Sasha had stopped her drug use when she was pregnant, but the pain of losing her son caused her to fall back on them, and she continued using them in secret — even when Brando surprised her with a trip to Niagara Falls where they eloped. Because she was in the public eye, Sasha's addiction caught the attention of a reporter who tried to bait her and publicly expose her for her addiction. This caused Sasha to have several breakdowns, including destroying the reporter's car and completely losing her composure on a live television event. She even accidentally ran over Harmony Miller (Inga Cadranel), killing her.
Although Sasha attempted therapy, the reporter, Grant Smoltz (David Lautman), pressed charges, so to avoid jail time, Sasha reluctantly agreed to have a court-appointed guardian chosen to manage her finances. Brando was eventually appointed as Sasha's guardian, but she wasn't too happy having her freedom restrained so much. However, just as things were starting to look up for Sasha, Brando fell victim to a serial murderer known as The Hook. Now widowed, Sasha no longer had a guardian and couldn't control her own money, so her friend, Nina Reeves (Cynthia Watros), kindly took care of the cost of Brando's funeral arrangements.
