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Moment of Truth: Why My Daughter? (1993) on Netflix

NR19931h 36mDrama

In 1980s Portland, seventeen-year-old Diana Moffitt falls for A.J. Treace, a man her mother Gayle distrusts, and he draws her into prostitution. After Diana is killed, Gayle wants him charged.

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Plot summary

Gayle Moffitt lives in Portland, Oregon, in the 1980s, where her seventeen-year-old daughter Diana takes her parents' planned divorce, and a breakup with her boyfriend Brian, very hard. Diana begins a relationship with A.J. Treace, a twenty-three-year-old man Gayle distrusts from the start. He abuses Diana and draws her into prostitution; she drops out of school, quits her job, shuts her friend Laurie out of her life and becomes estranged from her family. Gayle is devastated and confronts her at the strip club where Diana works, looking for ways to pull her out. After Diana is killed, Gayle goes to the police and is put in touch with Sergeant Jack Powell.

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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Moment of Truth: Why My Daughter? (1993)

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  • The real Gayle Moffit was on the set during production, but Linda Gray decided not to talk with her, because she wanted to act out of her own maternal instincts.
  • Antonio Sabàto, Jr. landed the role because of his sex appeal, and the film marked his first appearance on primetime television.

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