toby say that incident was overblown. far more important to brittany than toby s past behavior was the fact that he had not once tried to stop her from investigating her mom s death. in fact he d been her champion. i knew the truth, you know. i didn t do this. reporter: brittany believed her dad was innocent. as a grown up, she says she could finally understand what she d failed to see as a child. my dad s had a really bad life. he s had a really tough life. and now that i m older, i see why. i couldn t i mean, i know how hard it is on me and i don t even quite frankly, i don t know her and, you know reporter: he s been in and out of prisons, i don t know what his demons are but he s had a tough time of it. uh-huh. well, i think with everything that happened, my mom was the love of his life. and obviously knowing the background and hearing the stories, you know, he couldn t cope with it. reporter: it s been 30 plus years, toby. you still miss her? tremendously. she
toby say that incident was overblown. far more important to brittany than toby s past behavior was the fact that he had not once tried to stop her from investigating her mom s death. in fact he d been her champion. i knew the truth, you know. i didn t do this. reporter: brittany believed her dad was innocent. as a grown up, she says she could finally understand what she d failed to see as a child. my dad s had a really bad life. he s had a really tough life. and now that i m older, i see why. i couldn t i mean, i know how hard it is on me and i don t even quite frankly, i don t know her and, you know reporter: he s been in and out of prisons, i don t know what his demons are but he s had a tough time of it. uh-huh. well, i think with everything that happened, my mom was the love of his life. and obviously knowing the background and hearing the stories, you know, he couldn t cope with it. reporter: it s been 30 plus years, toby. you still miss her? tremendously. she
assaulting. brittany. they arrested me for domestic violence. reporter: on your daughter? on my daughter. reporter: but brittany and toby say that incident was overblown. far more important to brittany than toby s past behavior was the fact that he had not once tried to stop her from investigating her mom s death. in fact he d been her champion. i knew the truth, you know. i didn t do this. reporter: brittany believed her dad was innocent. as a grown up, she says she could finally understand what she d failed to see as a child. my dad s had a really bad life. he s had a really tough life. and now that i m older, i see why. i couldn t i mean, i know how hard it is on me and i don t even quite frankly, i don t know her and, you know reporter: he s been in and out of prisons, i don t know what his demons are but he s had a tough time of it. uh-huh. well, i think with everything that happened, my mom was the love of his life. and obviously knowing the background and
violence. reporter: on your daughter? on my daughter. reporter: but brittany and toby say that incident was overblown. far more important to brittany than toby s past behavior was the fact that he had not once tried to stop her from investigating her mom s death. in fact he d been her champion. i knew the truth, you know. i didn t do this. reporter: brittany believed her dad was innocent. as a grown up, she says she could finally understand what she d failed to see as a child. my dad s had a really bad life. he s had a really tough life. and now that i m older, i see why. i couldn t i mean, i know how hard it is on me and i don t even quite frankly, i don t know her and, you know reporter: he s been in and out of prisons, i don t know what his demons are but he s had a tough time of it. uh-huh. well, i think with everything that happened, my mom was the love of his life. and obviously knowing the background and hearing the