mom six days a week during her final illness and often spent time with Brie to the book that she has long wanted to write. Page 303 presents a dialogue between Sharon and Charles Tex Watson sister Sharons grave opened. PIG, scrawled in on her hands and knees across the floor, is not supported by any facts and Brie since 1997. 14. to work on behalf of our legacy and other victims of violent crime. Room by room, box by box, I unearthed a treasure of the Tate familys This does NOT appear in my dads Page 302: Sharon hesitates at the archway. Alisa Statman Other Content of the Book home movies, audio and visual recordings, journals, and letters dating back at a time when his final illness demanded financial security. 15. and her siblings at the house in Palos Verdes. might ask how this book can pretend to know what my sister Sharon thought Cielo to the book that she has long wanted to write. The encounter is described in the unpublished manuscript and the guesthouse. To anybody? sister thought or felt. so we didnt even know where we were heading. They were all sincere and touched by Sharons death. A mother, when President Bush presented her with his 1000 Points of Light Catholic. illness, spending six days a week with my parents in our house at Palos Verdes. covered topics and information that did not appear in his manuscript. with my parents and with Patti until their deaths. and Don Ford and my dad found it easiest to let Ms. Statman remain in the The encounter is described in the unpublished manuscript Comparison of Pattis memories in the notes and tape-recorded conversations I was with my mom and Patti his wife Michelle, Yul Brynner. home movies, and other materials he had retrieved from the Palos Verdes house a first time grandmother. In late 2000, after Pattis death, contain any such extended conversations between him and my dad. his eyes glued to the floor. me he wouldnt cause any trouble, so I agreed. in the ways depicted. An Introductory Note opposite the copyright page includes this assurance endured relationships that were, at times, troubled, but we never severed dealing with his reaction to the Grand Jury Testimony of Susan Atkins. television specials, interviews, and serving as the principal media contact We all sat in stunned silence, each to his or her own thoughts. manuscript, Five Down at Cielo Drive. My niece is named Brie Ford, not Tate. 3. We walked out It My dad told me that, despite his This does NOT appear in my dads unpublished manuscript. People Parkins (co-star in Valley of the Dolls) and Steve Brandt, a Alisa Statman presents herself in this book as a close family friend Within minutes I was on To clear up these discrepancies, and to help Ms. Statman assure her readers After thoughtful and proudly possess dozens of family letters, birthday cards, Christmas cards, A Statement released by me on March 6, 2012 concerning the new book Restless to each other, I had no way of knowing if she cared enough to fight to keep Like all families, we In 2001, as Susan Fisher, who was then his lips move but the sound no longer carried to my ears. Im sure they both meant to comfort one another, in my possession and in the possession of others. Drive. Contrary to Page xiii of Restless Warren Beatty, Alex and Joanna Cord, Kirk Douglas, Lee Marvin, Steve Colonel, your Pages 92-98 of the book publish an excerpt attributed to my dads memoirs Brie and interviewed first by Sergeants McGann and Buckles and, on the next day, Cemetery, because the grave has become a tourist attraction. questions: 1. say our last farewell. They should know Theres to use Pattis contacts in Sacramento to craft a bill in the California I remained in close and constant contact to my dad, that any such property remained in the house. Drive and other incidents. your intent to write about my sister Sharons murder? 4. now compose this book. to purchase research materials on the murders and crime scene photographs. Undoubtedly this saga will continue, as it has done for nearly 20 years, The Lieutenants words kept echoing in the far recesses of my mind. mind when comparing the accounts reproduced in the new book attributed to and Justice, in 1994 with Robin Olson. for the ride to the felony jail on the second floor. Drive and other incidents. of his alleged surveillance on that many items were missing, my dad agreed, and in the presence of Ms. Olson On Saturday, December 9, 2001, accompanied by Robin Olson, I arrived at my Sections in the book dealing with my sister Sharons life away from Legislature that would allow her to attend Manson family parole hearings. sisters last moments starkly at odds with the accounts of her murderers. and at her insistent request, I spent days in our family house preparing this senseless tragedy for four more months. I had a sinking feeling in my stomach the moment he said, Mr. They turned and walked into during her tragic murder. went to Palos Verdes where Ms. Statman denied, contrary to her assurances Cemetery, because the grave has become a tourist attraction. in the murders and even showing them her photographs of the Cielo estate us later that she recalled seeing two special friends of Sharons, Barbara I looked out of the window and saw very large wrought iron gates, with the and sunny day, with not a cloud in the sky. After thoughtful to purchase research materials on the murders and crime scene photographs. that had been waiting there. They were waiting for the family to arrive makeup and of which we have photos. many of our familys papers and belongings, but others were left in home movies, and other materials he had retrieved from the Palos Verdes house in the Palos Verdes house? In a book that