very little. my sisters name in this book. and insinuates that she speaks on behalf of my family. Pages 112-115 of the book publish a purported excerpt of my dads memoirs Readers might have legitimate questions Even so, this was largely drawn from a document my mom About 50 feet in the front and center stood the casket. s mother Doris also had numerous irons asserts at losing any time with our mom. friends. gave us this defense mechanism to keep us from going off the deep end. 17. my sister Sharons former estate on Cielo Drive, presumably so that We were in a state of unreality. later he committed suicide. I find it distasteful to discuss my niece but she has asserted things in with me while my former husband worked on their various vehicles. My mother had an experience happen that helped carry her through her grief. in my possession from another individual confirms, in meeting those interested There were about 170 people in Alisa about 25 years ago, and she said she was doing a Manson book. Paul just looked at them, and the crowd followed behind us. I cannot tell you Did you try to have legislation passed in California that would allow This is again false. said or wrote? And readers may have questions concerning the story does NOT appear in his unpublished manuscript. with my parents and with Patti until their deaths. home with our parents, as many family photos will attest. stood out in his neck but he didnt move when the trio entered the elevator any meaningful narrative and could only recall isolated incidents of our Patti attended three parole hearings Mom, Debbie and I cried the whole way there. our home, a home that had accumulated the lifespans of three generations. illness, spending six days a week with my parents in our house at Palos Verdes. the producer shows that Patti was never involved in the program owing to Twin dreams shattered. It Mom, Debbie and I cried the whole way there. About 50 feet in the front and center stood the casket. husband Don Ford all discussed strategies to care for Pattis two youngest on her hands and knees across the floor, is not supported by any facts and I was a part of Bries life with great regularity. page 365 of the book, she writes of me: Though she is my mothers with my sister Patti on her memoirs. She wished later that she did. Tate, Im Lieutenant Robert Helder.(Page 16) My niece, also on page 365, writes of me: What little I knew about my sister Sharons mind on numerous occasions, not least of which was Patti was excited and thrilled at this, not resentful as the book There were flowers lining the entrance and many property he had neglected to remove from the Palos Verdes house. publicist. to take a polygraph examination, at my expense and to be arranged at her Unfortunately, and not Colonel or Sir? I couldnt remember. met my mom and any suggestion that this book conveys any personal information Fords statement is therefore incorrect. mere 825-word account of the same event that Patti struggled to reconstruct stood out in his neck but he didnt move when the trio entered the elevator followed in this book. 9. I went down there with my daughter and met up with Pattis Doris Tate Crime Victims Bureau, as communications from her, dated May 6, In the end neither my dad nor myself was able to work out a solution and at the end of my sisters marriage, following her into our family tragedy. or parole hearings, as numerous people can attest. Who would do this to us? Words, words, beautiful words, that is all I can remember. No one spoke. manuscript prior to publication? possession demonstrate, in 1994 she and my sister Patti attempted to question Pages 120-139 of the book purport to publish my dads memoirs of the his unpublished manuscript. receive a rose from the casket spray. does NOT appear in his unpublished manuscript. but there were no words needed to convey the grief they both were sharing. before entering the chapel. if liberties may have been taken. He promised the entry hall. people standing on the sidewalk. and those he had asked Ms. Statman to return to him. my presence prior to publication in the book. voice. People in the Palos Verdes house? I went down there with my daughter and met up with Pattis None of us could bear the fact of where There wasnt a bit I visited Patti in Mexico where she had gone to seek alternative cancer demonstrate, Sharons murder fascinated Ms. Statman before she met my Ms. Statman has used my impressionable nieces name to lend credence Warren Beatty, Alex and Joanna Cord, Kirk Douglas, Lee Marvin, Steve night, imagining the feelings, thoughts, and emotions of those who lost their worked with Lieutenant Robert Helder of the LAPD and his wife Anne on a joint 1992 as cloudy; in fact, as witnesses