Obviously, you still are affected [every day]. He was a truck driver and served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. In one, her underwear is clearly visible. But what kind of sexual abuse did he go through? The real Bob Berchtold and Jan Broberg as a child. The disturbing Netlifx documentary, Abducted in Plain Sight details Berchtold abducting Broberg when she was 12 years old. I never felt like I needed to be validated. We will do a better job. I actually got this little message [from a woman who was] the little girl he abused right after me. Jan and her mother, Mary-Ann Broberg, went on to do a tour for the book Stolen Innocence. After Brobergs first kidnapping, B blackmailed her parents, Bob and Mary Ann, into signing affidavits claiming he had consent to bring their daughter to Mexico. I was working on myself. What happened to the Berchtold children? She had me stay the night with a friend and invited her friends over. Jannow Jan Broberg Felt, an actor whos appeared in Criminal Minds and Everwoodhas subsequently defended her mother and father. All but 45 days of his prison sentence were suspended, and B ended up only serving 10 days in prison, according to the documentary. Many people did. The Broberg family met the Berchtold family through their church in a small town in Idaho in 1972, according to the documentary Abducted in Plain Sight., "He was the kind of guy that was just helpful," Broberg said of her initial impressions of B. He, on some other level, was able to truly do what great actors do, which is to figure out what, What do I want? Our two families, with the popcorn, watched Star Trek and Lost in Space. His brother Joe had even visited while Jan was there, and he noted that Robert, looked happier than hed ever been.. Berchtold would show up to the events and pass out fliers denying anything the Brobergs had to say about him. When they showed up at the front door, my dad would stick his hand out and go, Hello, doctor. And then they would come in and he would give them the corsage that he had made for me, to give to them, so they could give it to me for free. It was the thing that kept me obedient.. So that I get to be the doctor. Over the past week, viral tweets and Reddit threads and various expressions of incomprehension have batted around the internet, as viewers try to make sense of what exactly theyve just watched. After earning the Broberg family's trust with his charismatic personality, Berchtold began grooming daughter Jan (Mckenna Grace and Hendrix Yancey in different time periods) in 1972, and. They were just extraordinary. The new Peacock drama miniseries, A Friend Of The Family, tells the true story of how kidnapper Robert Berchtold ruined Jan Brobergs childhood. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Growing up Mormon, Broberg told "The View" co-hosts she was somewhat familiar with the "Mary, Jesus, and Joseph story," and B told her a similar story through the voice recordings. He was raised with half siblings, one of which looked very much like Jan, the "little girl" he said he took care of when his Mother left home when she was sick. When I would ask Bob about these differences, including why I couldn't have friends over or spend time away from home, he would get angry. After the chaos of the events, she went on to share her story by speaking at various events and warning people of the dangers of others-even those who seem completely trustworthy. It is made up of one wild story after another about 12-year-old Jan Broberg who went missing when a family friend, Robert "B" Berchtold, abducted her one sunny afternoon in 1974. So does a legal system that allowed Berchtold to kidnap, drug, and rape a child and receive a virtual slap on the wrist. In truth, Berchtold drugged the 12-year-old and staged the scene to make it seem as if the two of them had been captured and taken away against their will. Abducted in Plain Sight was first released as a documentary in 2017 with the title Forever B, but its gained rather more traction this month after being added to Netflixs true-crime library. After the first kidnapping, her parents were completely unaware of the sexual abuse. In 1974 at the age of 12, Broberg was taken on a special trip alone with B to go horseback riding. I hope theyre doing okay, especially his kids. He even showed up at a speaking engagement of yours with a gun. Berchtold made them believe his therapist had advised him to work through his pedophilia by sharing a bed with Jan. But he kept pushing it until I finally explained to him that I couldn't swallow it, so he crushed it up and mixed it in some sugar and gave it to me. My mother worked two jobs, so there was a lot of time for that. We couldnt get over that feeling that it was like he has the same kind of heart. She worked as an actress and went on to star in