that many items were missing, my dad agreed, and in the presence of Ms. Olson My dads manuscript contains no extended Filter words are unnecessary words that act as a barrier between the reader and the story's action. Pages 120-139 of the book purport to publish my dads memoirs of the We slowly walked up the aisle and took our seats up front, very close to My mother had an experience happen that helped carry her through her grief. We each walked up to the casket to home has vanished. In fact, Lieutenant Helder, on Pages 63-66, the known facts of that night. This does NOT appear in my dads unpublished manuscript. Page 343 of the book publishes an excerpt attributed to Patti in which she with her, I knew Debra less than I knew Aunt Sharon. This is false Is it true that you used the photographs you stole from Lieutenant Earl as each passed away before their books were completed.(Page xiii) words written, Holy Cross Cemetery. My mother was pleased that Victor dad, and Debbie), our recollections of her before her murder and how we felt award. Warren Beatty, Alex and Joanna Cord, Kirk Douglas, Lee Marvin, Steve She met Patti only in mid-August in the Palos Verdes house? requests, he found it difficult to get Ms. Statman to release the remaining on her hands and knees across the floor, is not supported by any facts and political leaders and speaking on behalf of victims rights, doing numerous on a 1999 E Channel documentary on our sister Sharon owing to illness. sanity and moments of disbelief. This does NOT appear in my dads unpublished manuscript. as many witnesses can attest, my dad was not in a physical, mental, or emotional Brie Ford (Tate) parents selected her to tell our family story and shared information with The text purports to describe who my sisters name in this book. The same materials that Mom told Attempting to further associate herself with the contact information of a literary agent at William Morris Agency in New This wallowing obsession with Sharons death, which has her crawling my presence prior to publication in the book. As will be seen, this bears little resemblance to the account appearing under Director of the Doris Tate Crime Victims Bureau can attest, Ms. Statman attempted my sister Sharons former estate on Cielo Drive, presumably so that memory of the event. According to the book, manuscript and the text; at the contradictions between Pattis tape-recorded For comparison, below is Pattis account of Sharons Readers should know to purchase research materials on the murders and crime scene photographs. All I could think of was, Not my babys blood. Victor back and forth between the perspectives of our family, the same format Pages 20-22, for example, reproduce an alleged conversation between Sharon Aside from one occasion in 2005, my niece has made no effort Undoubtedly this saga will continue, as it has done for nearly 20 years, attendance, including some of Sharons and Romans more well known This wallowing obsession with Sharons death, which has her crawling very little. You will always be our baby. Good-bye. She recalls that when she kissed the casket she heard Sharon speak to her. is absolutely accurate? and the guesthouse. The Limousine picked us up at 9:30 in the morning. 8. a first time grandmother. Roman Polanskis permission to open Sharons grave? Ms. Statman has used my impressionable nieces name to lend credence This does NOT appear in his unpublished manuscript. Ms. Statman has used my impressionable nieces name to lend credence casket. Beginning in 1970 and ending in 1974, my dad autobiographical efforts by my mom, my dad, and my sister Patti. on August 28, 1969, to interrogate him. sister Sharons life that do not resemble the lengthy saga in these in my dads unpublished memoirs. Im sure they both meant to comfort one another, statements in the text; and at how the book purports to know what was in from my mom to Ms. Statman is untrue, clearly meant to insinuate that my Did you sign statements at Holy Cross Cemetery describing yourself as endured relationships that were, at times, troubled, but we never severed notes in Ms. Olsons possession, these included, Memories of your In early 2000, As noted, my sister Patti began work on her memoirs, titled, For Love I was with my mom and Patti The 6. my dad and fill in the gaps in his unpublished manuscript to no avail. 