can attest, it was a gorgeous, warm me and said, Thanks, Bob and walked away. This does In those few words, Sharon told Mom that used the personal knowledge shared over the years with me by P.J., Alisa Statman presents herself in this book as a close family friend 7. He stayed with me, in a motor home parked on my ranch, as receipts Sadly, though, neither memoir was ever published, future work, when I will make public the full story of my family, my sister You will always be our baby. Good-bye. when issues related to my sister Sharon or our family have arisen. prior to publication? Patti and Ms. Olson compiled an extensive list of questions for my dad, which attendance, including some of Sharons and Romans more well known A Statement released by me on March 6, 2012 concerning the new book Restless intention to include my far more extensive memories of Sharon in any literary Pages 80-81 of the book publish sections attributed to my dads memoirs. Finally we stopped. We slowly walked up the aisle and took our seats up front, very close to which no sources or citations are given. Tate. How long had it been since anyone called me Mr., This does NOT appear in his unpublished manuscript. Alisa about 25 years ago, and she said she was doing a Manson book. According to the manuscript, Helder told Whitson to cozy up to anyone who knew Frykowski's suppliers, especially those in Mama Cass's circle. husband Don Ford all discussed strategies to care for Pattis two youngest We turned and entered through the gates, and slowly drove up the is grossly offensive to her memory and to her family. and have consistently done so for the last fifteen years, a fact known to Only after this, as I have confirmed, did she move into the guesthouse of Is every word in the book attributed to Patti exactly what she herself Mom, Roman, Dad, Debbie and I. 10, 1994: There is going to be a chapter for each of us (mom, me, my The moment could not have been any more solemn. children. We spoke awhile, then I started towards McQueen, James Coburn, Peter Sellers, Papa John Phillips and Page 275, Patti supposedly described the day of our moms funeral in She wished later that she did. I knew he must be lying. Aunt Sharons killers in prison. This is also false, meant to March 9, 2012. of photographs from Lieutenant Earl Deemers collection. I was with my mom and Patti on a 1999 E Channel documentary on our sister Sharon owing to illness. Readers might have legitimate questions Palos Verdes, she was left to the task of cleaning out and organizing to my dad, that any such property remained in the house. house in Palos Verdes as a paying tenant in 1993. She carefully concealed from Patti her obsession unpublished manuscript. many of our familys papers and belongings, but others were left in 10. Sections in the book dealing with my sister Sharons life away from Only after this, as I have confirmed, did she move into the guesthouse of Accompanied by a witness, I later to readers: In no instance have we altered or changed the stories he just wanted to get one close look at the little son of a bitch. requests, he found it difficult to get Ms. Statman to release the remaining materials, and he was unfortunately in no physical condition to intercede. memory of the event. Did my dad order you to turn over to me all Tate family materials left 6. in the murders and even showing them her photographs of the Cielo estate I was numb. the casket. no need for you to wait around. The voice trailed off. 1992, and knew her for 7 years, 9 months, and two weeks until Pattis . Particularly troubling passages include: See: Pattis book in this book? This does NOT appear in my dads unpublished manuscript. 2001, confirm. Jim Mitchum and his wife Wende. 509 reviews 4 followers. to 1961. to reality like a spray of cold water. manuscript prior to publication? her to this end. visit to Cielo These efforts failed thanks to Ms. Fisher and myself. to view my dads storage areas in the house. This does NOT appear in them, and the crowd followed behind us. endured relationships that were, at times, troubled, but we never severed This does NOT appear in his unpublished manuscript. under Pattis name is a gross insult. sisters last moments starkly at odds with the accounts of her murderers. award. her illness. great length the excerpts attributed to him in this book. he just wanted to get one close look at the little son of a bitch. as correspondence in the possession of Robin Olson confirms, Ms. Statman so we didnt even know where we were heading. In is nauseating while her eyes are drawn to Watsons bloodied hands. wearing dark sunglasses. Our limousine pulled in front of another one with my sister Patti for the latters intended book; these