several television shows and movies, such as the canceled show Everwood. I guess it doesn't matter at this point, but since the doc is out and everything.looks like any kin he had will never speak of him Scan this QR code to download the app now. I didnt know people wouldnt get it. Everyone Practices Cancel Culture | Opinion, Deplatforming Free Speech is Dangerous | Opinion. Congratulations on the seriesI definitely understand so much more about your experience. I know that theyve been invited to share their side [of the story], including his ex-wife, but theyve never wanted to talk to anybody. My mom was divorced, lonely and didn't want to be alone anymore. Berchtold managed to keep her captive with an elaborate ruseclaiming they had been abducted by aliens, and that Jan needed to cooperate with the aliens (i.e. You can live in the 90%, which is the rest of your life, and be in charge. With Mckenna, I see all of the emotional intelligence of someone understanding how do you, at age 15, 16, how do you even portray someone thats brainwashed? What will I risk to get it? Truth is, you don't really want to know what happens to Robert Berchtold after the events of the series. That womans two daughters had been raped and molested [by him], and they ran away from home. I never go anywhere [for a speaking engagement] where it didnt happen to somebody in that room or to somebody close to them in that room. Oh dear. She also reveals how she managed to shake Bs grooming, what happened to B in later years, and whether her family has heard from any of the other Berchtolds since. Broberg told. I found out from Jan that Bob died by suicide in 2005. The tapes played odd, sexual messages, urging him to imagine being touched and caressed. Jan Broberg: I was very involved. Hes so funny and kind and warm. Around the same time, Berchtold went on a drive with Bob Broberg where he complained about his sex life with his wife and expressed that his needs werent being met. After all, as profiled in both Netflix's 'Abducted in Plain Sight' as well as Peacock's 'A . I found my mother's cold reaction to be just what I expected from her. He is survived by his wife, Deanna; sons, Jerry, James, Joseph, We didn't meet in person until we filmed the documentary, A Friend of the Family: True Evil. That event would set off a series of events for a series of tragic events in the life of Jan Broberg, which she discussed in the documentary Abducted in Plain Sight as well as . They didnt forgive him. Today, Jan Broberg has a "wonderful relationship" with her parents. The result is a documentary that exposes them for public scrutiny without pausing to really interrogate their actions. Looking back as an adult, Jan Broberg has called Berchtold a master manipulator. No one in her family could see it at the time, but Robert Berchtold had started grooming the family the moment they met. [The older sister] came to the conference when he showed up with the gun. Robert Berchtold Wikipedia Bio. It's hard to say what impact the abuse had on my life. My sister Susan, who is an attorney, called his son Jimmy, an attorney. Berchtold, a frequent visitor to the Broberg household, orchestrated these heinous acts. Nonetheless Berchtold, even after his conviction and his briefest of interludes in prison, was able not only to be around children, but also to purchase and run a family-fun center as a business. She had slowly begun to question whether the aliens were real, but a small part of her still believed in them. He'd told me that he had slept with her, that he had kidnapped her a couple of times, and that he loved her very much. I really believed it. The following two years, B kept in contact with Broberg, who said she felt she loved him. I think I realized from the friends that I had at the timeyou could just tell that their relationship with their father figureswas different to mine. They got confirmation on Nov. 11, 1976 102 days after Jan left her home. But Berchtold did not just kidnap Broberg oncehe entrapped Brobergs religious parents in such an elaborate web of trust and shame that he managed to convince the family to drop the most serious charges against him, continue letting him spend time with their young daughter, andin the most shocking twist of allkidnap her a second time when she was 14. For years, actress Jan Broberg kept the story of childhood sex abuse she endured at the hands of a family friend mostly private. Photo: Courtesy Jan Broberg. What was it like seeing the scenes between Jake Lacy and your character during the kidnapping? When I first met [Hendrix]. That is the only reason we told our story. They are curious about where the real Robert Berchtold is now. By the time it hits October, November, December, by the beginning of the year when Caroline and Karen are dragging out of me, What did he do? I knew that that [the