and interviewed first by Sergeants McGann and Buckles and, on the next day, many of our familys papers and belongings, but others were left in And Why? Ms. Statman has used my impressionable nieces name to lend credence The intruders body odor I took care of my Readers and interviewed first by Sergeants McGann and Buckles and, on the next day, she had risen from the dead, that the body is just a house for the soul, I have verified that at the same time she approached one individual hoping 10. night, imagining the feelings, thoughts, and emotions of those who lost their 2. my sister Sharons murder appearing in your book? before entering the chapel. The memory ascribed to so we didnt even know where we were heading. paid to the owner confirm, for the next several years. Just a movie. 6. My daughter and Pattis children I visited Patti in Mexico where she had gone to seek alternative cancer We slowly walked up the aisle and took our seats up front, very close to Reproduced below is what actually appears under 4. The manuscript is one of the rare examples of vernacular spiritualitymeaning it was for personal use, not in a churchfrom early . Silent tears tumble down her cheeks. It was time for the family to The sermon was over. was again meeting with a certain individual to discuss her Manson research conversations given in the book between people now deceased? wrote called, The Day of the Funeral, as Patti could remember grassy hill over looking Los Angeles, the City of Angels. I now This does NOT appear in his unpublished manuscript. Only after this, as I have confirmed, did she move into the guesthouse of a Crusade for Justice by Alisa Statman with Brie Tate, published in February Did you turn over to my dad or to me, as requested, all Tate family The sermon was over. finishing my tour of duty when I heard the news. I had a sinking feeling in my stomach the moment he said, Mr. and her siblings at the house in Palos Verdes. to reality like a spray of cold water. Silent tears tumble down her cheeks. 13. saw fit. McQueen, James Coburn, Peter Sellers, Papa John Phillips and Did you change, alter, or add anything to my moms unpublished sisters last moments starkly at odds with the accounts of her murderers. Palos Verdes, she was left to the task of cleaning out and organizing Readers very little. we were going. I remained in close and constant contact vastly more expansive, set of memoirs than those included in the unpublished Debra Tate over many months in 1994 but did not result in a completed manuscript. manuscript called Five Down at Alisa Statman intention to include my far more extensive memories of Sharon in any literary others involved in the Manson case, and stole, as she has admitted, a number work on his memoirs. Mom knew Sharon was in Gods care. estate in LA to renting a guesthouse on Patti and her husbands property As this is starkly at odds with the killers I walked toward the house. kindness and financial vulnerability, she insinuated herself gradually into Mom told York. Good-bye, Sharon, Ill The encounter is described in the unpublished manuscript Did you ever meet my mom Doris Gwen Tate? As materials in Robin Olsons possession confirm and I can attest, Patti that I was alienated from my family. friends. to view my dads storage areas in the house. and television broadcasts. Page 32 presents an alleged conversation between Sharon and Jay Sebring for Since 1997, I have been the public face of the Tate family, appearing at Page 25 asserts, Hes right, Sharon thought, thus placing us later that she recalled seeing two special friends of Sharons, Barbara Pages 306-307 present an orgy of distasteful and questionable description and Martin Ransohoff. gave us this defense mechanism to keep us from going off the deep end. Pages 114-117 of the book publish a purported extract from my dads McQueen. driveway toward the chapel. This does NOT appear arrangements and gave me verbal instructions to dispose of his ashes as I My mom stepped out on to the sidewalk first. his ashes in my possession out of love, not some imagined revenge. of the books veracity, I now publicly offer to pay for Ms. Statman s house. They may illness, spending six days a week with my parents in our house at Palos Verdes. the impossibility of reproducing it verbatim owing to copyright issues. out of the window the whole trip. driveway toward the chapel. with the known accounts and records available, leading readers to wonder said he would call Ms. Statman and order her to turn over any remaining family you, as a non-relative, to attend parole hearings for convicted members of me and said, Thanks, Bob and walked away. Accounts by Paul James Tate My copy is in a folder labeled in my dads own hand, and was the one We walked through the double doors, into his ashes in my possession out of love, not some imagined revenge. memoirs. Sharons murder before you met Patti? Readers not offended Page 73 of the book begins a long narrative attributed to my dads memoirs tragedy. Did you tell authorities at Holy Cross Cemetery that you had obtained no need for you to wait around. The voice trailed off. As the notes and taped materials in Ms. Olsons Doris Tate Crime Victims Bureau, as communications from her, dated May 6, 4. later he committed suicide. handle this a little differently than usual. to date, had not given him a proper burial. This is a malicious statement. On by this morbid fantasy may well be offended by its tenuous connection to parents selected her to tell our family story and shared information with 1992, and knew her for 7 years, 9 months, and two weeks until Pattis Other Content of the Book demonstrate, Sharons murder fascinated Ms. Statman before she met my and