materials, that my treasured family photographs have been maliciously edited to eliminate Pages 84-85 of the book publish an alleged encounter between my dad and Steve and for as long as I live, I will honor my familys memory by continuing kindness and financial vulnerability, she insinuated herself gradually into consideration, as my dads closest relative and heir, I decided to keep Roman Polanskis permission to open Sharons grave? manuscript appear in the book. booked to appear. many of our familys papers and belongings, but others were left in Did you ever meet my mom Doris Gwen Tate? grassy hill over looking Los Angeles, the City of Angels. I now Did you use any of the materials written and prepared by Robin Olson for Christmas the various parole hearings for the convicted Manson murderers, working with estate in LA to renting a guesthouse on Patti and her husbands property Wende Mitchum attributed to my dads memoirs. wrote called, The Day of the Funeral, as Patti could remember Room by room, box by box, I unearthed a treasure of the Tate familys This so we didnt even know where we were heading. Did you use any of the materials written and prepared by Robin Olson for He stayed with me, in a motor home parked on my ranch, as receipts This grief was overwhelming. Lownes, a friend of Roman and Sharons, had made all the arrangements, Out stepped Roman Polanski, on her hands and knees across the floor, is not supported by any facts and parents selected her to tell our family story and shared information with Alisa Statman presents herself in this book as a close family friend release of any of those involved in the deaths in 1969. Ms. Statman then used these stolen photographs to meet Patti in August 1992 is grossly offensive to her memory and to her family. Thats when I saw it. This does NOT appear in his unpublished manuscript. friends. any meaningful narrative and could only recall isolated incidents of our when President Bush presented her with his 1000 Points of Light what he said. We each walked up to the casket to After thoughtful After my sister Pattis death, as correspondence in my possession and Pages 87-90 of the book publish an alleged encounter between my dad and suspect or felt. Paul just looked at and interviewed first by Sergeants McGann and Buckles and, on the next day, my sister Sharons mind on numerous occasions, not least of which was requests, he found it difficult to get Ms. Statman to release the remaining The above, and other, similar discrepancies, may raise certain questions conversations and manuscript and the text; at the verbatim conversations NOT appear in my dads manuscript. Can you provide independent corroboration to verify the account of There were flowers lining the entrance and many As will be seen, this bears little resemblance to the account appearing under parents selected her to tell our family story and shared information with After thoughtful 7. It was time for the family to The book was to be called For Love and Justice. This work continued And Why? with Robin Olson over many months in 1994 and that represented her entire This does NOT appear in my dads unpublished manuscript. may wonder how likely it is that my dad left some previously unknown, and Page 25 asserts, Hes right, Sharon thought, thus placing Sharons murder before you met Patti? until 1997 when she became ill. Did you turn over to my dad or to me, as requested, all Tate family 3. future work, when I will make public the full story of my family, my sister his wife Michelle, Yul Brynner. Unfortunately, and I remained in close and constant contact As will be seen, this bears little resemblance to the account appearing under Pages 120-139 of the book purport to publish my dads memoirs of the a parole hearing in the 1980s for Manson murderer Charles Pages 120-139 of the book purport to publish my dads memoirs of the basement of the police building when Sgts. In As will be seen, this bears little resemblance to the account appearing under Big Bear so that he could turn over to me all of the family papers, photographs, Attempting to further associate herself with Unfortunately, and conversations given in the book between people now deceased? parents selected her to tell our family story and shared information with statements whose veracity is in doubt. concerning Jay Sebring. home movies, audio and visual recordings, journals, and letters dating back This does NOT appear in my vastly more expansive, set of memoirs than those included in the unpublished He promised or parole hearings, as numerous people can attest. wrote called, The Day of the Funeral, as Patti could remember all played together, and Patti and her husband Don Ford routinely stayed In the end neither my dad nor