Abducted in Plain Sight. It's the true crime documentary that has got everyone shouting at their screens and getting stressed over other people's naive parenting. It had us all asking the same questions, mainly – how on earth was it allowed to happen?! But now finally, the director of the show, Skye Borgman, has come through and answered some of the burning questions you have about the Netflix documentary. Here are your Abducted in Plain Sight answers, I hope it helps you sleep at night. *SPOILERS AHEAD* All the Abducted in Plain Sight answers you need: 1. Why did Jan's parents seem to literally not notice Robert Berchtold's weird behaviour? In the documentary, one of the most frustrating things is that Jan Broberg's parents seemed to turn a blind eye to the blatant weirdness of Robert Berchtold, known as "B". The FBI told them to stay away and they didn't, the neighbours all hated him, he even told them about his disturbing past, and they did nothing. Now Sky Borgman, the director of Abducted in Plain Sight, answers this question everyone had. She told Vulture: "I think it’s just absolute denial. I really do. The shame they feel [about] the affairs they had threw them into such denial. Between the time Jan was 16 and 21 — when they weren’t really talking about this stuff at all, when they hadn’t realised any of the sexual abuse — I think they literally were able to convince themselves that if Jan’s not telling us about this, it didn’t happen." 2. Why did Jan's parents ignore the FBI and stay in contact with B and his family? One of the most aggravating parts of the doc, there were many, was that no matter how many times the FBI warned Jan's parents Bob and Mary Ann that B was not to be trusted and a danger to their daughter, they remained in touch with him – and so did Jan. Even after he had taken her to Mexico and abused her. So, why? Sky Borgman said: "I think it really has to do with the fact that they placed so much faith in experts, in doctors who said there has been no sexual abuse because her hymen hasn’t been broken. "They didn’t have any real concept that anything else could be sexual abuse. It was purely penetration, really, that they thought was sexual abuse. So if a doctor said, “There’s been no penetration,” they’re like, “Okay, she’s fine. She’s fine.” That’s part of the denial as well". 3. WHY did the Broberg's seem to trust B no matter what? "The Brobergs didn’t really think of it as him kidnapping [Jan], even though he took her without their knowledge, this is where I think the depth of the brainwashing really comes in, Mary Ann loved him, or thought that she loved him, and just couldn’t see what had really happened. He came back and was still saying, “I love you, Mary Ann. I think you’re great. You’re beautiful. "It didn’t really dawn on her that he could also be attracted to a 12-year-old little girl. And again, doctors had said nothing happened. So I think they thought he had just had a little mental breakdown. But again, it’s that denial. Even though I think somewhere deep inside they knew something was wrong, they just couldn’t see it." 4. And obviously, everyone wants to know all about that handjob moment Sky Borgman said: "There had been kind of a manifesto that Berchtold himself had written. We had a few pages of it, and it mentioned something about a relationship with the dad. I had kind of dismissed it, which was a big mistake and a great learning lesson for me. And then, when we got these transcripts from the two hearings that they had gone through, they had talked this masturbatory event in the car. I said, “Oh my gosh, it’s true.” The pieces started to fall together, in terms of what he did to these two parents to blackmail them. "When we went for the interview with Bob, I wasn’t sure if I was going to ask him about it because nobody in the family had mentioned anything. I wanted to, but I didn’t know if I was crossing a line with him. So throughout the course of the interview — it was eight or ten hours long — I was asking him about their relationship and how much [Berchtold] meant to them as a friend. And then, he told us about the event in the car. It was the first time that he’d ever admitted anything publicly. We talked to Mary Ann the next day, and she said that he’d never gone into detail with her about what exactly had happened. And he talked to her that night about it." 5. Did it happen more than once? "We asked him. We looked in the court transcripts. We tried to find that out, and the answer is we could never really figure it out for sure. [The car] is the only time that he remembered it happening, but this is a story that happened 45 years ago. There are always memories that you can alter by just believing that they were different, so I don’t have a good sense of if it continued. But I think it may have happened more than once. I really don’t know for certain if it did, and I don’t know that it really would have made all that much difference. I think that Bob Broberg would have felt as much guilt if it happened once or if it happened twice." 6. So, is Bob Broberg gay? Sky Borgman told Vulture this wasn't something she had posed to Bob, but he has spoken about it. "Right. He never talked about that. I mean, he says that he’s not. He chose very certainly to stay with the church and to stay with his family. And that was something that he was very committed to. Both those things are the two most important things, really, in his life. Church and family." 7.