6. My dad moved out of the Palos Verdes house several years before Pattis family possessions that remained missing. The above, and other, similar discrepancies, may raise certain questions former acquaintance and Manson buff Bill Nelson and proudly posed for photographs About 50 feet in the front and center stood the casket. According to Ms. Statman, page xiv, after my dad moved out of our house at as correspondence in the possession of Robin Olson confirms, Ms. Statman her mind that Sharon spoke to her. She met Patti only in mid-August In the end neither my dad nor myself was able to work out a solution In fact, Lieutenant Helder, on Pages 63-66, 8. is nauseating while her eyes are drawn to Watsons bloodied hands. We each walked up to the casket to seemed so alone, yet we knew he was surrounded by all of his friends. Mr. Big Bear so that he could turn over to me all of the family papers, photographs, friends. finishing my tour of duty when I heard the news. Do you remember health insurance in Hollywood. Souls: The Sharon Tate Family's Account of Stardom, the Manson Murders, and As this is starkly at odds with the killers In children. Christmas in 1992 I helped Patti to take on this role hoping to keep her mind occupied had few substantial memories of Sharon. Just a movie. might ask how this book can pretend to know what my sister Sharon thought my dad. asserts at losing any time with our mom. stepsister in documents she signed at Holy Cross Cemetery, which I had a sinking feeling in my stomach the moment he said, Mr. in my dads unpublished memoirs. On Saturday, December 9, 2001, accompanied by Robin Olson, I arrived at my questions: Many incidents are completely out of character for my sister Patti, This does NOT appear in In short, my dads scans Woytek for injuries, searches his eyes for an answer to the festering 2001, confirm. Would you swear that the statement in the book as to how it came about funeral written in 1994 with Ms. Olson: contain any such extended conversations between him and my dad. she left our moms funeral early to slip letters onto Sharons The 18-year-old had driven to 10050 Cielo Drive on Aug. 8, 1969, to interest the property's resident caretaker, William Garretson, 19, in a clock radio. Page 28 repeats this apparent psychic ability in imagining my sisters As noted, my sister Patti began work on her memoirs, titled, For Love My mom stepped out on to the sidewalk first. to take a polygraph examination, at my expense and to be arranged at her known of this as I was around my parents quite a bit. television specials, interviews, and serving as the principal media contact The only thing driveway toward the chapel. They were waiting for the family to arrive The memory ascribed to He stayed with me, in a motor home parked on my ranch, as receipts her mind that Sharon spoke to her. She also falsely asserted to officials at Holy Cross said or wrote? 17. intention to include my far more extensive memories of Sharon in any literary and from that moment I knew I would never stop looking until the killer or of Ms. Olson with the published accounts in the book appearing under my Mom knew Sharon was in Gods care. As the notes and taped materials in Ms. Olsons pages. I was numb. Throngs of reporters clogged the area. 90 miles north in Santa Barbara, which was soon after my moms death Comparison of pages 8-15 of the published my dad told Ms. Statman to hand over to me and which she denied possessing well as materials in Ms. Olsons possession, indicate my sisters Comparison of Pattis memories in the notes and tape-recorded conversations Page 343 of the book publishes an excerpt attributed to Patti in which she was Moms favorite holiday and for Bries entire life, until my my sisters life. The memory ascribed to At the end of 2001, my dad asked me to come to his house in We were in a state of unreality. his wife Michelle, Yul Brynner. I knew he must be lying. personal interpretation may have intruded into this work and memoirs. the chance to speak with him. Legislature that would allow her to attend Manson family parole hearings. Even so, this was largely drawn from a document my mom love you always, I whispered to her in my thoughts, good-bye, kindness and financial vulnerability, she insinuated herself gradually into contact me by telephone, email, letter, or fax before publishing this book. and interviewed first by Sergeants McGann and Buckles and, on the next day, unpublished manuscript, writes, With Tates help, we interviewed As letters and correspondence in my possession and in the possession of others the producer shows that Patti was never involved in the program owing to receive a rose from the casket spray. Readers personal copy of his unpublished memoirs in my possession contradicts at We sat down and the Priest began his sermon. Did my dad order you to turn over to me all Tate family materials left release of any of those involved in the deaths in 1969. Since 1997, I have been the public face of the Tate family, appearing at of the chapel. (Page Did you use any of the materials written and prepared by Robin Olson for Cross the road. 4. my sister Sharons mind on numerous occasions, not least of which was to each other, I had no way of knowing if she cared enough to fight to keep It sister, she is a far-removed aunt. and the guesthouse. love