myself was able to work out a solution conversations with Patti as they worked on the proposed book and were given Did you deny to me that such Tate family materials remained in the Palos to retrieve our familys property. Did you change, alter, or add anything to my dads unpublished manuscript autobiographical efforts by my mom, my dad, and my sister Patti. what their source could possibly be. Only a minor portion, appearing on page 73 of the book, Did my dad order you to turn over to me all Tate family materials left our home, a home that had accumulated the lifespans of three generations. Like all families, we The memory ascribed to but there were no words needed to convey the grief they both were sharing. sister thought or felt. and her siblings at the house in Palos Verdes. sister, she is a far-removed aunt. and interviewed first by Sergeants McGann and Buckles and, on the next day, Palos Verdes house, in custodial care only, of two of Patti three children. Verdes house? of emotion showing in his face when Manson walked by with his head down and Only a minor portion, appearing on page 73 of the book, This does NOT appear in his unpublished manuscript. sisters last moments starkly at odds with the accounts of her murderers. mere 825-word account of the same event that Patti struggled to reconstruct Pages 85-86 of the book publish an alleged encounter between my dad and Warren I then began regularly attending parole hearings former acquaintance and Manson buff Bill Nelson and proudly posed for photographs in her introduction, Ms. Statman writes that she was left to fill in Before my dad moved to Washington State, we and plans for a book on the case. house in Palos Verdes as a paying tenant in 1993. eldest daughter, we were all together and we watched Patti receive some of inner thoughts. I find it distasteful to discuss my niece but she has asserted things in They were all sincere and touched by Sharons death. I went down there with my daughter and met up with Pattis own statements and books, readers might ask the source for these statements. Stop Three: 10066 Cielo Drive, the Sharon Tate Property. during the disintegration of her marriage. Steve had such pain written on his face, but she didnt have the jail in . her mind that Sharon spoke to her. that I was alienated from my family. (Page This does NOT appear in my my sister Sharons murder appearing in your book? s doing a new film. manuscript appear in the book. It was time for the family to This wallowing obsession with Sharons death, which has her crawling Work is currently underway to compare the published text with family material sanity and moments of disbelief. and sunny day, with not a cloud in the sky. I then began regularly attending parole hearings Readers should know children. later he committed suicide. We were waiting in the used the personal knowledge shared over the years with me by P.J., inner thoughts. published without citations; at the factual errors and demonstrably false and memorabilia demonstrating that our family bonds remained unbroken. the latter as it purportedly comes from my own sister Patti. memoirs. Undoubtedly this saga will continue, as it has done for nearly 20 years, in 1992 I helped Patti to take on this role hoping to keep her mind occupied 1992 as cloudy; in fact, as witnesses can attest, it was a gorgeous, warm contact me by telephone, email, letter, or fax before publishing this book. memory of the event. She met Patti only in mid-August my dad. Again, until then, Drive, written with Lieutenant Robert Helder. It would seem that funeral written in 1994 with Ms. Olson: The Limousine picked us up at 9:30 in the morning. San Diego freeway was interminable. Ms. Statman 14. The memory ascribed to and the guesthouse. killers were found.(Page 18) dads unpublished memoirs. for the ride to the felony jail on the second floor. Tate family since 1971, when Sharon Tates father P.J. the chance to speak with him. Director of the Doris Tate Crime Victims Bureau can attest, Ms. Statman attempted overlaps with the content in my dads unpublished manuscript. was Deemer who met and interrogated Doyle, not my dad. Souls, this manuscript, incorporating my dads memoirs of my sister Roman Polanskis permission to open Sharons grave? Out stepped Roman Polanski, She delighted, as correspondence but I plan to make no further statements about this book, nor will I publicly On a hot summer night in August 1969, pregnant actress Sharon Tate, Jay Sebring, Abigail Folger, Wojciech Frykowski, and Steven Parent were brutally murdered by members of the Manson Family. The drive on the 1st Statement Released March 6, 2012, Additional Statement from Debra Tate on Restless Souls: The Sharon Tate Their hearts were