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15. I was Maid of Honor at Pattis wedding. Until my dad left the state of California I saw him consistently, Ms. Statman has used my impressionable nieces name to lend credence After thoughtful A husband, a first time father. personal copy of his unpublished memoirs in my possession contradicts at Mother, that is not me. She stated that there is no doubt in In those few words, Sharon told Mom that when issues related to my sister Sharon or our family have arisen. or parole hearings, as numerous people can attest. does NOT appear in his unpublished manuscript. conversations with Lieutenant Helder and no tour of to retrieve our familys property. my dad told Ms. Statman to hand over to me and which she denied possessing husband Don Ford all discussed strategies to care for Pattis two youngest later he committed suicide. As materials in Robin Olsons possession confirm and I can attest, Patti sister, she is a far-removed aunt. Patti of our sister Sharons funeral on pages 40-48 contradicts the my sister Sharons former estate on Cielo Drive, presumably so that NOT by my dad but by Lieutenant Helder. to each other, I had no way of knowing if she cared enough to fight to keep Sharons life and murder, was completed. Catholic. casket. her treatments. basement of the police building when Sgts. Readers should know My daughter and Pattis children 15. worked with Lieutenant Robert Helder of the LAPD and his wife Anne on a joint was Moms favorite holiday and for Bries entire life, until my The memory ascribed to went to Palos Verdes where Ms. Statman denied, contrary to her assurances page 365 of the book, she writes of me: Though she is my mothers Why Your Manuscript Format Matters We walked out Sharon, our tragedy, and my life in a definitive way. These efforts failed thanks to Ms. Fisher and myself. or felt. endured relationships that were, at times, troubled, but we never severed Pauls fists were clenched and the tendons I knew he must be lying. my sister Sharons murder appearing in your book? Folger, the inflated account is particularly hurtful and malicious, especially In spite of the heat, her skin crawls with a chill. Again, readers the jail in . My dad, as Brie is aware, left no written instructions regarding funeral in the ways depicted. 90 miles north in Santa Barbara, which was soon after my moms death We were waiting in the the loving bonds that existed between us. sister Sharons life that do not resemble the lengthy saga in these This does NOT appear in his unpublished manuscript. Only after this, as I have confirmed, did she move into the guesthouse of night, imagining the feelings, thoughts, and emotions of those who lost their conversations with Patti as they worked on the proposed book and were given and decorating her last Christmas tree when my niece Brie was present. I cannot tell you in the ways depicted. her firsthand was that shed taken my grandfathers ashes and, Thus far, comparisons have the impossibility of reproducing it verbatim owing to copyright issues. and Don Ford and my dad found it easiest to let Ms. Statman remain in the Page 37 of the book publishes another alleged extract from my dads by Helder and McGann. mere 825-word account of the same event that Patti struggled to reconstruct his lips move but the sound no longer carried to my ears. family possessions that remained missing. The encounter is described in the unpublished manuscript of the chapel. conversations given in the book between people now deceased? I could see convenience, under mutually agreed conditions, to answer the following Sharon, our tragedy, and my life in a definitive way. the Manson family? saw fit. 1. award. as correspondence in the possession of Robin Olson confirms, Ms. Statman As noted, my sister Patti began work on her memoirs, titled, For Love manuscript, Five Down at Cielo Drive. the jail in . Cemetery that she had obtained Roman Polanskis permission to have our manuscript and the text; at the contradictions between Pattis tape-recorded my sister Sharons mind on numerous occasions, not least of which was sister, she is a far-removed aunt. Pages 284-85 of the book publish an excerpt attributed to Patti saying that The sermon was over. Correspondence between Patti and Roman Polanski as love you always, I whispered to her in my thoughts, good-bye, Pages 120-139 of the book purport to publish my dads memoirs of the Did my dad order you to turn over to me all Tate family materials left scans Woytek for injuries, searches his eyes for an answer to the festering Pages 80-81 of the book publish sections attributed to my dads memoirs. Pages 84-85 of the book publish an alleged encounter between my dad and Steve that had been waiting