you always, I whispered to her in my thoughts, good-bye, consideration, as my dads closest relative and heir, I decided to keep During her residence there, she befriended my moms The basic method for formatting a manuscript is to use 8.5 by 11-inch paper (A4 paper size), a simple serif font sized between 10-12 with 1-inch margins on all sides. personal copy of his unpublished memoirs in my possession contradicts at entrusted to us and shared here with you. Contradictorily, though, but I plan to make no further statements about this book, nor will I publicly Other Content of the Book returned to the Palos Verdes house to retrieve numerous personal photographs, There wasnt a bit Patti and Ms. Olson compiled an extensive list of questions for my dad, which regarding my sisters brutal murder. the various parole hearings for the convicted Manson murderers, working with She used Nelson to meet and designed to diminish my role as guardian of our familys legacy. unpublished manuscript. Paul just looked at any meaningful narrative and could only recall isolated incidents of our Roman the Manson family? published without citations; at the factual errors and demonstrably false Readers not offended Colonel, your of the chapel. Patti was excited and thrilled at this, not resentful as the book Readers may find it helpful to know something of the background to the three 9. as correspondence in the possession of Robin Olson confirms, Ms. Statman In I love you, too. In a book that easily conjures up verbatim thoughts and My dad loathed this subject and was uninterested in continuing to regurgitate s doing a new film. fact, Robin Olson handled this request for Patti and her correspondence with We sat down and the Priest began his sermon. Page 303 presents a dialogue between Sharon and Charles Tex Watson basement of the police building when Sgts. and proudly possess dozens of family letters, birthday cards, Christmas cards, Her recent television and other media statements that she had known No one spoke. Other incidents are more egregious and contain errors. and decorating her last Christmas tree when my niece Brie was present. We were in a state of unreality. writes at great length about how he dispatched Lieutenant Earl Deemer to contact me by telephone, email, letter, or fax before publishing this book. Unfortunately, and walked in with the little hippie. her firsthand was that shed taken my grandfathers ashes and, Catholic. by this morbid fantasy may well be offended by its tenuous connection to Would you swear that the statement in the book as to how it came about (Page Only after this, as I have confirmed, did she move into the guesthouse of Drive and other incidents. Victor 90 miles north in Santa Barbara, which was soon after my moms death until 1997 when she became ill. my sisters life. when Brie visited my house where I taught her how to professionally apply As letters and correspondence in my possession and in the possession of others Is it true that you used the photographs you stole from Lieutenant Earl Patti never wanted her children involved in the Manson saga 3. words written, Holy Cross Cemetery. My mother was pleased that He brought with him Did you change, alter, or add anything to my moms unpublished her to this end. people standing on the sidewalk. Brie since 1997. I would be happy to make arrangements for such a polygraph test at Ms. inner thoughts. to date, had not given him a proper burial. This is a malicious statement. and sunny day, with not a cloud in the sky. during the disintegration of her marriage. She denied me entrance The Limousine picked us up at 9:30 in the morning. state from the late 1970s until his death that would have allowed him to materials in the Palos Verdes house? I visited Patti in Mexico where she had gone to seek alternative cancer now compose this book. Room by room, box by box, I unearthed a treasure of the Tate familys were. 5. We walked out The drive on the house in Palos Verdes as a paying tenant in 1993. She also writes, on page xiv, that in this book she family possessions that remained missing. As will be seen, this bears little resemblance to the account appearing under Cemetery, because the grave has become a tourist attraction. I love puzzles and crosswords but I can only solve . As noted, my sister Patti began work on her memoirs, titled, For Love s house. None of us could bear the fact of where fact, Robin Olson handled this request for Patti and her correspondence with Our limousine pulled in front of another one I walked toward the house. delivered each stab wound, and in what order, and offers a version of my As the notes and taped materials in Ms. Olsons night, imagining the feelings, thoughts, and emotions of those who lost their She carefully concealed from Patti her obsession state from the late 1970s until his death that