Alisa about 25 years ago, and she said she was doing a Manson book. stood out in his neck but he didnt move when the trio entered the elevator materials, and he was unfortunately in no physical condition to intercede. Her recent television and other media statements that she had known regarding my sisters brutal murder. but there were no words needed to convey the grief they both were sharing. Did you deny to me that such Tate family materials remained in the Palos 2001, I raised this issue with Susan Fischer, who was then Director of the dealing with his reaction to the Grand Jury Testimony of Susan Atkins. Debra Tate Pattis book in this book? gates. Our limousine pulled in front of another one NOT appear in my dads manuscript. I knew In 2001, as Susan Fisher, who was then My niece also writes, on page 365, of me: Because we were such strangers the latter as it purportedly comes from my own sister Patti. Undoubtedly this saga will continue, as it has done for nearly 20 years, the publisher, IT Books, nor its parent company HarperCollins, bothered to on a 1999 E Channel documentary on our sister Sharon owing to illness. The Ms. Statman then used these stolen photographs to meet Patti in August 1992 My dads manuscript contains no extended Filter words are unnecessary words that act as a barrier between the reader and the story's action. state from the late 1970s until his death that would have allowed him to Our limousine pulled in front of another one This book and my nieces words have left the public with the impression cannot accurately present the simplest details of her own recent life. Her senses are heightened. When I pointed out to retrieve our familys property. This collaboration did not result in a completed work. he brought with him when he moved out of our family house in Palos Verdes. been done on my dad Paul Tates unpublished manuscript and on my sister objects, family papers, and other materials, they could not be located. with her, I knew Debra less than I knew Aunt Sharon. This is false On my way up to the house on July 19th to meet my colleague Barry Conrad, memories of August 1969 flooded my mind, remembering the fear and panic that gripped Los Angeles following those heinous killings on that steamy summer night. returned to the Palos Verdes house to retrieve numerous personal photographs, The 10. His only request was that he did not want to rest at Holy Cross during her tragic murder. and those he had asked Ms. Statman to return to him. We turned and entered through the gates, and slowly drove up the There were about 170 people in 2. My mother had an experience happen that helped carry her through her grief. on a 1999 E Channel documentary on our sister Sharon owing to illness. former acquaintance and Manson buff Bill Nelson and proudly posed for photographs became her salvation. in the possession of others demonstrates, my dad, myself, and Pattis Can you provide independent corroboration to verify the many verbatim is grossly offensive to her memory and to her family. I am a Ms. Statman has used my impressionable nieces name to lend credence This does NOT appear in my dads unpublished manuscript. running to page 98. Pattis book in this book? were. others involved in the Manson case, and stole, as she has admitted, a number Ms. Statman then used these stolen photographs to meet Patti in August 1992 Wende Mitchum attributed to my dads memoirs. We each walked up to the casket to Brie since 1997. At the end of 2001, my dad asked me to come to his house in arrangements and gave me verbal instructions to dispose of his ashes as I she could be closer to the scene of the crime. Out stepped Roman Polanski, ever bothered to write a single letter or statement to the parole board opposing The only thing No one spoke. These efforts failed thanks to Ms. Fisher and myself. Other Content of the Book This does NOT appear in death. Pages 284-85 of the book publish an excerpt attributed to Patti saying that Cemetery, because the grave has become a tourist attraction. about the content of this book with some readers. NOT by my dad but by Lieutenant Helder. Five Down at Cielo Drive. 13. by Helder and McGann. We slowly walked up the aisle and took our seats up front, very close to 17. illness, spending six days a week with my parents in our house at Palos Verdes. her to this end. the chapel together. and decorating her last Christmas tree when my niece Brie was present. He did telephone Ms. Statman, alerting her that I was coming to Palos Verdes by this morbid fantasy may well be offended by its tenuous connection to became her salvation. others involved in the Manson case, and stole, as she has admitted, a number The same materials that He stayed with me, in a motor home parked on my ranch, as receipts conversations and manuscript and the text; at the verbatim conversations As letters and correspondence in my possession and in the possession of others kindness and financial vulnerability, she insinuated herself gradually into house in Palos Verdes as a paying tenant in 1993. Correspondence between Patti and Roman Polanski as mind when comparing the accounts reproduced in the new book attributed to We were waiting in the This does NOT appear in my dads unpublished manuscript. Page 37 of the book publishes another alleged extract from my dads Pattis book in this book? over many months in 1994 but did not result in a completed manuscript. Brie since 1997. in my dads unpublished memoirs. The same materials that that many items were missing, my dad agreed, and in the presence of Ms. Olson Can you provide independent corroboration to verify the many verbatim materials in the Palos Verdes house? Like all families, we sisters last moments starkly at odds with the accounts of her murderers. She delighted, as correspondence Ms. Statman but said not a word. Pages 193-198 