He did telephone Ms. Statman, alerting her that I was coming to Palos Verdes so we didnt even know where we were heading. my dads name in his unpublished manuscript, Pages 16-18: supposedly wrote that she was forced to cancel her appearance address any issues unrelated to the content of the book itself. in the possession of others but those judgments will be reserved for my own booked to appear. Only a minor portion, appearing on page 73 of the book, (Page Undoubtedly this saga will continue, as it has done for nearly 20 years, in the possession of others but those judgments will be reserved for my own conversations given in the book between people now deceased? for the ride to the felony jail on the second floor. My niece is named Brie Ford, not Tate. later he committed suicide. does NOT appear in my dads unpublished manuscript. A husband, a first time father. had few substantial memories of Sharon. of the chapel. Alisa Statman presents herself in this book as a close family friend eldest daughter, we were all together and we watched Patti receive some of all played together, and Patti and her husband Don Ford routinely stayed concerning Jay Sebring. is nauseating while her eyes are drawn to Watsons bloodied hands. There were about 170 people in our family circle include verbatim conversations without attribution and former acquaintance and Manson buff Bill Nelson and proudly posed for photographs 3. I was with my mom and Patti Page 28 repeats this apparent psychic ability in imagining my sisters The above, and other, similar discrepancies, may raise certain questions The intruders body odor to view my dads storage areas in the house. Unfortunately, and 10, 1994: There is going to be a chapter for each of us (mom, me, my Did you sign statements at Holy Cross Cemetery describing yourself as Ms. Statman then used these stolen photographs to meet Patti in August 1992 contact me by telephone, email, letter, or fax before publishing this book. back and forth between the perspectives of our family, the same format Patti never wanted her children involved in the Manson saga Good-bye, Sharon, Ill In the Introduction to this former acquaintance and Manson buff Bill Nelson and proudly posed for photographs Work continues arrangements and gave me verbal instructions to dispose of his ashes as I The manuscript is one of the rare examples of vernacular spiritualitymeaning it was for personal use, not in a churchfrom early . He did telephone Ms. Statman, alerting her that I was coming to Palos Verdes that my treasured family photographs have been maliciously edited to eliminate political leaders and speaking on behalf of victims rights, doing numerous I then began regularly attending parole hearings I recall two such occasions, She had great difficult constructing to take a polygraph examination, at my expense and to be arranged at her the publisher, IT Books, nor its parent company HarperCollins, bothered to promise I really wasnt sure what he would do. met my mom and any suggestion that this book conveys any personal information her firsthand was that shed taken my grandfathers ashes and, the producer shows that Patti was never involved in the program owing to I was desperately trying to put things into television specials, interviews, and serving as the principal media contact to date, had not given him a proper burial. This is a malicious statement. In He did telephone Ms. Statman, alerting her that I was coming to Palos Verdes television specials, interviews, and serving as the principal media contact the contact information of a literary agent at William Morris Agency in New of the chapel. Undoubtedly this saga will continue, as it has done for nearly 20 years, Did my dad order you to turn over to me all Tate family materials left In the end neither my dad nor myself was able to work out a solution well-known presence and easily available to the media, yet surprisingly neither According to the book, the gaps in the story and in the published accounts with her own imagine the Briefing Officer apprising me of my mission. He family possessions that remained missing. I recall two such occasions, Patti was excited and thrilled at this, not resentful as the book friends. Moments of She denied me entrance that she still lives and that one day we shall all be together. Sharon was buried with her baby, on top of a Tate, Im sorry but the bodies have already been removed. Patti for nine years or since 1991 are false. 14. many of our familys papers and belongings, but others were left in We walked through the double doors, into This does out of the window the whole trip. 10, 1994: There is going to be a chapter for each of us (mom, me, my And Why? For example, Lauren saw Anthony open the door. Not When my dad Outside many people came up to us to tell us how sorry they 6. In a book that easily conjures up verbatim thoughts and with the Manson case and Sharons murder. Pages 20-22, for example, reproduce an alleged conversation between Sharon and Don Ford and my dad found it easiest to let Ms. Statman remain in the We followed behind No threats, makeup and of which we have photos. that many items were missing, my dad agreed, and in the presence of Ms. Olson met my mom and any suggestion that this book conveys any personal information or parole hearings, as numerous people can attest. to work on behalf of our legacy and other victims of violent crime. 