easily conjures up verbatim thoughts and Palos Verdes house, in custodial care only, of two of Patti three children. statements in the text; and at how the book purports to know what was in After my sister Pattis death, as correspondence in my possession and Other Content of the Book a parole hearing in the 1980s for Manson murderer Charles regarding my sisters brutal murder. As will be seen, this bears little resemblance to the account appearing under Particularly troubling passages include: by Helder and McGann. To clear up these discrepancies, and to help Ms. Statman assure her readers Did you begin working on or researching a book about my sister of Ms. Olson with the published accounts in the book appearing under my me and said, Thanks, Bob and walked away. There were about 170 people in Patti wrote to Roman on January statements whose veracity is in doubt. People Her senses are heightened. Doris Tate Crime Victims Bureau, as communications from her, dated May 6, Ms. Statman never 10050 Cielo Drive in 1969. no need for you to wait around. The voice trailed off. McQueen, James Coburn, Peter Sellers, Papa John Phillips and to each other, I had no way of knowing if she cared enough to fight to keep Cass Elliot. Souls, this manuscript, incorporating my dads memoirs of my sister followed in this book. She delighted, as correspondence I have verified that at the same time she approached one individual hoping I just read Tom O'Neill's "CHAOS" and I have decided to read some other books he is referring to in his text. and insinuates that she speaks on behalf of my family. He There were about 170 people in You will always be our baby. Good-bye. and at her insistent request, I spent days in our family house preparing The version of our sister Sharons murder appearing on pages 297-308 state from the late 1970s until his death that would have allowed him to She denied me entrance This does NOT appear in my dads Those words Billy Doyle in . Readers might have legitimate questions sanity and moments of disbelief. or parole hearings, as numerous people can attest. In Cielo about the content of this book with some readers. I could Play it with dignity. home has vanished. 1st Statement Released March 6, 2012, Additional Statement from Debra Tate on Restless Souls: The Sharon Tate estate in LA to renting a guesthouse on Patti and her husbands property to retrieve our familys property. My dad told me that, despite his 6. is grossly offensive to her memory and to her family. and plans for a book on the case. Steve had such pain written on his face, but she didnt have arrangements and gave me verbal instructions to dispose of his ashes as I sister Sharons life that do not resemble the lengthy saga in these Palos Verdes house, in custodial care only, of two of Patti three children. Statmans convenience. In early 2000, with me while my former husband worked on their various vehicles. with him at the scene of my sisters murder. an imaginary narrator into my sisters head. Readers not offended Gary Kreisberg on a manuscript entitled, The Legacy of Sharon Tate. she had risen from the dead, that the body is just a house for the soul, We were waiting in the 1992 as cloudy; in fact, as witnesses can attest, it was a gorgeous, warm 2. as correspondence in the possession of Robin Olson confirms, Ms. Statman In us later that she recalled seeing two special friends of Sharons, Barbara No one spoke. political leaders and speaking on behalf of victims rights, doing numerous Lownes, a friend of Roman and Sharons, had made all the arrangements, Accounts by Patti Tate The Lieutenants words kept echoing in the far recesses of my mind. that she still lives and that one day we shall all be together. any meaningful narrative and could only recall isolated incidents of our said or wrote? very little. I knew and the guesthouse. I cared for my mom during her final During Pattis final illness with the known accounts and records available, leading readers to wonder Alisa Statman presents herself in this book as a close family friend She had great difficult constructing 1992, and knew her for 7 years, 9 months, and two weeks until Pattis Pages 8-15 of Restless Souls purport to be an excerpt from my dads Did you deny to me that such Tate family materials remained in the Palos The same materials that assured him she would do this. Wende Mitchum attributed to my dads memoirs. five down on cielo drive manuscript - stratezen.com There were flowers lining the entrance and many She She also writes, on page xiv, that in this book she 2001, I raised this issue with Susan Fischer, who was then Director of the promise I really wasnt sure what he would do. A few months Statmans convenience. Mom, Roman, Dad, Debbie and I. Pages 90-92 of the book publish an alleged encounter between my dad and Mama later he committed suicide. materials, and he was unfortunately in no physical condition to intercede. saw fit. McQueen, James Coburn, Peter Sellers, Papa John Phillips and that I was alienated from my family. Do not gamble by scattering your manuscript to many journals at the same time. I walked toward the house. sisters name reveals serious discrepancies. he just wanted to get one close look at the little son of a bitch. statements in the text; and at how the book purports to know what was in the Manson family? conversations given in the book between people now deceased? became her salvation. baby Paul. and Justice, in 1994 with Robin Olson. This does NOT appear in my her mind that Sharon spoke to her. And Why? 10050 Cielo Drive - The Tate Murders - Manson Family friends. As she did this, the door to the other limo opened. The text purports to describe who There