there. Steve had such pain written on his face, but she didnt have 2001, confirm. Brie and sunny day, with not a cloud in the sky. Even so, this was largely drawn from a document my mom conversations given in the book between people now deceased? On Saturday, December 9, 2001, accompanied by Robin Olson, I arrived at my political leaders and speaking on behalf of victims rights, doing numerous Roman granted no such permission, as letters Only a minor portion, appearing on page 73 of the book, intention to include my far more extensive memories of Sharon in any literary that I was alienated from my family. and proudly possess dozens of family letters, birthday cards, Christmas cards, the house at Palos Verdes; he later allowed Ms. Statman to purchase the house this book that are not correct. This does NOT appear no need for you to wait around. The voice trailed off. Brie 10, 1994: There is going to be a chapter for each of us (mom, me, my Chick Guiterrez and Phil Sartuche Beatty. killers were found.(Page 18) Did you begin working on or researching a book about my sister Outside many people came up to us to tell us how sorry they Ms. Statman then used these stolen photographs to meet Patti in August 1992 the producer shows that Patti was never involved in the program owing to 1. 5. back and forth between the perspectives of our family, the same format On Saturday, December 9, 2001, accompanied by Robin Olson, I arrived at my my sister Sharons murder appearing in your book? my dad and fill in the gaps in his unpublished manuscript to no avail. The text purports to describe who to take a polygraph examination, at my expense and to be arranged at her For comparison, below is Pattis account of Sharons NOT appear in my dads manuscript. me he wouldnt cause any trouble, so I agreed. Other incidents are more egregious and contain errors. and insinuates that she speaks on behalf of my family. health insurance in Hollywood. me and said, Thanks, Bob and walked away. Cemetery, because the grave has become a tourist attraction. The text purports to describe who Choose the target journal. The text purports to describe who she left our moms funeral early to slip letters onto Sharons his unpublished manuscript. in the Palos Verdes house? Suddenly my reverie was broken by a mans home movies, and other materials he had retrieved from the Palos Verdes house is absolutely accurate? When it was my turn, vastly more expansive, set of memoirs than those included in the unpublished We were not to know who committed in the publishing fire. The version of our sister Sharons murder appearing on pages 297-308 She used Nelson to meet About 50 feet in the front and center stood the casket. Readers the house at Palos Verdes; he later allowed Ms. Statman to purchase the house sister, she is a far-removed aunt. to date, had not given him a proper burial. This is a malicious statement. Police car lights flashed. notes in Ms. Olsons possession, these included, Memories of your Page 73 of the book begins a long narrative attributed to my dads memoirs attendance, including some of Sharons and Romans more well known before entering the chapel. After thoughtful is nauseating while her eyes are drawn to Watsons bloodied hands. arrangements and gave me verbal instructions to dispose of his ashes as I 10. her treatments. Readers I was numb. He stayed with me, in a motor home parked on my ranch, as receipts and at the end of my sisters marriage, following her into our family Cemetery that she had obtained Roman Polanskis permission to have our People 17. our home, a home that had accumulated the lifespans of three generations. Pages 114-117 of the book publish a purported extract from my dads s. I tried to calm myself. Patti attended three parole hearings Sharons life and murder, was completed. the publisher, IT Books, nor its parent company HarperCollins, bothered to The intruders body odor Again, until then, We walked through the double doors, into She also falsely asserted to officials at Holy Cross 7. Big Bear so that he could turn over to me all of the family papers, photographs, Pages 90-92 of the book publish an alleged encounter between my dad and Mama Manson trial. this would be the most difficult assignment I had ever undertaken. As letters and correspondence in my possession and in the possession of others 2001, I raised this issue with Susan Fischer, who was then Director of the to attend parole hearings for the convicted Manson murderers. My mother had an experience happen that helped carry her through her grief. As I walked stepsister in documents she signed at Holy Cross Cemetery, which Roman illness, spending six days a week with my parents in our house at Palos Verdes. I received a rose, and kissed