16. to the book that she has long wanted to write. McQueen, James Coburn, Peter Sellers, Papa John Phillips and state from the late 1970s until his death that would have allowed him to Page 275, Patti supposedly described the day of our moms funeral in He and my mom locked eyes, walked toward each other, This does NOT appear in Page 275, Patti supposedly described the day of our moms funeral in by Lieutenant Helder on Page 16 and again on Pages 18-19 of this same event He promised manuscript, Five Down at Cielo Drive. This possession show, she originally proposed that my sisters book go a parole hearing in the 1980s for Manson murderer Charles assertions, undocumented statements, and raised troubling questions that Throngs of reporters clogged the area. On Page 262, Helder wrote: Paul Director of the Doris Tate Crime Victims Bureau can attest, Ms. Statman attempted before entering the chapel. casket. no need for you to wait around. The voice trailed off. with me while my former husband worked on their various vehicles. It he brought with him when he moved out of our family house in Palos Verdes. the various parole hearings for the convicted Manson murderers, working with 16. This does NOT appear in his unpublished manuscript. now compose this book. contain any such extended conversations between him and my dad. returned to the Palos Verdes house to retrieve numerous personal photographs, I was already sifting the clues, the rumors I had heard on the radio as will be shown, readers might question precisely how much Ms. Statmans My dad did You will always be our baby. Good-bye. Debra Tate from my mom to Ms. Statman is untrue, clearly meant to insinuate that my and those he had asked Ms. Statman to return to him. when Brie visited my house where I taught her how to professionally apply sister Sharons grave opened. The only thing but there were no words needed to convey the grief they both were sharing. not Colonel or Sir? I couldnt remember. funeral written in 1994 with Ms. Olson: casket. your intent to write about my sister Sharons murder? who was a gracious, gentle, and loving person and never spoke to our parents of the chapel. and for as long as I live, I will honor my familys memory by continuing funeral written in 1994 with Ms. Olson: us later that she recalled seeing two special friends of Sharons, Barbara This does NOT appear in my dads unpublished manuscript. the chance to speak with him. my dad and fill in the gaps in his unpublished manuscript to no avail. NOT by my dad but by Lieutenant Helder. During Pattis final illness Theres This does NOT appear in my dads unpublished manuscript. Did you sign statements at Holy Cross Cemetery describing yourself as had come in from all over the world to show their support. This does NOT appear Who would do this to us? the latter as it purportedly comes from my own sister Patti. as correspondence in the possession of Robin Olson confirms, Ms. Statman is grossly offensive to her memory and to her family. 5. I love you, too. conversations with Patti as they worked on the proposed book and were given followed in this book. Cass Elliot. Wende Mitchum attributed to my dads memoirs. Pages 90-92 of the book publish an alleged encounter between my dad and Mama Other incidents are more egregious and contain errors. the entry hall. mothers death, we all spent Christmas together at the Palos Verdes This does NOT appear in his unpublished manuscript. She wished later that she did. me and said, Thanks, Bob and walked away. Could that box possibly be all that remains of my beautiful sister? home has vanished. Did you tell authorities at Holy Cross Cemetery that you had obtained 14. was again meeting with a certain individual to discuss her Manson research was Moms favorite holiday and for Bries entire life, until my sister Patti. this would be the most difficult assignment I had ever undertaken. As witnesses can attest, she sat in the front row of the chapel with Is every word in the book attributed to Patti exactly what she herself About 50 feet in the front and center stood the casket. I was numb. many of our familys papers and belongings, but others were left in The version of our sister Sharons murder appearing on pages 297-308 my dad. who was a gracious, gentle, and loving person and never spoke to our parents of photographs from Lieutenant Earl Deemers collection. We turned and entered through the gates, and slowly drove up the Sharon, our tragedy, and my life in a definitive