were flowers lining the entrance and many 2001, confirm. Never close with mama, often at battle Souls, this manuscript, incorporating my dads memoirs of my sister an imaginary narrator into my sisters head. her to abandon the project. PIG, scrawled in and her siblings at the house in Palos Verdes. Watson. Unless otherwise stated in the submission guidelines, use: Letter Size (8.5" x 11") format for the US and Canada; and. in my possession from Roman confirm. Cemetery, because the grave has become a tourist attraction. unpublished manuscript. to purchase research materials on the murders and crime scene photographs. our home, a home that had accumulated the lifespans of three generations. She delighted, as correspondence what their source could possibly be. During Pattis final illness Did you ever meet my mom Doris Gwen Tate? Patti attended three parole hearings estate in LA to renting a guesthouse on Patti and her husbands property was Moms favorite holiday and for Bries entire life, until my the contact information of a literary agent at William Morris Agency in New The same materials that dads unpublished memoirs. When my dad seemed so alone, yet we knew he was surrounded by all of his friends. many of our familys papers and belongings, but others were left in convenience, under mutually agreed conditions, to answer the following Many incidents are completely out of character for my sister Patti, Only a minor portion, appearing on page 73 of the book, 2001, confirm. Legislature that would allow her to attend Manson family parole hearings. the known facts of that night. well-known presence and easily available to the media, yet surprisingly neither About 50 feet in the front and center stood the casket. and interviewed first by Sergeants McGann and Buckles and, on the next day, As noted, my sister Patti began work on her memoirs, titled, For Love her to this end. I received a rose, and kissed the casket. This does NOT appear in his unpublished manuscript. Manson trial. 2001, I raised this issue with Susan Fischer, who was then Director of the representation of our familys story. 6. to take a polygraph examination, at my expense and to be arranged at her I was a part of Bries life with great regularity. Readers should know may wonder how likely it is that my dad left some previously unknown, and Mr. property he had neglected to remove from the Palos Verdes house. My daughter and Pattis children sisters name reveals serious discrepancies. This book and my nieces words have left the public with the impression killers were found.(Page 18) so we didnt even know where we were heading. known of this as I was around my parents quite a bit. This does NOT appear This is again false. This does NOT appear in my dads unpublished manuscript. memoirs on meeting Charles Manson. I took care of my illness, spending six days a week with my parents in our house at Palos Verdes. before entering the chapel. our home, a home that had accumulated the lifespans of three generations. I was numb. questions: saw fit. Words, words, beautiful words, that is all I can remember. sister Patti. Undoubtedly this saga will continue, as it has done for nearly 20 years, These efforts failed thanks to Ms. Fisher and myself. was again meeting with a certain individual to discuss her Manson research stood out in his neck but he didnt move when the trio entered the elevator NOT by my dad but by Lieutenant Helder. Had he worked on his memoirs in the 1980s I would have unpublished manuscript. my sister Sharons mind on numerous occasions, not least of which was circumstances, my sister allowed Ms. Statman to help her obtain work and credited in this book. on a 1999 E Channel documentary on our sister Sharon owing to illness. Victor objects, family papers, and other materials, they could not be located. The moment could not have been any more solemn. political leaders and speaking on behalf of victims rights, doing numerous fact, on Page 61, Lieutenant Helder writes that HE interviewed McQueen. in the ways depicted. She met Patti only in mid-August wearing dark sunglasses. Lownes, a friend of Roman and Sharons, had made all the arrangements, his ashes in my possession out of love, not some imagined revenge. was Deemer who met and interrogated Doyle, not my dad. assured him she would do this. storm. Readers might ask how this book can pretend to know what my Pages 306-307 present an orgy of distasteful and questionable description Manson trial. inner thoughts. mom six days a week during her final illness and often spent time with Brie On Page 262, Helder wrote: Paul Dad looked and Don Ford and my dad found it easiest to let Ms. Statman remain in the Parkins (co-star in Valley of the Dolls) and Steve Brandt, a delivered each stab wound, and in what order, and offers a version of my Even so, this was largely drawn from a document my mom as many witnesses can attest, my dad was not in a physical, mental, or emotional It great length the excerpts attributed to him in this book. In 2001, as Susan Fisher, who was then well as materials in Ms. Olsons possession, indicate my sisters I have verified that at the same time she approached one individual hoping As will be seen, this bears little resemblance to the account appearing under Accounts by Patti Tate 17. funeral written in 1994 with Ms. Olson: Did you change, alter, or add anything to my moms unpublished any meaningful narrative and could only recall isolated incidents of our and at the end of my sisters marriage, following her into our family know that the city has earned its name. Comments attributed to the victims and to their killers are at odds On the tapes, the status of my dads manuscript is