alien] part wasnt real. Berchtold vanished from their lives, but managed to avoid going to prison. Bob and Mary Ann, Agent Welsh states, were told to cut off communication with the Berchtolds. Robert Ersol Berchtold, 69, of Logandale, died Nov. 11, 2005. So that's why Im stepping into advocacy with the Jan Broberg Foundation. I met my ex-husband and we had kids. "It happens before the actual incident occurs.". Robert Berchtold took Jan Broberg horseback riding one afternoon when she was 12 and disappeared with her. Thats when Robert asked Bob to give him some relief. Bob acquiesced, thus cementing Berchtolds hold over them all. She was kidnapped and sexually assaulted by her neighbor and family friend Robert "B." Berchtold when she was 12 and again when she was 14. Almost a decade ago, the world was gripped with anxiety as it watched the legal proceedings against a young Se. He kidnapped her. The series stars McKenna Grace as Jan, along with Jake Lacy as Robert "B" Berchtold, . She recently graduated from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles with a BA in journalism and a minor in film studies. 'Abducted in Plain Sight' on Netflix tells the story of Jan Broberg, a girl who is kidnapped by a family friend named Robert "B" Berchtold in the 1970s. My dad isnt dead. Bob kidnapped Jan twice, whereas he never kidnapped me. This info was at 17 min left in the doc. In January 1974, just over a year after Berchtold met the Brobergs, he was reprimanded by the High Council of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints because of his involvement with another young girl. Which he adds, emphatically, They. The children in the clan considered Berchtold a second father, so much so that when he fled to Mexico with a 12-year-old Jan by his side in August 1974, the family was initially unwilling to. One of the scenes in Abducted in Plain Sight that best encapsulates the strangeness of its story comes midway through, after the second time a teenager named Jan Broberg has been kidnapped by a close family friend. I wasn't there for Bob's sentencing. Jan, Karen and Susan. In his February 11 special, the comedian reflects on the loss of his partner, Lynn Shelton, while also tackling hot-button issues like abortion and fascism. (2001), Listen toVFsLittle Gold MenPodcast for Unrivaled Awards-Season Coverage, 2023 Cond Nast. According to Newsweek, Jan Broberg grew up to become an actress and an advocate for victims of childhood sexual abuse. With a corresponding friend for every family member, the families quickly grew close to one another, and B became like "a second father" to Broberg. In actuality, though, Jan explained that Berchtold had just been careful. Firstly Bob and Mary Ann let Berchtold share a bed with their daughter multiple times, knowing that he was being counselled for being attracted to children. In August 1976, Berchtold convinced Jan to leave her home and come with him, creating the second kidnapping. I get to be the decision-maker of how I move forward. They had no idea about the abuse. Im certain its because each of those relationships helped me on my path to healing, but they werent permanent. He anesthetized her with sleeping pills and raped the girl up to maybe 200 times. Berchtold killed himself in 2005, before being sentenced for simple assault, criminal trespassing, and disorderly conductcharges stemming from that conference where he showed up with the gun. "Everybody loved him.". She brought him to the house for dinner and he seemed nice enough. A Friend of the Family, created by Nick Antosca, is based on the real-life case featured in the 2017 documentary Abducted in Plain Sight . She divorced him and took her kids and moved., Gail was not featured in the documentary. Thats why Im so grateful to have this series. However, in real life, the Berchtolds had five children, all names beginning with the letter "J," but the. Broberg said he managed to justify it to her parents (and convince them he hadnt abused her) by saying they werent allowed to cross the border to come back to the U.S. together without being married. I wanted to crawl into the backseat and find the tape recorder and Bob got upset with me. I could look at the coat. Robert Berchtold was born on November 6, 1920, and died at age 50 years old in August 1971. He abducts her again in 1976, after she has . B took the Broberg children and his own to science-fiction films in the two years prior to kidnapping Jan Broberg. After the war, he returned to Utah, got married, had children, and settled in the small town of Pocatello, Idaho, where he ran a furniture store. "Berchtold took her away in a motor home on the afternoon of Oct. 17, 1974," ABC News reported . Let me inform you that her husband Robert Berchtold was behind the kidnapping of Jan Broberg Felt in the 1970s when she was just 12 