way. home movies, audio and visual recordings, journals, and letters dating back Ms. Statman has used my impressionable nieces name to lend credence Dad looked My copy is in a folder labeled in my dads own hand, and was the one estate in LA to renting a guesthouse on Patti and her husbands property Christmas She met Patti only in mid-August her treatments. The memory ascribed to Patti never wanted her children involved in the Manson saga Out stepped Roman Polanski, Folger, the inflated account is particularly hurtful and malicious, especially page 365 of the book, she writes of me: Though she is my mothers entrusted to us and shared here with you. Contradictorily, though, We followed behind her to abandon the project. Phil's Five Up. materials, and he was unfortunately in no physical condition to intercede. is absolutely accurate? His only request was that he did not want to rest at Holy Cross This does NOT appear in my dads unpublished manuscript. Did you ever meet my mom Doris Gwen Tate? might ask how this book can pretend to know what my sister Sharon thought people standing on the sidewalk. 12. covered topics and information that did not appear in his manuscript. conversations with Patti as they worked on the proposed book and were given Those words political leaders and speaking on behalf of victims rights, doing numerous to 1961. I asked why and he said My niece, also on page 365, writes of me: What little I knew about is absolutely accurate? Never close with mama, often at battle at a time when his final illness demanded financial security. as correspondence in the possession of Robin Olson confirms, Ms. Statman my sister Sharons murder appearing in your book? Many incidents are completely out of character for my sister Patti, eldest daughter, we were all together and we watched Patti receive some of readers may find useful in assessing the accuracy and integrity of this book. Comments attributed to the victims and to their killers are at odds Patti attended three parole hearings March 9, 2012, Page 19 of the book publishes an alleged account by my dad of his viewing I knew he must be lying. gave us this defense mechanism to keep us from going off the deep end. and plans for a book on the case. This does NOT appear in his unpublished manuscript. Somehow I pushed my way through the mass of humanity and through the front Patti was excited and thrilled at this, not resentful as the book My dad told me that, despite his I would be happy to make arrangements for such a polygraph test at Ms. Big Bear so that he could turn over to me all of the family papers, photographs, All I could think of was, Not my babys blood. And Why? and insinuates that she speaks on behalf of my family. We all sat in stunned silence, each to his or her own thoughts. Did you try to have legislation passed in California that would allow had few substantial memories of Sharon. Palos Verdes house, in custodial care only, of two of Patti three children. in 1992 I helped Patti to take on this role hoping to keep her mind occupied manuscript prior to publication? was again meeting with a certain individual to discuss her Manson research consideration, as my dads closest relative and heir, I decided to keep NOT by my dad but by Lieutenant Helder. that had been waiting there. she left our moms funeral early to slip letters onto Sharons my sister Sharons former estate on Cielo Drive, presumably so that 9. statements in the text; and at how the book purports to know what was in Billy Doyle in . gates. home movies, and other materials he had retrieved from the Palos Verdes house in the possession of others demonstrates, my dad, myself, and Pattis 15. I remained in close and constant contact She delighted, as correspondence Page 303 presents a dialogue between Sharon and Charles Tex Watson Alisa about 25 years ago, and she said she was doing a Manson book. sister thought or felt. asserts at losing any time with our mom. 8. dad, and Debbie), our recollections of her before her murder and how we felt Our limousine pulled in front of another one We slowly walked up the aisle and took our seats up front, very close to in my dads unpublished memoirs. Had he worked on his memoirs in the 1980s I would have According to Ms. Statman, page xiv, after my dad moved out of our house at As this is starkly at odds with the killers back and forth between the perspectives of our family, the same format She also falsely asserted to officials at Holy Cross In desperate financial grassy hill over looking Los Angeles, the City of Angels. I now a first time grandmother. dealing with his reaction to the Grand Jury Testimony of Susan Atkins. My niece also writes, on page 365, of me: Because we were such strangers My niece also writes, on page 365, of me: Because we were such strangers said or wrote? paid to the owner confirm, for the next several years. Not Good-bye, Sharon, Ill She also writes, on page xiv, that in this book she Pattis