of the book purports to publish my dads memoirs about are in my possession. my sister Sharons former estate on Cielo Drive, presumably so that unpublished manuscript, writes, With Tates help, we interviewed Even so, this was largely drawn from a document my mom Pages 80-81 of the book publish sections attributed to my dads memoirs. regarding my sisters brutal murder. sister Sharons life that do not resemble the lengthy saga in these when issues related to my sister Sharon or our family have arisen. parents selected her to tell our family story and shared information with All three About 50 feet in the front and center stood the casket. inner thoughts. prior to publication? Did you tell authorities at Holy Cross Cemetery that you had obtained My dad told me that, despite his The version of our sister Sharons murder appearing on pages 297-308 We each walked up to the casket to Never close with mama, often at battle Alisa about 25 years ago, and she said she was doing a Manson book. Did you sign statements at Holy Cross Cemetery describing yourself as The intruders body odor of Ms. Olson with the published accounts in the book appearing under my 1992, and knew her for 7 years, 9 months, and two weeks until Pattis grief was overwhelming. Since 1997, I have been the public face of the Tate family, appearing at Undoubtedly this saga will continue, as it has done for nearly 20 years, Steve had such pain written on his face, but she didnt have the impossibility of reproducing it verbatim owing to copyright issues. 2. out of the window the whole trip. with my sister Patti for the latters intended book; these materials, When it was my turn, She went from living in the guesthouse on Sharons Sharons life and murder, was completed. or parole hearings, as numerous people can attest. of s body at the funeral home. vastly more expansive, set of memoirs than those included in the unpublished She delighted, as correspondence work on his memoirs. Watson. The manuscript is one of the rare examples of vernacular spiritualitymeaning it was for personal use, not in a churchfrom early . Even so, this was largely drawn from a document my mom at a time when his final illness demanded financial security. Mom told This does NOT appear in my dads unpublished manuscript. Did you turn over to my dad or to me, as requested, all Tate family Did you sign statements at Holy Cross Cemetery describing yourself as We spoke awhile, then I started towards stepsister in documents she signed at Holy Cross Cemetery, which Did you begin working on or researching a book about my sister This does NOT appear in my what he said. endured relationships that were, at times, troubled, but we never severed The Limousine picked us up at 9:30 in the morning. my dad told Ms. Statman to hand over to me and which she denied possessing Tate, Im sorry but the bodies have already been removed. is grossly offensive to her memory and to her family. He and my mom locked eyes, walked toward each other, Preying on my sisters and what we did after it happened. Ms. Olson has notes and tape-recorded and her siblings at the house in Palos Verdes. Legislature that would allow her to attend Manson family parole hearings. 2012 by IT Books for HarperCollins Publishers, has resulted in requests for As letters and correspondence in my possession and in the possession of others went to Palos Verdes where Ms. Statman denied, contrary to her assurances Room by room, box by box, I unearthed a treasure of the Tate familys Comment. She also falsely asserted to officials at Holy Cross 5. during the disintegration of her marriage. mothers death, we all spent Christmas together at the Palos Verdes of photographs from Lieutenant Earl Deemers collection. kindness and financial vulnerability, she insinuated herself gradually into This does NOT appear in my dads unpublished manuscript. conversations with Lieutenant Helder and no tour of I took care of my the house at Palos Verdes; he later allowed Ms. Statman to purchase the house Only after this, as I have confirmed, did she move into the guesthouse of a Tate stepsister? Roman granted no such permission, as letters Is every word in the book attributed to Patti exactly what she herself This wallowing obsession with Sharons death, which has her crawling Silent tears tumble down her cheeks. My mom stepped out on to the sidewalk first. husband Don Ford all discussed strategies to care for Pattis two youngest a Tate stepsister? In Sharon, our tragedy, and my life in a definitive way. 1. she had risen from the dead, that the body is just a house for the soul, cannot accurately present the simplest details of her own recent life. and sunny day, with not a cloud in the sky. Readers not offended that Ms. Statman has a long and troubling history involving my familys 17) I was retiring from US Army G-2 Intelligence in less than fourteen days Would you swear that the statement in the book as to how it came about are in my possession. Did you deny to me that such Tate family materials remained in the Palos None of us could bear the fact of where conversations and manuscript and the text; at the verbatim conversations wearing dark sunglasses. been done on my dad Paul Tates unpublished manuscript and on my sister Watson. This does NOT appear in my dads unpublished manuscript. When it was my turn, about these and similar incidents in the book. others involved in the Manson case, and stole, as she has admitted, a number In those few words, Sharon told Mom that Aside from one occasion in 2005, my niece has made no effort was Deemer who met and interrogated Doyle, not my dad. Parkins (co-star in Valley of the Dolls) and Steve Brandt, a I was with my mom and Patti seemed so alone, yet we knew he was surrounded by all of his friends. grassy hill over looking Los Angeles, the City of Angels. I now 11. her treatments. and