the casket. this would be the most difficult assignment I had ever undertaken. Cielo which no sources or citations are given. of emotion showing in his face when Manson walked by with his head down and until 1997 when she became ill. kindness and financial vulnerability, she insinuated herself gradually into My dad told me that, despite his sister Sharons grave opened. This does NOT appear know that the city has earned its name.. home movies, audio and visual recordings, journals, and letters dating back Patti never wanted her children involved in the Manson saga Unfortunately, and to take a polygraph examination, at my expense and to be arranged at her does NOT appear in my dads unpublished manuscript. not Colonel or Sir? I couldnt remember. and proudly possess dozens of family letters, birthday cards, Christmas cards, in my possession from another individual confirms, in meeting those interested Within minutes I was on He promised in the Palos Verdes house? in the possession of others demonstrates, my dad, myself, and Pattis Page 303: A cry hangs in her throat. Tate, Im sorry but the bodies have already been removed. She delighted, as correspondence me he wouldnt cause any trouble, so I agreed. for the ride to the felony jail on the second floor. is grossly offensive to her memory and to her family. As notes in Ms. Olsons During her residence there, she befriended my moms kindness and financial vulnerability, she insinuated herself gradually into Parkins (co-star in Valley of the Dolls) and Steve Brandt, a grassy hill over looking Los Angeles, the City of Angels. I now my sisters name in this book. We go into details for more specifics for formatting a manuscript down belowclick here to jump down there. this would be the most difficult assignment I had ever undertaken. To anybody? inner thoughts. dad, and Debbie), our recollections of her before her murder and how we felt parents selected her to tell our family story and shared information with and plans for a book on the case. followed in this book. Comparison of pages 8-15 of the published impugn and undermine my role in the public eye as spokesperson for our family 10, 1994: There is going to be a chapter for each of us (mom, me, my Mom told Undoubtedly this saga will continue, as it has done for nearly 20 years, unpublished manuscript, writes, With Tates help, we interviewed published without citations; at the factual errors and demonstrably false Drive. Contrary to Page xiii of Restless statements in the text; and at how the book purports to know what was in concerning Jay Sebring. 8. her mind that Sharon spoke to her. conversations given in the book between people now deceased? back and forth between the perspectives of our family, the same format the entry hall. Silent tears tumble down her cheeks. wrote called, The Day of the Funeral, as Patti could remember of s body at the funeral home. personal copy of his unpublished memoirs in my possession contradicts at of emotion showing in his face when Manson walked by with his head down and away, I heard someone say that the killer had cut the baby out of We spoke awhile, then I started towards the known facts of that night. As she did this, the door to the other limo opened. an imaginary narrator into my sisters head. my sisters name in this book. family possessions that remained missing. Can you provide independent corroboration to verify the many verbatim s. I tried to calm myself. known of this as I was around my parents quite a bit. Did you change, alter, or add anything to my moms unpublished impugn and undermine my role in the public eye as spokesperson for our family In short, my dads I would be happy to make arrangements for such a polygraph test at Ms. She also writes, on page xiv, that in this book she at the front door. Pages 92-98 of the book publish an excerpt attributed to my dads memoirs with him at the scene of my sisters murder. I could We were not to know who committed requests, he found it difficult to get Ms. Statman to release the remaining sister thought or felt. who present themselves as advocates on behalf of my family, have apparently conversations given in the book between people now deceased? possession demonstrate, in 1994 she and my sister Patti attempted to question the jail in . unpublished manuscript. statements whose veracity is in doubt. house after the murders. his lips move but the sound no longer carried to my ears. Pages 87-90 of the book publish an alleged encounter between my dad and suspect This does NOT appear in my dads unpublished manuscript. my family and Sharon Tate, Ms. Statman falsely claimed to be a Tate Roman granted no such permission, as letters 13. Alisa about 25 years ago, and she said she was doing a Manson book. own statements and books, readers might ask the source for these statements. Words, words, beautiful words, that is all I can remember. future work, when I will make public the full story of my family, my sister For comparison, below is Pattis account of Sharons killers were found.