<doc-sep>The director of the horrifyingly disturbing documentary Abducted in Plain Sight has revealed that a scene involving Jan Broberg's mother Mary Ann and a gun was edited out of the film. The stranger-than-fiction story centres on the Broberg family and how they were systematically groomed, manipulated and blackmailed by close friend and neighbour, Robert Berchtold, who kidnaped their young daughter twice. Netflix The paedophile abducted Jan when she was 12 and then again when she was 14, and the show explains how Robert brainwashed the family into believing that Jan and her family that she was imperative if Robert were to save Planet Earth. Filmmaker Skye Borgman left out a scene which featured a meet-up that Mary Ann had with Robert Berchtold in a car park, allegedly involving a firearm and her brother (via Vanity Fair). So it looks like the family were way more concerned about Jan's kidnapping than a lot of the documentary makes out. Netflix Skye didn't elaborate on the scene in terms of context or when it happened, but it was left on the cutting room floor along with an interview with a forensic psychologist, who helped give Skye a "professional read" on Robert. "She explained how much work it takes to actually kidnap somebody," Skye told the publication. "That's why it doesn’t happen more often, because there's so much planning involved, and there's so much deceit that goes into it. "To be able to actually kidnap somebody is incredibly difficult. Then to be able to maintain this ruse for years and years really takes somebody who has very little empathy for anybody else. It really does take a sociopath." Skye also disclosed that Bob's [Jan's father] sexual entanglement with Robert, and Mary Ann's affair with him were left out of Jan and Mary Ann's memoir about their trauma in Stolen Innocence. And while Jan was "pretty forthcoming" about her mother's relationship with Robert during early discussions about the film, Skye only found out about Bob's own "indiscretion" when she got hold of FBI documents and court transcripts. Netflix "When we were going into the interview, I really wasn't sure if I was going to ask him about it," Skye said. She recalled that Bob volunteered details about the sexual act he performed on Robert, adding: "I think Bob realised that it was a critical element to the story, and how [Berchtold] was able to get into their family this way so seamlessly." Meanwhile, Skye confirmed that she is working on a sequel to the documentary, and hopes "to explore the different topics that we didn't have time to really dive deep into, like the role that faith plays in sheltering communities". She added: "Also grooming and brainwashing — there are really interesting, intricate things that happen, and we touch on both of those topics in the documentary, but I'd love to explore those more. I guess in a perfect world, it'd be sort of a trilogy of films." Naomi Gordon Naomi Gordon is news writer mainly covering entertainment news with a focus on celebrity interviews and television. This content is created and maintained by a third party, and imported onto this page to help users provide their email addresses. You may be able to find more information about this and similar content at piano.io<doc-sep>A Deleted Scene From 'Abducted in Plain Sight' Adds Some Necessary Context By Dustin Rowles | Streaming | February 21, 2019 | While many of us have become obsessed with true-crime documentary series and podcasts, I think that Dear Zachary still holds the title of most shocking and disturbing documentary movie, while Netflix’s recent Abducted in Plain Sight may come in second — a distant second, mind you, because even though In Plain Sight involves a child bride, pedophilia, and aliens, the traumatic emotional scars of watching Dear Zachary may never fade. That said, Abducted in Plain Sight is gripping, and the turn upon turn upon turn the case takes may leave the jaws of viewers hanging for the full 90-minute runtime. It is the tale of Jan Broberg, a girl who was abducted by a close family friend, Robert Berchtold, at the age of 12. And again at age 14. It also involves a Mexican marriage, an FBI investigation, an illicit affair, a handjob, and an “alien plot” to impregnate Jan Broberg before she turned 16. The parents of Jan Broberg, however, have received a massive amount of backlash, some of it deserved (allowing themselves to be blackmailed) and some of it not (because it’s divorced from the context of the 1970s when the threat of a best-friend pedophile wasn’t a known danger). Some viewers have been hard on the parents for not doing enough to protect their daughter, but one deleted scene provides some important context. According to the film’s director, Skye Borgman, several scenes were left on the cutting room floor in order to “streamline” a documentary already packed with twists. One of those scenes involved Jan’s mother, Mary Ann, and Mary Ann’s brother, meeting Berchtold in a parking lot with a gun, allegedly to threaten violence if he didn’t leave Jan alone. Clearly, the plot did not work, but at the very least, it showed the lengths that Mary Ann Broberg was willing to go in an effort to extricate her daughter from the situation. On the other hand, refusing to press charges against a family friend who abducted their daughter because mom was sleeping with him and Dad had given him a handjob is also pretty damning. Nevertheless, despite their many mistakes, it’s impossible to come away from the documentary without understanding how much Jan’s parents loved her. In any respect, Borgman also has plans for a sequel, which would dig more into the role that religion played in the saga, something upon which Kate wrote about at length here. Source: Vanity Fair ← Reddit Asks the Question: 'What 'Kind' Gesture Actually Annoys You?' | The Independent Group: Is This Westminster's New Rebel