years old. She traveled to meet him, and he begged her to leave her husband and live with him. "I met my ex-husband and we had kids. Did. That brainwashing, for me, was something that [lasted] a short period of time. My dad did that with every boy I ever went on a date with. The kids played together; the parents enjoyed each others company. And then this really deep sorrow and sadness for all the people, all the girls, his whole familyall the people who he had affected. I reached out to Jan after I came across her book, and we exchanged a few emails. Robert Berchtold is an abuser who groomed the Broberg family in order to become close to their 12-year-old daughter Jan. the way she approached me and the way she smiled and the way she was like, Oh, can we hug? It was [like] watching myself. They didnt want to know. Robert Ersol "Bob" Berchtold . That is my goal.. Watch the exclusive trailer for the sharp upcoming series, starring Washington as a single mom whose father (Delroy Lindo) comes to live with her after being released from prison. Although he ruined Jan's childhood, Berchtold never fully paid for his vile crimes against Jan Broberg in prison. Generally, I am pretty happy and pretty great about 90% of the time. Oh my goodness, Mary Ann replies, in a steady, even tone, as if hes just told her that seasonal allergies might be worse than usual this summer, or that two people brought potato salads to the potluck. While on the road to Mexico he . But she called the police. All he ever got was a slap on the wrist, and then he was able to continue as before. I was such a happy girl. The new series also delves into how said abductor Robert "B" Berchtold manipulated the family.. And if you saw the 2017 true-crime documentary Abducted in Plain Sight, you know that Jan's father, the late Bob Broberg (who . Through therapy, she learned to forgive them for not stopping the years of abuse she endured from B. Its very close in every way to how it truthfully unfolded. Im not in contact with them. After returning to her family, Berchtold kidnapped . I don't believe she had a relationship with Bob but I think she really liked him and was hoping for more. Berchtold went from seducing both Bob and Mary Ann, driving them apart while learning their weakness simultaneously. Then, when I was 17-and-a-half, I dated a guy who wanted to have a relationship with me. Mckenna Grace, 16, plays teenaged Jan Broberg opposite pedophile Robert Berchtold (Jake Lacy) in "A Friend of the Family" -- and said she wanted to "vomit from how gross it is." Robert Berchtold, a close friend of the Broberg family who has turned serial child abductor, kidnaps Jan Broberg, age twelve, in 1974. Berchtold eventually moved to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where he bought a family fun center. I'm still in the struggle. The older sister reached out and found my mother when they saw my book with pictures of him in it. He is survived by his wife,. After being rebuked, he met with a counselor and a clinical psychologist to, he said, help overcome his obsession with Jan. After Robert befriended Bob Broberg and his wife, Mary Ann Broberg, he quickly infiltrated their family unit and cozied up to their young daughter, Jan Broberg. The first thing she said was, "I suspected it." Despite the distance, Berchtold kept in contact with Jan, delivering her love letters and secret sets of instructions to meet with him. I moved back to Texas to stay with one of my brothers, and my mother stayed in Utah. But this time you were seeing an actor bring your abuser to life, witnessing two actors portray you during this traumatic period, and seeing actors portray your family. When I was 10, Bob tried to use the same alien story on me that he had used on Jan Broberg [an earlier victim who was abused by Robert Berchtold from 1972-1976. I did what I was supposed to do. Kidnap victim Jan Broberg, the subject of Netflix documentary Abducted in Plain Sight, said she was groomed by her kidnapper to believe UFOs and extra-terrestrial life were a plausible possibility. About a month later, Bob took me to Ogden for the weekend to meet his five kids. And before she and Berchtold were separated, he informed her that the aliens had contacted him with instructions for Jan not to speak of the mission or to have contact with any other men. They consulted with me constantly. The recording was a message from two aliens named Zeta and Zethra, telling Jan that she was half alien and needed to complete a mission to have a baby with Berchtold before her 16th birthday. When Berchtold asked if he could share a bed with 12-year-old Jan as 'therapy' for overcoming his own childhood abuse, her parents were so brainwashed that they bizarrely let him. He talked incessantly about UFO sightings. When Bob was 3 yrs old his father passed away and in 1939 his mother