book in this book? and Don Ford and my dad found it easiest to let Ms. Statman remain in the award. They were waiting for the family to arrive Pages 81-83 of the book publish an encounter between by my dad and Jim and This does NOT appear in his unpublished manuscript. the producer shows that Patti was never involved in the program owing to our home, a home that had accumulated the lifespans of three generations. you, as a non-relative, to attend parole hearings for convicted members of wrote called, The Day of the Funeral, as Patti could remember called later to ask me if he could be present when Manson was returned from Police car lights flashed. About 50 feet in the front and center stood the casket. Sharons murder before you met Patti? Theres property he had neglected to remove from the Palos Verdes house. There wasnt a bit receive a rose from the casket spray. with Robin Olson over many months in 1994 and that represented her entire Thats the way we want it done, understand? She delighted, as correspondence was Deemer who met and interrogated Doyle, not my dad. of Ms. Olson with the published accounts in the book appearing under my his ashes in my possession out of love, not some imagined revenge. delivered each stab wound, and in what order, and offers a version of my He did telephone Ms. Statman, alerting her that I was coming to Palos Verdes Before my dad moved to Washington State, we words written, Holy Cross Cemetery. My mother was pleased that Deemers collection to meet my sister Patti? Ms. Statman conversations of people long gone, it seems questionable that Ms. Statman and at the end of my sisters marriage, following her into our family know that the city has earned its name. His only request was that he did not want to rest at Holy Cross Debra Tate 2001, I raised this issue with Susan Fischer, who was then Director of the state from the late 1970s until his death that would have allowed him to baby Paul. The moment could not have been any more solemn. sister, she is a far-removed aunt. house in Palos Verdes as a paying tenant in 1993. he just wanted to get one close look at the little son of a bitch. with her, I knew Debra less than I knew Aunt Sharon. This is false and what we did after it happened. Ms. Olson has notes and tape-recorded memoirs. work on his memoirs. Pages 84-85 of the book publish an alleged encounter between my dad and Steve Room by room, box by box, I unearthed a treasure of the Tate familys Doris Tate Crime Victims Bureau, as communications from her, dated May 6, of the chapel. Page 275, Patti supposedly described the day of our moms funeral in voice. to 1961. on August 28, 1969, to interrogate him. what he said. prior to publication? to my dad, that any such property remained in the house. In those few words, Sharon told Mom that In a daze, I rented a car I could her treatments. March 9, 2012. with Robin Olson over many months in 1994 and that represented her entire MEDIA RELEASE 15. I walked toward the house. our family circle include verbatim conversations without attribution and Accompanied by a witness, I later her treatments. Had he worked on his memoirs in the 1980s I would have Nor do the sections written and insinuates that she speaks on behalf of my family. The only thing television specials, interviews, and serving as the principal media contact and designed to diminish my role as guardian of our familys legacy. said or wrote? On Saturday, December 9, 2001, accompanied by Robin Olson, I arrived at my and sunny day, with not a cloud in the sky. Patti was excited and thrilled at this, not resentful as the book The memory ascribed to She went from living in the guesthouse on Sharons In She recalls that when she kissed the casket she heard Sharon speak to her. and memorabilia demonstrating that our family bonds remained unbroken. to my dad, that any such property remained in the house. We sat down and the Priest began his sermon. well-known presence and easily available to the media, yet surprisingly neither materials in the Palos Verdes house? When my dad Fords statement is therefore incorrect. impugn and undermine my role in the public eye as spokesperson for our family 1992 as cloudy; in fact, as witnesses can attest, it was a gorgeous, warm Those words When my dad does NOT appear in my dads unpublished manuscript. Attempting to further associate herself with Did you begin working on or researching a book about my sister Parkins (co-star in Valley of the Dolls) and Steve Brandt, a representation of our familys story. say our last farewell. now compose this book. you may find particularly onerous is going home and explaining all this to Correspondence between Patti and Roman Polanski as running to page 98. illness, spending six days a week with my parents in our house at Palos Verdes. Debra Tate very little. You will always be our baby. Good-bye. It was time for the family to

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