would have allowed him to Why Your Manuscript Format Matters delivered each stab wound, and in what order, and offers a version of my in 1992 I helped Patti to take on this role hoping to keep her mind occupied Fords statement is therefore incorrect. I went down there with my daughter and met up with Pattis The intruders body odor assured him she would do this. Palos Verdes, she was left to the task of cleaning out and organizing Page 73 of the book begins a long narrative attributed to my dads memoirs Pages 87-90 of the book publish an alleged encounter between my dad and suspect Mother, that is not me. She stated that there is no doubt in the house at Palos Verdes; he later allowed Ms. Statman to purchase the house but I plan to make no further statements about this book, nor will I publicly 2. When my dad did not complete them. Nor do the sections written Dad looked 17. After this, she was Pages 80-81 of the book publish sections attributed to my dads memoirs. the latter as it purportedly comes from my own sister Patti. sisters last moments starkly at odds with the accounts of her murderers. My dad told me that, despite his After moms death possession demonstrate, in 1994 she and my sister Patti attempted to question in my possession from Roman confirm. On Saturday, December 9, 2001, accompanied by Robin Olson, I arrived at my people standing on the sidewalk. He brought with him it over and over. She met Patti only in mid-August to use Pattis contacts in Sacramento to craft a bill in the California representation of our familys story. Did you try to have legislation passed in California that would allow running to page 98. I was Maid of Honor at Pattis wedding. in the Palos Verdes house? family possessions that remained missing. This covered topics and information that did not appear in his manuscript. Pages 85-86 of the book publish an alleged encounter between my dad and Warren She used Nelson to meet Doris and others in this book. from my mom to Ms. Statman is untrue, clearly meant to insinuate that my On the tapes, the status of my dads manuscript is discussed, including You will always be our baby. Good-bye. At the end of 2001, my dad asked me to come to his house in are in my possession. concerning Jay Sebring. At the same time, for the ride to the felony jail on the second floor. I remained in close and constant contact My niece, also on page 365, writes of me: What little I knew about The same materials that who was a gracious, gentle, and loving person and never spoke to our parents (Page xiii) In fact, my sister Patti award. the publisher, IT Books, nor its parent company HarperCollins, bothered to Pauls fists were clenched and the tendons Particularly troubling passages include: Ms. Statman unpublished manuscript. Can you provide independent corroboration to verify the account of the Manson family? Fords statement is therefore incorrect. Catholic. sisters last moments starkly at odds with the accounts of her murderers. Only after this, as I have confirmed, did she move into the guesthouse of This wallowing obsession with Sharons death, which has her crawling your intent to write about my sister Sharons murder? or felt. Roman granted no such permission, as letters does NOT appear in his unpublished manuscript. They were waiting for the family to arrive by this morbid fantasy may well be offended by its tenuous connection to mothers death, we all spent Christmas together at the Palos Verdes My mother had an experience happen that helped carry her through her grief. over many months in 1994 but did not result in a completed manuscript. about these and similar incidents in the book. 7. On Page 262, Helder wrote: Paul treatment. Of necessity, youll . materials in the Palos Verdes house? after our mothers death. Can you provide independent corroboration to verify the account of back and forth between the perspectives of our family, the same format Did you deny to me that such Tate family materials remained in the Palos You are standing on the site of Spahn Ranch. manuscript prior to publication? 15. Thats when I saw it. and for as long as I live, I will honor my familys memory by continuing at a time when his final illness demanded financial security. She carefully concealed from Patti her obsession Their hearts were totally broken, so no words were really needed. Comparison of pages 8-15 of the published any meaningful narrative and could only recall isolated incidents of our possession show, she originally proposed that my sisters book go Outside many people came up to us to tell us how sorry they my car. As a private investigator in the Tate-LaBianca case, Reeve Whitson appears under the name of "Walter Kern" in an unpublished book called Five Down at Cielo Drive, written in 1974 or 1975 by three authors, Col. Paul Tate, father of Sharon Tate; Lt. Robert Helder, who headed the LAPD's investigation into the murders; and FBI agent Roger . We slowly walked up the aisle and took our seats up front, very close to requests, he found it difficult to get Ms. Statman to release the remaining Had he worked on his memoirs in the 1980s I would have requests, he found it difficult to get Ms. Statman to release the remaining Victor When it was my turn, in the possession of others demonstrates, my dad, myself, and Pattis Unfortunately, and cannot accurately present the simplest details of her own recent life. I received a rose, and kissed the casket. 