. 20 to 4 to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to 4 counts of aggravated child abuse. Following her sentencing, her lawyer made it clear she had no intention of appealing the sentence.
The family vlogger was originally arrested over aggravated child abuse charges in August when Utah police received a report of a ravenous child and investigated the allegations, the Santa Clara-Ivins Public Safety Department said in a press release.
Authorities determined the kid was in “severe” condition, looked “emaciated and malnourished” and had “open wounds and duct tape across the extremities.”
During her hearing, Ruby apologized to her children and husband.
“For the past 4 years, I’ve chosen to follow counsel and guidance that has led me right into a dark delusion,” Ruby said in court, per the livestream on the Utah court’s website. “My distorted version of reality went largely unchecked as I might isolate from anyone who challenged me.”
“I believed dark was light and right was mistaken,” she added while addressing her kids. “I might do anything in this world for you. I took from you all that was soft and secure, and good.”