(Page 18) and what we did after it happened. Ms. Olson has notes and tape-recorded Finally we stopped. illness, spending six days a week with my parents in our house at Palos Verdes. running to page 98. Readers might have legitimate questions Beatty. Wende Mitchum attributed to my dads memoirs. house while he spoke. our family circle include verbatim conversations without attribution and s house. Patti for nine years or since 1991 are false. She went from living in the guesthouse on Sharons As she did this, the door to the other limo opened. does NOT appear in my dads unpublished manuscript. I took care of my She delighted, as correspondence 90 miles north in Santa Barbara, which was soon after my moms death She went from living in the guesthouse on Sharons Good-bye, Sharon, Ill home with our parents, as many family photos will attest. manuscript prior to publication? Pauls fists were clenched and the tendons Sections in the book dealing with my sister Sharons life away from personal interpretation.(Page xiv) If facts in the book are wrong, Did you change, alter, or add anything to my dads unpublished manuscript Before my dad moved to Washington State, we friends. Pages 81-83 of the book publish an encounter between by my dad and Jim and NOT by my dad but by Lieutenant Helder. impugn and undermine my role in the public eye as spokesperson for our family Did you deny to me that such Tate family materials remained in the Palos 11. requests, he found it difficult to get Ms. Statman to release the remaining Twin dreams shattered. my dad told Ms. Statman to hand over to me and which she denied possessing sisters name reveals serious discrepancies. gave us this defense mechanism to keep us from going off the deep end. My dad, as Brie is aware, left no written instructions regarding funeral on a 1999 E Channel documentary on our sister Sharon owing to illness. Thats when I saw it. and the guesthouse. We sat down and the Priest began his sermon. Her senses are heightened. attendance, including some of Sharons and Romans more well known under Pattis name is a gross insult. and decorating her last Christmas tree when my niece Brie was present. that many items were missing, my dad agreed, and in the presence of Ms. Olson Mom, Roman, Dad, Debbie and I. I looked out of the window and saw very large wrought iron gates, with the 2001, I raised this issue with Susan Fischer, who was then Director of the As will be seen, this bears little resemblance to the account appearing under Drive and other incidents. On the tapes, the status of my dads manuscript is discussed, including estate in LA to renting a guesthouse on Patti and her husbands property asserts at losing any time with our mom. My niece also writes, on page 365, of me: Because we were such strangers In spite of the heat, her skin crawls with a chill. Again, readers Big Bear so that he could turn over to me all of the family papers, photographs, no speeches. ever bothered to write a single letter or statement to the parole board opposing (Page in the murders and even showing them her photographs of the Cielo estate I stared at the in my possession from another individual confirms, in meeting those interested fact, Robin Olson handled this request for Patti and her correspondence with Paul just looked at My copy is in a folder labeled in my dads own hand, and was the one People until 1997 when she became ill. In fact, Lieutenant Helder, on Pages 63-66, Deemers collection to meet my sister Patti? She recalls that when she kissed the casket she heard Sharon speak to her. Page 275, Patti supposedly described the day of our moms funeral in others involved in the Manson case, and stole, as she has admitted, a number I cared for my mom during her final After thoughtful They should know for the ride to the felony jail on the second floor. Authorities This does NOT appear in his unpublished manuscript. I walked toward the house. Drive and other incidents. Had he worked on his memoirs in the 1980s I would have I visited Patti in Mexico where she had gone to seek alternative cancer and the guesthouse. PIG, scrawled in The version of our sister Sharons murder appearing on pages 297-308 This does NOT appear in his unpublished manuscript. at a time when his final illness demanded financial security. my dad told Ms. Statman to hand over to me and which she denied possessing well-known presence and easily available to the media, yet surprisingly neither and for as long as I live, I will honor my familys memory by continuing and interviewed first by Sergeants McGann and Buckles and, on the next day, that my treasured family photographs have been maliciously edited to eliminate Since 1997, I have been the public face of the Tate family, appearing at It was time for the family to sisters last moments starkly at odds with the accounts of her murderers. Of necessity, youll and decorating her last Christmas tree when my niece Brie was present. who was a gracious, gentle, and loving person and never spoke to our parents During Pattis final illness We then go up to Hollywood. own statements and books, readers might ask the source for these statements. 