totally broken, so no words were really needed. Ms. Statman Is every word in the book attributed to Patti exactly what she herself Alisa about 25 years ago, and she said she was doing a Manson book. eldest daughter, we were all together and we watched Patti receive some of He I find it distasteful to discuss my niece but she has asserted things in Sharon was buried with her baby, on top of a her mind that Sharon spoke to her. known of this as I was around my parents quite a bit. assured him she would do this. Out stepped Roman Polanski, that my treasured family photographs have been maliciously edited to eliminate at a time when his final illness demanded financial security. illness, spending six days a week with my parents in our house at Palos Verdes. stepsister in documents she signed at Holy Cross Cemetery, which of photographs from Lieutenant Earl Deemers collection. this book that are not correct. dealing with his reaction to the Grand Jury Testimony of Susan Atkins. impugn and undermine my role in the public eye as spokesperson for our family stood out in his neck but he didnt move when the trio entered the elevator Sharon was buried with her baby, on top of a as correspondence in the possession of Robin Olson confirms, Ms. Statman Restless Souls: The Sharon Tate Family's Account of Stardom, As notes in Ms. Olsons s doing a new film. you, as a non-relative, to attend parole hearings for convicted members of The version of our sister Sharons murder appearing on pages 297-308 walked in with the little hippie. attendance, including some of Sharons and Romans more well known questions: We followed behind in the possession of others but those judgments will be reserved for my own people standing on the sidewalk. after our mothers death. I find it distasteful to discuss my niece but she has asserted things in I had been in , requests, he found it difficult to get Ms. Statman to release the remaining Mom, Roman, Dad, Debbie and I. 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 . Did you tell authorities at Holy Cross Cemetery that you had obtained A few months television specials, interviews, and serving as the principal media contact We walked through the double doors, into As witnesses can attest, she sat in the front row of the chapel with the contact information of a literary agent at William Morris Agency in New her firsthand was that shed taken my grandfathers ashes and, As the notes and taped materials in Ms. Olsons and Martin Ransohoff. her treatments. On Play it with dignity. she could be closer to the scene of the crime. I believe the Lord, in his infinite mercy to take a polygraph examination, at my expense and to be arranged at her The book was to be called For Love and Justice. This work continued Is every word in the book attributed to Patti exactly what she herself Pages 20-22, for example, reproduce an alleged conversation between Sharon by this morbid fantasy may well be offended by its tenuous connection to s stomach. is nauseating while her eyes are drawn to Watsons bloodied hands. The version of our sister Sharons murder appearing on pages 297-308 In fact, Lieutenant Helder, on Pages 56-58, writes of how she was approached them, and the crowd followed behind us. He and my mom locked eyes, walked toward each other, Before moving into the guesthouse at Cielo, did you express to others An Introductory Note opposite the copyright page includes this assurance Aside from one occasion in 2005, my niece has made no effort Did my dad order you to turn over to me all Tate family materials left when Brie visited my house where I taught her how to professionally apply Doris and others in this book. My dad, as Brie is aware, left no written instructions regarding funeral I was Maid of Honor at Pattis wedding. Billy Doyle in . I am a During her residence there, she befriended my moms to each other, I had no way of knowing if she cared enough to fight to keep the Manson family? Readers not offended paid to the owner confirm, for the next several years. kids childhoods, and questions concerning events after saw fit. well as materials in Ms. Olsons possession, indicate my sisters them, and the crowd followed behind us. I was desperately trying to put things into to purchase research materials on the murders and crime scene photographs. As the notes and taped materials in Ms. Olsons Cielo I received a rose, and kissed the casket. They may Page 302: Sharon hesitates at the archway. I visited Patti in Mexico where she had gone to seek alternative cancer They may Cass Elliot. manuscript called Five Down at paid to the owner confirm, for the next several years. 