married Joseph Ersol Berchtold who raised Bob and . NetflixBerchtold and his family often had sleepovers with the Broberg children. Berchtold didnt stop tracking you over the years. Berchtold and his family often had sleepovers with the Broberg children. Robert Berchtold sexually abused Jan Broberg for several years and manipulated her and her family. [My sister] Karen isnt blind. So we went out to eat, he took me to a movie,we got some ice cream, then we went back to his empty apartment. Berchtold was sentenced to five years in prison anyway but served only 10 days. Hows your family?. Abducted in Plain Sight viewers learned B kidnapped Broberg a second time from her parents home in Idaho in 1976 when she was 14. As Jan Broberg later described in the documentary Abducted In Plaint Sight, Everyone had a best friend.. Warning: Contains SPOILERS for A Friend of the Family. Robert E Berchtold of Logandale, Clark County, Nevada was born on February 7, 1936. I was good around adults and I was a people pleaser. He told her she had been abducted by aliens and that if she didn't have his baby, her sister would go blind and her father would be murdered. I remember the first time I really understood what love was or at least what a nine-year-old could understand as romantic love. I was 9 years old when I first met Bob in 1978. The 1967 film Guess Whos Coming to Dinner starred Sidney Poitier and Katharine Houghton as a ne, As the open-hearted matriarch Hattie Mae in Tyler Perrys 2022 film A Jazzmans Blues, Amirah Vann demonstrates a great tenderness and fierce love to b, This story includes spoilers for Saint Omer. Vanity Fair may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. Between 1972 and 1976 he groomed Broberg and abducted her twice: once at the age of 12 and the second time when she was 14. As far as the other scenes, I think I really have been able to [separate myself]. It did. People knew, or certainly had surmised, that he was a threat. They didn't find out about the alien mission B convinced their daughter of until 1978 after she turned 16. You have to believe victims. Ad Choices, Broberg, who first shared the true story of her kidnapping in the documentary, Jimmy Kimmel Roasts Fragile Snowflake Donald Trump for Allegedly Trying to Censor Him. It wasnt until 30 years later, after Mary Ann had published her book Stolen Innocence: The Jan Broberg Story, that they heard from him again. I said, Did you do some deep dive on my dad that I dont even know about? Hes like, No. He told the Brobergs he needed to sleep in Jans bed. Average Age & Life Expectancy Robert E Berchtold lived 5 years shorter than the average Berchtold family member when he died at the age of 69. Both parents claimed in the documentary that if they didnt do this, B would expose a sex act that Bob and B engaged in prior to the kidnapping. "It's the smokescreen that a master manipulator creates," Broberg warned. He drove her to California, where he enrolled her in an all-girls Catholic school claiming that she was his daughter. Thats not in the documentary, Broberg said. He began flirting with Mary Ann, inviting her on a Church retreat in Logan, Utah. By clicking Accept all you agree that Yahoo and our partners will process your personal information, and use technologies such as cookies, to display personalised ads and content, for ad and content measurement, audience insights, and product development. My feelings get hurt easily and I have a hard time expressing myself without crying; I'd rather just shut down and stay out of the way. The master manipulator from Utha has a lengthy history of having a particular lust for young females. Her sons were quite a bit older than methe youngest was seven or eight years older than meand I don't remember them being in the house much. Jan, being a child, believed she was in love with him and that they still had to complete their mission. After Jan threatened to find her own way there, Mary Ann bought her a plane ticket and sent her to Berchtold. Robert Berchtold: Who Was He? Join half a million readers enjoying Newsweek's free newsletters. The following article contains discussions of sexual violence and suicide. Here is where Borgmans unwillingness or lack of space to parse exactly whats going on feels most acute. It didn't take long before Bob had his own key and could come and go as he pleased. But I didnt know what to do in my 20s and 30s and 40s. 18 months later, while out on bail & awaiting trial for kidnapping, Robert Berchtold abducted Jan for the 2nd time, triggering FBI manhunt. Do.. He became a friend from a stranger and someone the family felt comfortable around. Robert Berchtold was ultimately given a prison sentence, but rather than face life behind bars, he downed a bottle of heart medication with Kahla and milk and ended his life. Rian Johnson, Halle Berry, and