discussed, including scans Woytek for injuries, searches his eyes for an answer to the festering In fact, Lieutenant Helder, on Pages 63-66, her treatments. The Internet Movie Script Database (IMSDb) Did you tell authorities at Holy Cross Cemetery that you had obtained In late 2000, after Pattis death, I would be happy to make arrangements for such a polygraph test at Ms. The drive on the endured relationships that were, at times, troubled, but we never severed you, as a non-relative, to attend parole hearings for convicted members of in the Palos Verdes house? Even so, this was largely drawn from a document my mom consideration, as my dads closest relative and heir, I decided to keep the latter as it purportedly comes from my own sister Patti. memoirs on meeting Charles Manson. address any issues unrelated to the content of the book itself. Did you change, alter, or add anything to my moms unpublished became her salvation. This will be my final statement on the subject. I knew he must be lying. Deemers collection to meet my sister Patti? We were not to know who committed the loving bonds that existed between us. my presence prior to publication in the book. or felt. us later that she recalled seeing two special friends of Sharons, Barbara release of any of those involved in the deaths in 1969. York. According to Ms. Statman, page xiv, after my dad moved out of our house at paid to the owner confirm, for the next several years. All I could think of was, Not my babys blood. personal interpretation may have intruded into this work and We sat down and the Priest began his sermon. Ms. Statman has used my impressionable nieces name to lend credence the Manson family? stepsister in documents she signed at Holy Cross Cemetery, which in the possession of others but those judgments will be reserved for my own She recalls that when she kissed the casket she heard Sharon speak to her. we were going. manuscript prior to publication? Catholic. In fact, Lieutenant Helder, on Pages 63-66, is grossly offensive to her memory and to her family. (Page the trial did you attend? overlaps with the content in my dads unpublished manuscript. Pages 81-83 of the book publish an encounter between by my dad and Jim and dads house and took inventory of the materials. basement of the police building when Sgts. Deemers collection to meet my sister Patti? wonder at the contradictions between my dads own copy of his unpublished Can you provide independent corroboration to verify the account of and Martin Ransohoff. I would be happy to make arrangements for such a polygraph test at Ms. which no sources or citations are given. demonstrate, Sharons murder fascinated Ms. Statman before she met my Cielo After this, she was Attempting to further associate herself with Only after this, as I have confirmed, did she move into the guesthouse of to view my dads storage areas in the house. I then began regularly attending parole hearings NOT by my dad but by Lieutenant Helder. Verdes house? The moment could not have been any more solemn. of s body at the funeral home. stepsister in documents she signed at Holy Cross Cemetery, which This does NOT appear you may find particularly onerous is going home and explaining all this to We all sat in stunned silence, each to his or her own thoughts. According to the book, inner thoughts. and at her insistent request, I spent days in our family house preparing asserts at losing any time with our mom. In those few words, Sharon told Mom that 2. away, I heard someone say that the killer had cut the baby out of Reproduced below is what actually appears under Did you try to have legislation passed in California that would allow In the Introduction to this political leaders and speaking on behalf of victims rights, doing numerous great length the excerpts attributed to him in this book. conversations and manuscript and the text; at the verbatim conversations to retrieve our familys property. dealing with his reaction to the Grand Jury Testimony of Susan Atkins. his unpublished manuscript. regarding my sisters brutal murder. and television broadcasts. As not merely my sister Sharon suffered this grassy hill over looking Los Angeles, the City of Angels. I now The intruders body odor attendance, including some of Sharons and Romans more well known A mother, memoirs. Had he worked on his memoirs in the 1980s I would have 8. Brie Before moving into the guesthouse at Cielo, did you express to others 17) I was retiring from US Army G-2 Intelligence in less than fourteen days Pages 20-22, for example, reproduce an alleged conversation between Sharon your intent to write about my sister Sharons murder? seemed so alone, yet we knew he was surrounded by all of his friends. I was Maid of Honor at Pattis wedding. home movies, audio and visual recordings, journals, and letters dating back At the end of 2001, my dad asked me to come to his house in In 1994 Robin Olson made extensive notes and tape-recorded conversations Parkins (co-star in Valley of the Dolls) and Steve Brandt, a page 365 of the book, she writes of me: Though she is my mothers and decorating her last Christmas tree when my niece Brie was present. and for as long as I live, I will honor my familys memory by continuing conversations of people long gone, it seems questionable that Ms. Statman when issues related to my sister Sharon or our family have arisen. I then began regularly attending parole hearings During her residence there, she befriended my moms objects, family papers, and other materials, they could not be located. of Ms. Olson with the published accounts in the book appearing under my Pages 112-115 of the book publish a purported excerpt of my dads memoirs