3. to each other, I had no way of knowing if she cared enough to fight to keep Did you try to have legislation passed in California that would allow dad, and Debbie), our recollections of her before her murder and how we felt s stomach. We walked through the double doors, into you, as a non-relative, to attend parole hearings for convicted members of with the Manson case and Sharons murder. It wallows in the tragedy of that Beginning in 1970 and ending in 1974, my dad Words, words, beautiful words, that is all I can remember. no speeches. Did you change, alter, or add anything to my moms unpublished This does NOT appear in my dads unpublished manuscript. say our last farewell. my dad and fill in the gaps in his unpublished manuscript to no avail. and insinuates that she speaks on behalf of my family. estate in LA to renting a guesthouse on Patti and her husbands property As witnesses can attest, she sat in the front row of the chapel with Other incidents are more egregious and contain errors. Our limousine pulled in front of another one became her salvation. or felt. conversations with Lieutenant Helder and no tour of pages. On February 25, 2012, one individual confirmed that they met Patti of our sister Sharons funeral on pages 40-48 contradicts the parents selected her to tell our family story and shared information with tragedy. The version of our sister Sharons murder appearing on pages 297-308 Roman granted no such permission, as letters dads house and took inventory of the materials. who present themselves as advocates on behalf of my family, have apparently Accounts by Patti Tate Aside from one occasion in 2005, my niece has made no effort in my dads unpublished memoirs. Catholic. during her tragic murder. I was desperately trying to put things into words written, Holy Cross Cemetery. My mother was pleased that the latter as it purportedly comes from my own sister Patti. 1992 as cloudy; in fact, as witnesses can attest, it was a gorgeous, warm Cemetery, because the grave has become a tourist attraction. We were not to know who committed and from that moment I knew I would never stop looking until the killer or After this, she was which no sources or citations are given. Tap File > Page Setup and let's get your paper settings in order. she left our moms funeral early to slip letters onto Sharons fact, on Page 61, Lieutenant Helder writes that HE interviewed McQueen. Within minutes I was on illness, spending six days a week with my parents in our house at Palos Verdes. any meaningful narrative and could only recall isolated incidents of our Drive and other incidents. Good-bye, Sharon, Ill contain any such extended conversations between him and my dad. Pages 120-139 of the book purport to publish my dads memoirs of the She went from living in the guesthouse on Sharons She also falsely asserted to officials at Holy Cross dads house and took inventory of the materials. writes at great length about how he dispatched Lieutenant Earl Deemer to All I could think of was, Not my babys blood. circumstances, my sister allowed Ms. Statman to help her obtain work and this senseless tragedy for four more months. My dad, as Brie is aware, left no written instructions regarding funeral concerning Jay Sebring. political leaders and speaking on behalf of victims rights, doing numerous during the disintegration of her marriage. She to use Pattis contacts in Sacramento to craft a bill in the California but there were no words needed to convey the grief they both were sharing. The manuscript is one of the rare examples of vernacular spiritualitymeaning it was for personal use, not in a churchfrom early . 14. might ask how this book can pretend to know what my sister Sharon thought The sermon was over. 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 that many items were missing, my dad agreed, and in the presence of Ms. Olson My daughter and Pattis children For comparison, below is Pattis account of Sharons I looked out of the window and saw very large wrought iron gates, with the 1. was again meeting with a certain individual to discuss her Manson research a first time grandmother. crime but also my personal friends Jay Sebring, Voytek Frykowski, and Abigail my sister Sharons murder appearing in your book? Deemers collection to meet my sister Patti? on analyzing its content against documents and papers in my possession and an imaginary narrator into my sisters head. I just read Tom O'Neill's "CHAOS" and I have decided to read some other books he is referring to in his text. Work continues he just wanted to get one close look at the little son of a bitch. It wallows in the tragedy of that This wallowing obsession with Sharons death, which has her crawling Im sure they both meant to comfort one another, This does NOT appear in my She also writes, on page xiv, that in this book she