In a teaser for Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV, Brandi’s mom, MJ, tells her daughter’s story. MJ shares details of her daughter’s relationship with Handy. It’s later revealed that Handy was a self-proclaimed pedophile, knowingly working with minors to feed his illness.

“We as parents weren’t allowed back on the set. We were greeted by production assistant Jason Handy, he guided all the kids to where they had to be,” MJ recalled. “When he wasn’t on set with the kids, he would talk with all the moms. You thought, ‘I could be friends with this person.'”

After filming wrapped, Handy often kept in touch with the kids he worked with under the guise of providing further opportunities. MJ allowed Brandi to continue communicating with Handy through email, thinking it was innocent. But when Brandi once shut the computer hastily and ran to her room, MJ opened the email.

“It was a picture of him naked masturbating, and he said he had sent it to her because he wanted her to see that he was thinking of her,” MJ explained as she tearfully contemplated what to do. “I went back and forth with, ‘Should I call the police?’ They will think I am a bad parent because I allowed her to talk to this person. I struggled with this and I finally told myself, ‘I can’t call the police. All I can do is make sure I keep her far away from him.’ She left the business and never returned.”