A Friend of the Family is the true story of Robert Berchtold (played by Jake Lacy) who abused and kidnapped his neighbor, Jan Brobert, twice: in 1974, when she was 12, and again in 1976, when she was 14.
A Friend of the Family is the true story of Robert Berchtold (played by Jake Lacy) who abused and kidnapped his neighbor, Jan Brobert, twice: in 1974, when she was 12, and again in 1976, when she was 14. The show is based on Jan's mother Mary Ann Broberg's memoir, Stolen Innocence.