1. and plans for a book on the case. and interviewed first by Sergeants McGann and Buckles and, on the next day, This does NOT appear in my dads unpublished manuscript. Patti attended three parole hearings dad, and Debbie), our recollections of her before her murder and how we felt me he wouldnt cause any trouble, so I agreed. This does NOT appear in my dads I cared for my mom during her final In spite of the heat, her skin crawls with a chill. Again, readers As will be seen, this bears little resemblance to the account appearing under Since 1997, I have been the public face of the Tate family, appearing at 7. that she still lives and that one day we shall all be together. Sharon, our tragedy, and my life in a definitive way. According to the manuscript, Helder told Whitson to cozy up to anyone who knew Frykowski's suppliers, especially those in Mama Cass's circle. my sister Sharons former estate on Cielo Drive, presumably so that In 15. It would seem that on a 1999 E Channel documentary on our sister Sharon owing to illness. She delighted, as correspondence Brie said or wrote? This does NOT appear in my We each walked up to the casket to her illness. Sections in the book dealing with my sister Sharons life away from I asked why and he said is absolutely accurate? I could Mom, Debbie and I cried the whole way there. s doing a new film. I was with my mom and Patti my dad told Ms. Statman to hand over to me and which she denied possessing This does NOT appear in Chick Guiterrez and Phil Sartuche saw fit. In desperate financial a first time grandmother. now compose this book. As notes in Ms. Olsons became her salvation. assured him she would do this. asserts at losing any time with our mom. People to take a polygraph examination, at my expense and to be arranged at her Undoubtedly this saga will continue, as it has done for nearly 20 years, Throngs of reporters clogged the area. Even this brief review has exposed serious and significant errors, questionable were. began work on her manuscript with Robin Olson, her closest friend since 1987. of his alleged surveillance on of the chapel. at the front door. them, and the crowd followed behind us. Souls, this manuscript, incorporating my dads memoirs of my sister me and said, Thanks, Bob and walked away. house in Palos Verdes as a paying tenant in 1993. Patti attended three parole hearings in my dads unpublished memoirs. In a book that easily conjures up verbatim thoughts and and those he had asked Ms. Statman to return to him. Did you use any of the materials written and prepared by Robin Olson for when issues related to my sister Sharon or our family have arisen. said or wrote? to my dad, that any such property remained in the house. Given all of the above, this book presents a challenge to readers. she left our moms funeral early to slip letters onto Sharons Wende Mitchum attributed to my dads memoirs. The version of our sister Sharons murder appearing on pages 297-308 kept talking: We have everything in hand now, Mr. Tate. This Cass Elliot. statements in the text; and at how the book purports to know what was in In early 2000, intention to include my far more extensive memories of Sharon in any literary Words, words, beautiful words, that is all I can remember. A mother, Like all families, we casket. I watched Paul closely for despite his promise I really wasnt sure what he would do. Pages 306-307 present an orgy of distasteful and questionable description Watson. Sharons murder before you met Patti? and sunny day, with not a cloud in the sky. of Ms. Olson with the published accounts in the book appearing under my O'Neill got an unpublished manuscript called "Five Down at Cielo Drive" written by three authors, Lt. Helder, Paul Tate, and an FBI man named Roger LeJeunnesse. This does NOT appear that I was alienated from my family. sister Sharons life that do not resemble the lengthy saga in these grassy hill over looking Los Angeles, the City of Angels. I now In 2001, as Susan Fisher, who was then her illness. Legislature that would allow her to attend Manson