Anna Shannon Cardwell found it hard to believe her mother would again start dating the man who molested her

Oct 27, 2014 10:56 GMT  ·  By
Anna Shannon Cardwell aka Chicakdee is in shock after finding out her mom is dating her childhood molester
   Anna Shannon Cardwell aka Chicakdee is in shock after finding out her mom is dating her childhood molester

People's favorite activity over the weekend was to read about Mama June's illicit affair with the man who molested her daughter years ago and then post mean comments about her, most having something to do with Child Protection Services and how she should have her children taken away from her.

But this scandal has a real victim – Mama June's oldest daughter, Anna Shannon Cardwell, known to most folks as Chickadee. This girl was molested by Mark McDaniel when she was 8 years old. The man forced her to have oral intercourse with him.

McDaniel was later arrested and convicted of the crime, spending the next decade in prison. But as soon as he got out, a newly-single Mama June had no second thoughts about dating him again, like nothing had happened.

Anna initially chose to believe her mother and claimed the stories were not true

When the first rumors emerged that Mama June was back with McDaniel, Anna chose to think these were lies. She spoke publicly defending her mother, saying that she hadn’t had any contact with the man since he had been released from prison and that the photos that emerged in the press were fake.

But as the evidence against her mother piled up, Anna began pondering the possibility that her mother would actually stoop so low as to date again the very man who abused her as a child.

She told Radar that she now believes her mother is seeing McDaniel, despite his past crime that affected her directly, and added, “I'm hurt.” Mama June was photographed hanging out with McDaniel in hotel rooms, going house hunting together with him, and she even gifted him a car.

Anna is now torn between believing her own mother and the evidence that keeps piling up against her

Anna added in a later interview that she felt “confused” by the entire situation: “I’m hearing one story from Mama and another one from someone else.”

The distraught daughter wants to believe her mother, but since even TLC has decided that June had lied about her affair and canceled the reality series, Anna now has trouble sticking to June's side of the story.

It's hard to imagine the emotional rollercoaster that Anna is on right now, being torn between the past and the present, having to watch photos in which the man who assaulted her can be seen holding her younger sister, Honey Boo Boo, gingerly while mother smiles widely for the camera, genuine happiness in her eyes.

A mother of two, Anna has now apparently decided to keep her own children safe and has claimed that she will not be going anywhere near her mother until Mark is out of the picture.