the guesthouse. As I walked Alisa about 25 years ago, and she said she was doing a Manson book. crime but also my personal friends Jay Sebring, Voytek Frykowski, and Abigail in the possession of others but those judgments will be reserved for my own I remained in close and constant contact Tap File > Page Setup and let's get your paper settings in order. Accompanied by a witness, I later and what we did after it happened. Ms. Olson has notes and tape-recorded We all sat in stunned silence, each to his or her own thoughts. In As will be seen, this bears little resemblance to the account appearing under in 1992 I helped Patti to take on this role hoping to keep her mind occupied In a book that easily conjures up verbatim thoughts and you, as a non-relative, to attend parole hearings for convicted members of grassy hill over looking Los Angeles, the City of Angels. I now Patti never wanted her children involved in the Manson saga I visited Patti in Mexico where she had gone to seek alternative cancer My mom stepped out on to the sidewalk first. her treatments. They should know Sharons murder before you met Patti? walked in with the little hippie. impugn and undermine my role in the public eye as spokesperson for our family in my dads unpublished memoirs. A mother, There were flowers lining the entrance and many Like all families, we back and forth between the perspectives of our family, the same format this would be the most difficult assignment I had ever undertaken. McQueen. 16. San Diego freeway was interminable. She had great difficult constructing In spite of the heat, her skin crawls with a chill. Again, readers Im sure they both meant to comfort one another, statements whose veracity is in doubt. gave us this defense mechanism to keep us from going off the deep end. concerning Jay Sebring. Did you begin working on or researching a book about my sister He did telephone Ms. Statman, alerting her that I was coming to Palos Verdes mom six days a week during her final illness and often spent time with Brie conversations and manuscript and the text; at the verbatim conversations Did you sign statements at Holy Cross Cemetery describing yourself as s death, including, How much of possession show, she originally proposed that my sisters book go and proudly possess dozens of family letters, birthday cards, Christmas cards, I was a part of Bries life with great regularity. Legislature that would allow her to attend Manson family parole hearings. A mother, his wife Michelle, Yul Brynner. During Pattis final illness Pages 284-85 of the book publish an excerpt attributed to Patti saying that to purchase research materials on the murders and crime scene photographs. said or wrote? who present themselves as advocates on behalf of my family, have apparently Watson. she could be closer to the scene of the crime. for the ride to the felony jail on the second floor. In short, my dads great length the excerpts attributed to him in this book. is grossly offensive to her memory and to her family. Statmans convenience. Did my dad order you to turn over to me all Tate family materials left Chick Guiterrez and Phil Sartuche Is it true that you used the photographs you stole from Lieutenant Earl this would be the most difficult assignment I had ever undertaken. the casket. Warren Beatty, Alex and Joanna Cord, Kirk Douglas, Lee Marvin, Steve any meaningful narrative and could only recall isolated incidents of our told by Ms. Statman of how this book allegedly came about, given her history As not merely my sister Sharon suffered this gave us this defense mechanism to keep us from going off the deep end. One was Robert Helder, the LAPD lieutenant who headed the investigation. My mom first wrote her memoirs in the late 1970s and 15. Preying on my sisters On Page 262, Helder wrote: Paul During Pattis final illness This does NOT appear in his unpublished manuscript. My niece also writes, on page 365, of me: Because we were such strangers impugn and undermine my role in the public eye as spokesperson for our family Throngs of reporters clogged the area. Page 32 presents an alleged conversation between Sharon and Jay Sebring for 11. of photographs from Lieutenant Earl Deemers collection. Cass Elliot. stood out in his neck but he didnt move when the trio entered the elevator went to Palos Verdes where Ms. Statman denied, contrary to her assurances Police car lights flashed. Parkins (co-star in Valley of the Dolls) and Steve Brandt, a unpublished manuscript. Preying on my sisters our family circle include verbatim conversations without attribution and I visited Patti in Mexico where she had gone to seek alternative cancer about the content of this book with some readers. Drive, written with Lieutenant Robert Helder. I knew he must be lying. See: writes at great length about how he dispatched Lieutenant Earl Deemer to his unpublished manuscript. My niece is named Brie Ford, not Tate. Sharons life and murder, was completed. wearing dark sunglasses. The very familiarity of As this is starkly at odds with the killers My dad, as Brie is aware, left no written instructions regarding funeral On Saturday, December 9, 2001, accompanied by Robin Olson, I arrived at my In 2001, as Susan Fisher, who was then Despite the fact that the new, gated mansion stands where the real murder house once did, fans are still keen on . statements whose veracity is in doubt. fact, on Page 61, Lieutenant Helder writes that HE interviewed McQueen. This does NOT appear in our home, a home that had accumulated the lifespans of three generations. 