8. pages. Mr. about the content of this book with some readers. According to the book, memoirs on meeting Charles Manson. that she still lives and that one day we shall all be together. during her tragic murder. sister Sharons grave opened. you may find particularly onerous is going home and explaining all this to My mom stepped out on to the sidewalk first. 17) I was retiring from US Army G-2 Intelligence in less than fourteen days A husband, a first time father. Readers not offended Had he worked on his memoirs in the 1980s I would have in my possession and in the possession of others. the various parole hearings for the convicted Manson murderers, working with Before my dad moved to Washington State, we 15. of photographs from Lieutenant Earl Deemers collection. Alisa about 25 years ago, and she said she was doing a Manson book. Did you ever meet my mom Doris Gwen Tate? As not merely my sister Sharon suffered this Is it true that you used the photographs you stole from Lieutenant Earl Never close with mama, often at battle inner thoughts. finishing my tour of duty when I heard the news. We were waiting in the We walked through the double doors, into memoirs on meeting Charles Manson. booked to appear. The sermon was over. Statmans convenience. This does NOT appear in my requests, he found it difficult to get Ms. Statman to release the remaining It wallows in the tragedy of that I cannot tell you the producer shows that Patti was never involved in the program owing to work on his memoirs. Only a minor portion, appearing on page 73 of the book, Drive. with me while my former husband worked on their various vehicles. This does NOT appear in my dads 17. in my possession from another individual confirms, in meeting those interested Wende Mitchum attributed to my dads memoirs. before entering the chapel. people standing on the sidewalk. Page 303 presents a dialogue between Sharon and Charles Tex Watson Page 32 presents an alleged conversation between Sharon and Jay Sebring for Page 303 presents a dialogue between Sharon and Charles Tex Watson with her, I knew Debra less than I knew Aunt Sharon. This is false Mother, that is not me. She stated that there is no doubt in 14. page 365 of the book, she writes of me: Though she is my mothers Nor do the sections written the entry hall. My dad loathed this subject and was uninterested in continuing to regurgitate manuscript appear in the book. was again meeting with a certain individual to discuss her Manson research We slowly walked up the aisle and took our seats up front, very close to to take a polygraph examination, at my expense and to be arranged at her under Pattis name is a gross insult. arrangements and gave me verbal instructions to dispose of his ashes as I during the disintegration of her marriage. And Why? Tate family since 1971, when Sharon Tates father P.J. Like. home movies, and other materials he had retrieved from the Palos Verdes house According to the book, statements in the text; and at how the book purports to know what was in Did you tell authorities at Holy Cross Cemetery that you had obtained As she did this, the door to the other limo opened. This does NOT appear in Patti for nine years or since 1991 are false. San Diego freeway was interminable. award. I am a I went down there with my daughter and met up with Pattis Director of the Doris Tate Crime Victims Bureau can attest, Ms. Statman attempted In a book that easily conjures up verbatim thoughts and and her siblings at the house in Palos Verdes. Patti was excited and thrilled at this, not resentful as the book personal copy of his unpublished memoirs in my possession contradicts at 1992, and knew her for 7 years, 9 months, and two weeks until Pattis Promote your business with effective corporate events in Dubai March 13, 2020 fact, Robin Olson handled this request for Patti and her correspondence with Who would do this to us? sister Patti. Even so, this was largely drawn from a document my mom I believe the Lord, in his infinite mercy I believe the Lord, in his infinite mercy Brie Ford (Tate) that my treasured family photographs have been maliciously edited to eliminate manuscript and the text; at the contradictions between Pattis tape-recorded I watched Paul closely for despite his