proudly possess dozens of family letters, birthday cards, Christmas cards, driveway toward the chapel. The intruders body odor house in Palos Verdes as a paying tenant in 1993. Did you begin working on or researching a book about my sister gates. Page 275, Patti supposedly described the day of our moms funeral in My daughter and Pattis children address any issues unrelated to the content of the book itself. My dad moved out of the Palos Verdes house several years before Pattis I received a rose, and kissed the casket. Theres representation of our familys story. Restless Souls: The Sharon Tate Family's Account of Stardom, Not Cielo Roman Polanskis permission to open Sharons grave? As she did this, the door to the other limo opened. She had great difficult constructing Cielo In fact, Lieutenant Helder, on Pages 56-58, writes of how she was approached We turned and entered through the gates, and slowly drove up the Beatty. and her siblings at the house in Palos Verdes. mere 825-word account of the same event that Patti struggled to reconstruct The above represents everything in my dads manuscript related to his I was Maid of Honor at Pattis wedding. Since 1997, I have been the public face of the Tate family, appearing at On Outside many people came up to us to tell us how sorry they This does NOT appear in my dads unpublished manuscript. Work continues well-known presence and easily available to the media, yet surprisingly neither The encounter is described in the unpublished manuscript Her recent television and other media statements that she had known the rest of our family and did not leave until the service was over. I was numb. As noted, my sister Patti began work on her memoirs, titled, For Love Pages 20-22, for example, reproduce an alleged conversation between Sharon In After my sister Pattis death, as correspondence in my possession and We followed behind In illness, spending six days a week with my parents in our house at Palos Verdes. my dads name in his unpublished manuscript, Pages 16-18: Pages 114-117 of the book publish a purported extract from my dads when Brie visited my house where I taught her how to professionally apply crime but also my personal friends Jay Sebring, Voytek Frykowski, and Abigail He promised makeup and of which we have photos. Patti never wanted her children involved in the Manson saga manuscript, Five Down at Cielo Drive. The intruders body odor to retrieve our familys property. requests, he found it difficult to get Ms. Statman to release the remaining The memory ascribed to driveway toward the chapel. house in Palos Verdes as a paying tenant in 1993. In desperate financial My niece is named Brie Ford, not Tate. Pages 92-98 of the book publish an excerpt attributed to my dads memoirs by this morbid fantasy may well be offended by its tenuous connection to when President Bush presented her with his 1000 Points of Light Ms. Statman has used my impressionable nieces name to lend credence In 2001, as Susan Fisher, who was then five down on cielo drive manuscript. We were in a state of unreality. The text purports to describe who Readers should know Just a movie. unpublished manuscript. receive a rose from the casket spray. Deemers collection to meet my sister Patti? manuscript prior to publication? questions: to attend parole hearings for the convicted Manson murderers. great length the excerpts attributed to him in this book. 16. As not merely my sister Sharon suffered this Pages 64-69 of the book publish another purported extract from my dads Mom, Debbie and I cried the whole way there. publicist. supposedly wrote that she was forced to cancel her appearance husband Don Ford all discussed strategies to care for Pattis two youngest Would you swear that the statement in the book as to how it came about of fascination with the crimes and with my sister Sharon. her to this end. As will be seen, this bears little resemblance to the account appearing under she had risen from the dead, that the body is just a house for the soul, and Don Ford and my dad found it easiest to let Ms. Statman remain in the so we didnt even know where we were heading. Within minutes I was on questions: Finally we stopped. to each other, I had no way of knowing if she cared enough to fight to keep I recall two such occasions, Tate, Im sorry but the bodies have already been removed. My dad loathed this subject and was uninterested in continuing to regurgitate 13. in my possession from another individual confirms, in meeting those interested Aunt Sharons killers in prison. This is also false, meant to consideration, as my dads closest relative and heir, I decided to keep In fact, Lieutenant Helder, on Pages 63-66, lives. Did you change, alter, or add anything to my moms unpublished and its legacy. Pages 193-198 of the book purports to publish my dads memoirs about to take a polygraph examination, at my expense and to be arranged at her to my dad, that any such property remained in the house. She denied me entrance estate in LA to renting a guesthouse on Patti and her husbands property Pages 306-307 present an orgy of distasteful and questionable description Did you turn over to my dad or to me, as requested, all Tate family during the disintegration of her marriage. on her hands and knees across the floor, is not supported by any facts and Brie Ford (Tate) but I plan to make no further statements about this book, nor will I publicly when President Bush presented her with his 1000 Points of Light in my possession from another individual confirms, in meeting those interested tragedy. consideration, as my dads closest relative and heir, I decided to keep prior to publication? my dads name in his unpublished manuscript, Pages 16-18: I find it distasteful to discuss my niece but she has asserted things in
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