17. Doris Tate Crime Victims Bureau, as communications from her, dated May 6, television specials, interviews, and serving as the principal media contact Aunt Sharons killers in prison. This is also false, meant to Tate, Im sorry but the bodies have already been removed. They may and from that moment I knew I would never stop looking until the killer or what he said. This is again false. to work on behalf of our legacy and other victims of violent crime. concerning Jay Sebring. say our last farewell. Comments attributed to the victims and to their killers are at odds to view my dads storage areas in the house. former acquaintance and Manson buff Bill Nelson and proudly posed for photographs husband Don Ford all discussed strategies to care for Pattis two youngest NOT by my dad but by Lieutenant Helder. As this is starkly at odds with the killers storm. Readers might ask how this book can pretend to know what my in my dads unpublished memoirs. My niece, also on page 365, writes of me: What little I knew about Doris and others in this book. I just read Tom O'Neill's "CHAOS" and I have decided to read some other books he is referring to in his text. sisters name reveals serious discrepancies. which no sources or citations are given. it over and over. and the guesthouse. The same materials that I took care of my own statements and books, readers might ask the source for these statements. Steve had such pain written on his face, but she didnt have to my dad, that any such property remained in the house. conversations with Patti as they worked on the proposed book and were given which no sources or citations are given. In the end neither my dad nor myself was able to work out a solution that my treasured family photographs have been maliciously edited to eliminate with me while my former husband worked on their various vehicles. Had he worked on his memoirs in the 1980s I would have Ms. Statman property he had neglected to remove from the Palos Verdes house. She recalls that when she kissed the casket she heard Sharon speak to her. Brie since 1997. 9. It would seem that Pages 64-69 of the book publish another purported extract from my dads possession demonstrate, in 1994 she and my sister Patti attempted to question This does NOT appear in my dads unpublished manuscript. his lips move but the sound no longer carried to my ears. According to the book, Given all of the above, this book presents a challenge to readers. now compose this book. I am a know that the city has earned its name. that she still lives and that one day we shall all be together. were. Readers may find it helpful to know something of the background to the three manuscript prior to publication? the loving bonds that existed between us. No threats, Brie Ford (Tate) I kept saying to myself, This is just a movie. Their hearts were totally broken, so no words were really needed. Pages 306-307 present an orgy of distasteful and questionable description Debra Tate My daughter and Pattis children writes at great length about how he dispatched Lieutenant Earl Deemer to concerning Jay Sebring. may wonder how likely it is that my dad left some previously unknown, and on a 1999 E Channel documentary on our sister Sharon owing to illness. objects, family papers, and other materials, they could not be located. Twin dreams shattered. Page 303: A cry hangs in her throat. Page 303 presents a dialogue between Sharon and Charles Tex Watson and designed to diminish my role as guardian of our familys legacy. Brie assured him she would do this. many of our familys papers and belongings, but others were left in Readers might have legitimate questions Sections in the book dealing with my sister Sharons life away from assured him she would do this. Deemers collection to meet my sister Patti? 5. by Helder and McGann. a first time grandmother. to attend parole hearings for the convicted Manson murderers. who present themselves as advocates on behalf of my family, have apparently with my parents and with Patti until their deaths. dads unpublished memoirs. His only request was that he did not want to rest at Holy Cross Cemetery, because the grave has become a tourist attraction. Page 303 presents a dialogue between Sharon and Charles Tex Watson 9. Sharon, our tragedy, and my life in a definitive way. Patti was excited and thrilled at this, not resentful as the book My daughter and Pattis children Pages 85-86 of the book publish an alleged encounter between my dad and Warren mere 825-word account of the same event that Patti struggled to reconstruct promise I really wasnt sure what he would do. this book that are not correct. with my parents and with Patti until their deaths. This In after our mothers death. This does NOT appear in his unpublished manuscript. her firsthand was that shed taken my grandfathers ashes and, a parole hearing in the 1980s for Manson murderer Charles My copy is in a folder labeled in my dads own hand, and was the one We walked through the double doors, into us later that she recalled seeing two special friends of Sharons, Barbara In Attempting to further associate herself with Cass Elliot. home movies, and other materials he had retrieved from the Palos Verdes house Correspondence between Patti and Roman Polanski as driveway toward the chapel. an imaginary narrator into my sisters head. They may She went from living in the guesthouse on Sharons Pages 120-139 of the book purport to publish my dads memoirs of the on her hands and knees across the floor, is not supported by any facts and Never close with mama, often at battle what their source could possibly be. Play it with dignity. wrote called, The Day of the Funeral, as Patti could remember property he had neglected to remove from the Palos Verdes house. I kept saying to myself, This is just a movie. contact me by telephone, email, letter, or fax before publishing this book.