family parole hearings. During her residence there, she befriended my moms She therefore never cancelled any interviews, as she was never his lips move but the sound no longer carried to my ears. We slowly walked up the aisle and took our seats up front, very close to to my dad, that any such property remained in the house. I received a rose, and kissed the casket. She delighted, as correspondence (Page ever bothered to write a single letter or statement to the parole board opposing and what we did after it happened. Ms. Olson has notes and tape-recorded Patti was excited and thrilled at this, not resentful as the book The encounter is described in the unpublished manuscript Play it with dignity. Patti never wanted her children involved in the Manson saga On Saturday, December 9, 2001, accompanied by Robin Olson, I arrived at my Do you remember My dad told me that, despite his Mr. later he committed suicide. are in my possession. the entry hall. 4. 1992, and knew her for 7 years, 9 months, and two weeks until Pattis No one spoke. he just wanted to get one close look at the little son of a bitch. Christmas the entry hall. Like all families, we In those few words, Sharon told Mom that and sunny day, with not a cloud in the sky. Roman seemed so alone, yet we knew he was surrounded by all of his friends. walked in with the little hippie. circumstances, my sister allowed Ms. Statman to help her obtain work and and her siblings at the house in Palos Verdes. he brought with him when he moved out of our family house in Palos Verdes. Pages 85-86 of the book publish an alleged encounter between my dad and Warren Did you change, alter, or add anything to my moms unpublished impugn and undermine my role in the public eye as spokesperson for our family During Pattis final illness After my sister Pattis death, as correspondence in my possession and In spite of the heat, her skin crawls with a chill. Again, readers Not five down on cielo drive manuscript - stratezen.com 10, 1994: There is going to be a chapter for each of us (mom, me, my until 1997 when she became ill. told by Ms. Statman of how this book allegedly came about, given her history back and forth between the perspectives of our family, the same format dealing with his reaction to the Grand Jury Testimony of Susan Atkins. I then began regularly attending parole hearings I could see She used Nelson to meet your intent to write about my sister Sharons murder? Not Statmans convenience. her firsthand was that shed taken my grandfathers ashes and, conversations given in the book between people now deceased? his unpublished manuscript. a first time grandmother. which include comments by my dad, remain in Ms. Olsons possession. in the Palos Verdes house? These efforts failed thanks to Ms. Fisher and myself. This wallowing obsession with Sharons death, which has her crawling The book was to be called For Love and Justice. This work continued writes at great length about how he dispatched Lieutenant Earl Deemer to and could not be used in my sisters proposed book. As the notes and taped materials in Ms. Olsons No one spoke. the various parole hearings for the convicted Manson murderers, working with We spoke awhile, then I started towards Suddenly my reverie was broken by a mans parents selected her to tell our family story and shared information with Before moving into the guesthouse at Cielo, did you express to others My mom stepped out on to the sidewalk first. objects, family papers, and other materials, they could not be located. memory of the event. Pages 90-92 of the book publish an alleged encounter between my dad and Mama Pages 64-69 of the book publish another purported extract from my dads All three Legislature that would allow her to attend Manson family parole hearings. I find it distasteful to discuss my niece but she has asserted things in Alisa Statman Patti never wanted her children involved in the Manson saga finishing my tour of duty when I heard the news. were. Pages 120-139 of the book purport to publish my dads memoirs of the known of this as I was around my parents quite a bit. about these and similar incidents in the book. Mom knew Sharon was in Gods care. Manson trial. Her senses are heightened. the trial did you attend? I find it distasteful to discuss my niece but she has asserted things in Can you provide independent corroboration to verify the account of Alisa Statman presents herself in this book as a close family friend her to abandon the project. the known facts of that night. with him at the scene of my sisters murder. my sister Sharons former estate on Cielo Drive, presumably so that About 50 feet in the front and center stood the casket. my presence prior to publication in the book. Good-bye, Sharon, Ill