Law&Crime Sidebar - Ruby Franke’s Husband Slaps Jodi Hildebrandt with Lawsuit for Torturing His Kids

Episode Date: April 12, 2024

Kevin Franke, soon-to-be-ex-husband of former YouTube mom and convicted child abuser Ruby Franke, says therapist Jodi Hildebrandt forced him to move away from his family and have no contact with them. During that time, his wife and Hildebrandt were abusing the couple’s two youngest children in an attempt to expel alleged demons. Law&Crime’s Jesse Weber and Sierra Gillespie spoke with Kevin Franke’s attorney, Randy Kester, about the lawsuit’s causes of action and the hoped-for result.PLEASE SUPPORT THE SHOW: If you’re ever injured in an accident, you can check out Morgan & Morgan. You can submit a claim in 8 clicks or less without having to leave your couch. To start your claim, visit: https://www.forthepeople.com/LCSidebarHOST:Jesse Weber: https://twitter.com/jessecordweberLAW&CRIME SIDEBAR PRODUCTION:YouTube Management - Bobby SzokeVideo Editing - Michael DeiningerScript Writing & Producing - Savannah WilliamsonGuest Booking - Alyssa Fisher & Diane KayeSocial Media Management - Vanessa BeinSTAY UP-TO-DATE WITH THE LAW&CRIME NETWORK:Watch Law&Crime Network on YouTubeTV: https://bit.ly/3td2e3yWhere To Watch Law&Crime Network: https://bit.ly/3akxLK5Sign Up For Law&Crime's Daily Newsletter: https://bit.ly/LawandCrimeNewsletterRead Fascinating Articles From Law&Crime Network: https://bit.ly/3td2IqoLAW&CRIME NETWORK SOCIAL MEDIA:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lawandcrime/Twitter: https://twitter.com/LawCrimeNetworkFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/lawandcrimeTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/lawandcrimenetworkTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lawandcrimeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Wondery Plus subscribers can binge all episodes of this Law and Crimes series ad-free right now. Join Wondery Plus in the Wondery app, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. Sean Diddy Combs has one less lawsuit to worry about. His former nanny has dropped her wrongful termination suit against him. We're going to break down what this woman alleged as the music mogul juggles multiple civil actions all at once. Welcome to Sidebar, presented by Law and Crime. I'm Jesse Weber. Over the last few weeks, we've talked a lot about the civil lawsuits that Sean Combs is facing.

He settled one of the most explosive lawsuits just one day after it was filed at the end of last year. This was about his ex-girlfriend Cassandra Ventura, known as Cassie. She had accused him of abuse, assault, even sex trafficking. But again, that lawsuit was settled the day after. Having said that, since then, Combs. has faced a lot more legal trouble. There was another lawsuit that was filed after the Ventura one

where a woman named Joy Dickerson Neal claimed that Combs drugged and sexually assaulted her when she was in college back in 1991. She alleged Combs filmed the rape, shared the video with others as a form of revenge porn. Combs denied the allegations. Then there was another lawsuit from an

unidentified woman who claimed that Combs and singer-songwriter Aaron Hall raped her 30 years ago. Once again, Combs' attorneys released a statement calling the story fabricated. Then we fast forward to February when another bombshell filing came out. This one from Rodney Jones, a music producer known as Little Rod Jones, who worked with Combs on his latest album for nearly a year.

In that lawsuit and the subsequent amended filings, he named Combs, his son's Justin and Christian, actor Cuba Gooding Jr., several record label executives as having participated in illegal activities. This includes drug use, sexual assault, sex with underage girls, sex trafficking, and a lot more. So all of these allegations in these lawsuits are likely being investigated right now by the Southern District of New York, which is reportedly looking into a sex trafficking operation. I say that because two of Combs' homes, one in Miami and one in Los Angeles, as we know, were rated on March 25th, but neither Combs nor either of his sons, nor really anybody in his orbit has. been arrested or charged in connection with that operation. Yes, one of his associates was arrested for drug possession, but again, that's not tied to the overall sex trafficking investigation.

Okay, with all that in mind, now we have this new update for you. And the new update is that a lawsuit that was filed against Combs several years ago doesn't seem to be a problem for him anymore. This was originally filed with the plaintiff's identity being kept anonymous, but then she revealed herself, come to learn that this plaintiff is ravening. Wales Walden. She was behind the complaint. Now, Wales Walden worked as a nanny for Combs' twin girls after the death of their mother, model Kim Porter. Wells Walden sued Combs, as I said back in 2022, and she was alleging that she was fired because she got pregnant outside of marriage. Let me explain. According to an amended complaint from April of 2023,

Wells Walden was a, quote, niece-like figure to Porter. While some have interpreted that to mean that the two were related. That is actually not the case. But Wales Walden did post frequently about Porter on her Instagram page, calling her a mentor, an anti. And she sued Combs, Combs Enterprises LLC, and three other companies in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleging retaliation and state labor code violations. Now, she claims that starting in September of 2018, she worked as Porter's personal assistant and that she helped Porter with projects and also helped take care of her twins, Jesse and Delilah, who were both 11, and just a couple months later in November of 2018, sadly Porter died of pneumonia at age 47. Well, according to Wells