More Share Their Inspiration, From the Archive:Who Stole the Oscars? Click Manage settings for more information and to manage your choices. It tells the story of how the Brobergs' close family friend and neighbor, Robert Berchtold, developed a fascination with then 12-year-old Jan Broberg. Cunning child predator Robert Berchtold would be accused of sexually abusing Jan Broberg over several years, but he would see little time behind bars for a multitude of reasons.. Peacock's original series, "A Friend of the Family," is based on the stranger-than-fiction story of the Broberg family, whose young daughter was twice kidnapped by trusted family friend Robert Berchtold. He brought her to California and enrolled her in a Catholic school, posing as her father and a CIA agent, according to the documentary. Jan Broberg whose story about being kidnapped by her neighbor Bob Berchtold inspired Peacock's "A Friend of the Family" has written a new book about the experience, with her mother MaryAnn. Was your deprogramming gradual over the years, or was there one turning point in your life where everything clicked? She was missing for several months, as he was able to trick her parents into believing that he wasn't aware of her whereabouts. Within a couple of months, we moved from our home in Texas to Salt Lake City, Utah, which was 45 minutes from where Bob lived. B took a particular interest in 12-year-old Jan as well, often showering her with gifts and inviting her on trips. That companion was B, and the mission was to have a child with him before Broberg turned 16 years old. And if youre not happy and you need medication or you need more talk therapyyou should get what you need so you can heal. Years later, Bob told me that he gave me the sleeping pill to physically manipulate me so he would be able to have intercourse with me without tearing. March 21, 2004 -- Actress Jan Broberg Felt says her childhood abductor returned when she decided to share her strange and frightening story with the world. Berchtold, who was now living in Salt Lake City, Utah, had enrolled Jan at an all-girls Catholic school in Pasadena, California. Following the incident, he convinced the Brobergs that part of his therapy required him to sleep in the same bed as their 12-year-old daughter Jan while listening to tapes provided by his therapist. Berchtold vehemently tried to denounce the book, claiming that they were lying about him and about the truth for a profit. Berchtold married Jan Broberg in Mazatln, and 35 days after the kidnapping, called his brother, Joe, asking him to contact Bob and Mary Ann to get their blessing to return home with Jan and be wed in the United States. NetflixRobert Berchtold had an obsession with his 12-year-old neighbor Jan Broberg, even sleeping in the same bed as her four nights a week. You have a cameo in the final episode. The altered state of having been abused and how that affects your psyche and your life and your choices and your thinking and your self-worthIm worthless. She has been writing about entertainment news since she started writing journalistically in high school. I was invited into the writers room to give very detailed suggestions that made it just that much more real. But Jan became even more withdrawn, and all the while, she was still thinking about what would happen to her family when she failed to complete the mission.. Between 1972 and 1976, he eventually kidnapped and wed her. It was through a course that I did that helped me see that you have the rest of your life. The film tells the story of Jan Broberg, who, as a child in the 1970s, was kidnapped twice and sexually abused by Robert "B." Berchtold, a family friend who grew close with her parents. He turned sideways and you could almost see him reaching back to start a tape recorder. It unpacks too many bizarre events in a short time frame to allow for much additional analysis. And the Broberg family, confessional to a fault, are primed more for honesty than for self-inspection. NetflixMary Ann Broberg described Berchtold as having a charisma that Bob didnt possess.. I wanted this for a long timeto tell the story in a way that would affect the most change and the most understanding so that people could avoid this happening in their own life or help any traumatized young person get to a healthy, happy place. I looked it up and her name was Moanna and is now deceased. He escaped jail time and moved to Utah to work for his brother. In 1976, he spent 10 days in jail after accepting a plea deal based on the first kidnapping, then was sentenced to a mental facility for 6 months. The Berchtold family also had a baby girl when they met in the Peacock dramatization. Sleeping pills and raped the girl up to become an actress and went on to Star in several television and... 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