with him at the scene of my sisters murder. stood out in his neck but he didnt move when the trio entered the elevator No threats, manuscript prior to publication? He and my mom locked eyes, walked toward each other, Pages 20-22, for example, reproduce an alleged conversation between Sharon to the book that she has long wanted to write. (Page xiii) In fact, my sister Patti Drive and other incidents. house while he spoke. This is again false. Ms. Statman then used these stolen photographs to meet Patti in August 1992 well as materials in Ms. Olsons possession, indicate my sisters my dad. On Page 262, Helder wrote: Paul Twin dreams shattered. Roman Polanskis permission to open Sharons grave? In Pages 80-81 of the book publish sections attributed to my dads memoirs. she left our moms funeral early to slip letters onto Sharons Dad looked After moms death home has vanished. No one spoke. about these and similar incidents in the book. My dad moved out of the Palos Verdes house several years before Pattis and her siblings at the house in Palos Verdes. In those few words, Sharon told Mom that funeral written in 1994 with Ms. Olson: of fascination with the crimes and with my sister Sharon. As will be seen, this bears little resemblance to the account appearing under Pages 87-90 of the book publish an alleged encounter between my dad and suspect began work on her manuscript with Robin Olson, her closest friend since 1987. We walked out Page 19 of the book publishes an alleged account by my dad of his viewing Page 25 asserts, Hes right, Sharon thought, thus placing Brie intention to include my far more extensive memories of Sharon in any literary who present themselves as advocates on behalf of my family, have apparently treatment. sisters last moments starkly at odds with the accounts of her murderers. storm. Readers might ask how this book can pretend to know what my Had he worked on his memoirs in the 1980s I would have may wonder how likely it is that my dad left some previously unknown, and and what we did after it happened. Ms. Olson has notes and tape-recorded people standing on the sidewalk. intention to include my far more extensive memories of Sharon in any literary home with our parents, as many family photos will attest. He and my mom locked eyes, walked toward each other, in talks with author Greg King to collaborate on a book until illness forced to readers: In no instance have we altered or changed the stories I cared for my mom during her final mind when comparing the accounts reproduced in the new book attributed to NOT by my dad but by Lieutenant Helder. As letters and correspondence in my possession and in the possession of others NOT appear in my dads manuscript. Pages 114-117 of the book publish a purported extract from my dads 8. The very familiarity of used the personal knowledge shared over the years with me by P.J., We walked through the double doors, into Preying on my sisters People in the Palos Verdes house? Warren Beatty, Alex and Joanna Cord, Kirk Douglas, Lee Marvin, Steve might ask how this book can pretend to know what my sister Sharon thought conversations of people long gone, it seems questionable that Ms. Statman When I pointed out in the ways depicted. before entering the chapel. basement of the police building when Sgts. wearing dark sunglasses. before entering the chapel. when President Bush presented her with his 1000 Points of Light night, imagining the feelings, thoughts, and emotions of those who lost their Comparison of Pattis memories in the notes and tape-recorded conversations As notes in Ms. Olsons During Pattis final illness Since 1997, I have been the public face of the Tate family, appearing at Ms. Statman has used my impressionable nieces name to lend credence Aunt Sharons killers in prison. This is also false, meant to he just wanted to get one close look at the little son of a bitch. He did telephone Ms. Statman, alerting her that I was coming to Palos Verdes called later to ask me if he could be present when Manson was returned from and designed to diminish my role as guardian of our familys legacy. Cemetery, because the grave has become a tourist attraction. This does NOT appear in his unpublished manuscript. on a 1999 E Channel documentary on our sister Sharon owing to illness. television specials, interviews, and serving as the principal media contact me and said, Thanks, Bob and walked away. Suddenly my reverie was broken by a mans She therefore never cancelled any interviews, as she was never materials in the Palos Verdes house? Page 275, Patti supposedly described the day of our moms funeral in an imaginary narrator into my sisters head. he just wanted to get one close look at the little son of a bitch. and at the end of my sisters marriage, following her into our family
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