Walden, just one day after Porter died, Combs asked her to live at his estate and be a full-time nanny, 24-7. So the complaint says that Wells Walden agreed. She agreed to honor Porter. And in posts on her Instagram page, Wells Walden posted photos and videos of herself and the twins, as well as other members of the family like Christian Combs. She posted about going to Combs' large party for his 50th birthday, and another video showed Combs in attendance at one of Wales Walden's gender reveal parties. But the lawsuit says that Combs fired Wales Walden in January of 2021, quote, because she was pregnant and unmarried, which purportedly said a bad example,

for his daughters. She says that she approached Combs about taking maternity leave and he was quote infuriated firing her around the time that she was supposed to take that leave. She alleged that when Combs was told of this maternity leave, he yelled, cussed, refused to fulfill his promise of ensuring that she and her son have access to, quote, the best health and dental insurance and to help with her medical bills. And she claimed that this was wrongful termination. And as a result of this wrongful termination, she claims that she claims that she suffered, quote, intangible loss of employment-related opportunities and damage to her professional reputation and emotional distress.

By the way, while the allegations against Diddy are just that allegations, he hasn't been found civilly liable, he hasn't been arrested, he hasn't been criminally charged, what the story does make you think about at the very least is how well do you know the people around you, right? It is very scary to process that for a second. Well, let me talk to you about truthfinder.com. They are a great sponsor of ours that can provide actual safety for our listeners and viewers here on Sidebar. Why do I say that?

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help you track down that person's information and see if there are any possible red flags. Well, right now, you can get 50% off of confidential background reports. Just go to truthfinder.com slash LC sidebar. Hope you check it out. After she filed the lawsuit, a spokesperson for Diddy told TMZ, quote, This lawsuit is a meritless shakedown to extort money for Mr. Combs. Raven is not the niece of Kim Porter, as she falsely alleges, nor is there any legal basis for this case to be filed under the anonymity as a Jane Doe.

Raven was a part-time babysitter to the twins who Mr. Combs kept on the job back in 2018 to provide continuity for the twins following the untimely death of their mother. Mr. Combs graciously permitted Raven to live in his home with her son and treated them like family. And the rep continued, quote, her babysitting services were always intended to be temporary, especially since the girls were getting older and spending most of the day at school. In fact, Raven's transition out of her role was planned and agreed to by her

long before she even mentioned that she was pregnant. Mr. Combs will take swift and immediate action to protect his family against these false claims. According to their own court filings, Combs Camp says that Wales Walden's employment was terminated because she just wasn't good enough at her job, so she was fired for cause. Legal responses also stated that the part-time nanny was, quote, not performing all of her job duties as required, that there were some days that Wales Walden received compensation for work that was not performed, thus resulting in wages being paid to Wales Walden that were not owed. Diddy's legal team wrote that he took, quote, reasonable steps to prevent and correct workplace discrimination, if any, and to implement internal grievance processes designed to respond to correct remedy or otherwise avoid the alleged harm, if any, and unreasonably failed to utilize the preventative and corrective measures that the Combs defendants provided and reasonable use

of such procedures would have prevented at least some of the harm, if any, that alleges to have suffered. And it was interesting because during the course of this case, Wales-Waldon accused Diddy of not fulfilling his discovery obligations during the course of this litigation, that he was being evasive. Now, discovery during a lawsuit is when you turn over material to the other side. She was actually seeking $5,000 in sanctions against him. Well, Diddy's legal team had a response to that. Quote, instead of filing the motion and wasting court and party resources, Raven should

have consulted with him on a production schedule in order to understand when they would be producing the documents they committed. to. Sanctions are not warranted under these circumstances because the documents sought have been produced. The motion was irrelevant to Diddy's production and Ravens Council manufactured a dispute that did not exist. But then you fast forward to April 2nd, 2024, and her attorney filed papers with the judge asking that the complaint be dismissed with prejudice, which means it can't be refiled. So it's not clear if there was some sort of settlement agreement reached between Wales Walden and Diddy

or if maybe they felt her case wasn't strong enough if they felt it wouldn't be successful maybe it was the time, the expense of the litigation, maybe there was some other reason we just don't know. What I can tell you is that at a time when Diddy is facing a number of legal actions and when he says that he is the victim of a shakedown and money grabs by multiple people,

this is definitely a win for him both legally and from a PR point of view. that's all we have for you here on sidebar everybody thank you so much for joining us as always please subscribe on apple podcasts spotify youtube wherever you get your podcasts i'm jesse weber i'll speak to you next time you can binge all episodes of this long crime series ad free right now on wondery plus join wondery plus in the wondery app apple podcasts or spotify