Alliance? → Dustin is the founder and co-owner of Pajiba. You may email him here, follow him on Twitter, or listen to his weekly TV podcast, Podjiba. Header Image Source: Netflix<doc-sep>Abducted in Plain Sight is the Netflix documentary that has had us all screaming at our screens every two minutes. And now, you should probably prepare to do it all over again – because we might be getting an Abducted in Plain Sight sequel! ! The first documentary is an hour and a half long, and follows the story of Jan Broberg. Jan was kidnapped from her Idaho home when she was 12 years old by a family friend, Robert Berchtold. Berchtold, known to the family as "B" brainwashed Jan and her family, and was able to kidnap Jan not once, but twice, and sexually abuse her. But it looks like the story might not be over yet, the show has been a hit with Netflix viewers and the creator has hinted at an Abducted in Plain Sight sequel. Here is everything we know about the Abducted in Plain Sight sequel: The director of the Netflix true crime documentary, Sky Borgman, has said in an interview that she IS working on a sequel. She would like there to be a second documentary so more details of the story can be explored. She said she would love to "explore the different topics that we didn't have time to really dive deep into, like the role that faith plays. "Also grooming and brainwashing – there are really interesting, intricate things that happen and we touch on both of those topics in the documentary, but I'd love to explore those more. I guess in a perfect world, it'd be a sort of trilogy of films." What could happen in an Abducted in Plain Sight sequel? There was a notable lack of representation of Robert Berchtold's family in the first episode, as many of them didn't want to take part in the doc. The only member of B's family that was part of the documentary was his brother, who said he took part because he felt he had to represent his brother. So a second doc could look into that side of the story more, and how Robert Berchtold's family felt. Sky Borgman also revealed there were scenes that didn't quite make the cut of the first documentary. This includes a scene where Jan Broberg's mother, Mary Ann Broberg, allegedly went to a car park to meet Robert Berchtold. She apparently went there with her brother, and a gun!!! ! I watched ‘Abducted In Plain Sight’ last night. Am I the only one who was aggressively angry with the parents the whole time? — Jaclyn Hill (@Jaclynhill) February 17, 2019 When can we expect a sequel to be released? A sequel hasn't yet been confirmed, so there might not even be one. BUT, Netflix do follow similar scheduling dates with their shows. So, if there is a second episode, it could be expected in 2020. 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Abducted in Plain Sight director wants to make a sequel and it sounds excellent Brought to you by MyOmniPass The Abducted in Plain Sight director also talked about some of the startling deleted scenes. The release of Abducted in Plain Sight has made the world aware of the heinous crimes of Robert Berchtold, but as stated previously, it's to the immense credit of Jan Broberg that these horrific acts have not defined her life. Given the public's fascination with the extraordinarily evil events that unfolded, the director of the documentary, Skye Borgman, has addressed some of the main questions that audiences had but it appears that there's even more to this story than we originally saw. In case you haven't seen it yet, Abducted In Plain Sight is not an easy watch because it deals with paedophilia, abduction, sexual assault, kidnapping, rape, mental torture, manipulation, and the breakdown of a family. The documentary tells the story of Jan Broberg, a girl who was kidnapped not once, but twice, in the 1970s by a family friend named Robert Berchtold, who manipulated her and raped her repeatedly. Aside from sexually molesting and brainwashing Jan, Berchtold also seduced both of her parents, Mary Ann and Bob, to manipulate them into giving him access to their young daughter. Both of Jan's parents were romantically involved with Berchtold and even after he abducted their daughter, they both stayed in contact with him. During a recent interview with Vanity Fair, the director of the documentary, Skye Borgman, said that she's very interested in making a followup to the original . In terms of the scenes that were deleted from the documentary, a particular moment which featured "a meet-up that Mary Ann (Jan's mother) had with Berchtold in a parking lot, allegedly involving a gun and Mary Ann’s brother" was left on the cutting room floor. A scene where the director consulted with a forensic psychologist, who provided her with court transcripts and other evidence of Berchtold’s fixation with Jan to help her get a professional read on “B", was also left out of the final film. With regards to the sequel, Borgman is hopeful that she can reexamine this story and she knows exactly the approach to take. If a sequel is ever made, the director aims “to explore the different topics that we didn’t have time to really dive deep into, like the role that faith plays—maybe not even just L.D.S. (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints )—but the role that faith plays in sheltering communities. Also grooming and brainwashing—there are really interesting, intricate things that happen, and we touch on both of those topics in the documentary, but I’d love to explore those more. I guess in a perfect world, it’d be sort of a trilogy of films". You can read the full interview here. Love film? Hit HERE to check out all the latest releases... Brought to you by MyOmniPass