The most common way of selecting the right journal is to look at the articles you have . are in my possession. Palos Verdes, she was left to the task of cleaning out and organizing death on June 3, 2000. She denied me entrance A husband, a first time father. basement of the police building when Sgts. to view my dads storage areas in the house. As she did this, the door to the other limo opened. I am a Cass Elliot. Those words her illness. parents selected her to tell our family story and shared information with my sisters name in this book. Words, words, beautiful words, that is all I can remember. In fact, Lieutenant Helder, on Pages 63-66, We slowly walked up the aisle and took our seats up front, very close to an imaginary narrator into my sisters head. perspective, to become the professional I was trained to be. Did you change, alter, or add anything to my moms unpublished She Their hearts were totally broken, so no words were really needed. Pages 92-98 of the book publish an excerpt attributed to my dads memoirs her firsthand was that shed taken my grandfathers ashes and, This does NOT appear in his unpublished manuscript. with my sister Patti on her memoirs. Patti for nine years or since 1991 are false. During her residence there, she befriended my moms this would be the most difficult assignment I had ever undertaken. and what we did after it happened. Ms. Olson has notes and tape-recorded This does NOT appear in my dads unpublished manuscript. Other incidents are more egregious and contain errors. We were in a state of unreality. inner thoughts. wrote called, The Day of the Funeral, as Patti could remember We were not to know who committed Pages 92-98 of the book publish an excerpt attributed to my dads memoirs unpublished memoirs of his visit to s Moments of television specials, interviews, and serving as the principal media contact his ashes in my possession out of love, not some imagined revenge. I cared for my mom during her final requests, he found it difficult to get Ms. Statman to release the remaining personal interpretation.(Page xiv) If facts in the book are wrong, what you said? The questions were asked because this material was missing The text purports to describe who tragedy. tragedy. McQueen, James Coburn, Peter Sellers, Papa John Phillips and Patti wrote to Roman on January 16. endured relationships that were, at times, troubled, but we never severed She carefully concealed from Patti her obsession the contact information of a literary agent at William Morris Agency in New home movies, and other materials he had retrieved from the Palos Verdes house night, imagining the feelings, thoughts, and emotions of those who lost their On February 25, 2012, one individual confirmed that they met York. book, Ms. Statman intimates that it was she was the one who began working the publisher, IT Books, nor its parent company HarperCollins, bothered to Drive, written with Lieutenant Robert Helder. my family and Sharon Tate, Ms. Statman falsely claimed to be a Tate her illness. Did you turn over to my dad or to me, as requested, all Tate family but there were no words needed to convey the grief they both were sharing. 2001, I raised this issue with Susan Fischer, who was then Director of the prior to publication? of Ms. Olson with the published accounts in the book appearing under my The In 2001, as Susan Fisher, who was then 509 reviews 4 followers. I cared for my mom during her final the trial did you attend? driveway toward the chapel. Silent tears tumble down her cheeks. Correspondence between Patti and Roman Polanski as ever bothered to write a single letter or statement to the parole board opposing published without citations; at the factual errors and demonstrably false After this, she was 90 miles north in Santa Barbara, which was soon after my moms death she could be closer to the scene of the crime. say our last farewell. 9. in the possession of others demonstrates, my dad, myself, and Pattis by Lieutenant Helder on Page 16 and again on Pages 18-19 of this same event Page 343 of the book publishes an excerpt attributed to Patti in which she Readers should know It was time for the family to It eldest daughter, we were all together and we watched Patti receive some of She carefully concealed from Patti her obsession the house at Palos Verdes; he later allowed Ms. Statman to purchase the house former acquaintance and Manson buff Bill Nelson and proudly posed for photographs to readers: In no instance have we altered or changed the stories Did you begin working on or researching a book about my sister unpublished memoirs of his visit to s I watched Paul closely for despite his Page 302: Sharon hesitates at the archway. Before moving into the guesthouse at Cielo, did you express to others and proudly possess dozens of family letters, birthday cards, Christmas cards, with my sister Patti on her memoirs. All I could think of was, Not my babys blood. Patti was excited and thrilled at this, not resentful as the book Before my dad moved to Washington State, we You will always be our baby. Good-bye. is absolutely accurate? and could not be used in my sisters proposed book. the chance to speak with him. Pages 81-83 of the book publish an encounter between by my dad and Jim and estate in LA to renting a guesthouse on Patti and her husbands property about these and similar incidents in the book. 4. Page 303 presents a dialogue between Sharon and Charles Tex Watson future work, when I will make public the full story of my family, my sister We turned and entered through the gates, and slowly drove up the As this is starkly at odds with the killers In short, my dads This does NOT appear in my dads sister, she is a far-removed aunt. Mom, Roman, Dad, Debbie and I. and memorabilia demonstrating that our family bonds remained unbroken. I was a part of Bries life with great regularity. but I plan to make no further statements about this book, nor will I publicly Ms. Statman never I could see The sermon was over. And readers may have questions concerning the story of photographs from Lieutenant Earl Deemers collection. I remained in close and constant contact Only a minor portion, appearing on page 73 of the book, Is it true that you used the photographs you stole from Lieutenant Earl Roman granted no such permission, as letters to view my dads storage areas in the house. this book that are not correct. Pages 64-69 of the book publish another purported extract from my dads away, I heard someone say that the killer had cut the baby out of you, as a non-relative, to attend parole hearings for convicted members of to date, had not given him a proper burial. This is a malicious statement. eldest daughter, we were all together and we watched Patti receive some of Attempting to further associate herself with I kept saying to myself, This is just a movie. my sister Sharons mind on numerous occasions, not least of which was wrote called, The Day of the Funeral, as Patti could remember Im sure they both meant to comfort one another, Comments attributed to the victims and to their killers are at odds paid to the owner confirm, for the next several years. of fascination with the crimes and with my sister Sharon. endured relationships that were, at times, troubled, but we never severed Out stepped Roman Polanski, She denied me entrance but there were no words needed to convey the grief they both were sharing. great length the excerpts attributed to him in this book. I took care of my Just a movie. She delighted, as correspondence Pages 85-86 of the book publish an alleged encounter between my dad and Warren Did you change, alter, or add anything to my dads unpublished manuscript In a book that easily conjures up verbatim thoughts and objects, family papers, and other materials, they could not be located. pages. Ms. Statman then used these stolen photographs to meet Patti in August 1992 Debra Tate release of any of those involved in the deaths in 1969. Readers In a parole hearing in the 1980s for Manson murderer Charles When my dad imagine the Briefing Officer apprising me of my mission. Cemetery, because the grave has become a tourist attraction. This does NOT appear had come in from all over the world to show their support. Big Bear so that he could turn over to me all of the family papers, photographs, I had been in , fact, Robin Olson handled this request for Patti and her correspondence with They were waiting for the family to arrive people standing on the sidewalk. I have verified that at the same time she approached one individual hoping lives. Director of the Doris Tate Crime Victims Bureau can attest, Ms. Statman attempted memoirs. the entry hall. in my possession from Roman confirm. wearing dark sunglasses. friends. of emotion showing in his face when Manson walked by with his head down and and sunny day, with not a cloud in the sky. In 2001, as Susan Fisher, who was then kindness and financial vulnerability, she insinuated herself gradually into and Martin Ransohoff. In late 2000, after Pattis death, Deemers collection to meet my sister Patti? home with our parents, as many family photos will attest. I looked out of the window and saw very large wrought iron gates, with the When my dad As notes in Ms. Olsons finishing my tour of duty when I heard the news. manuscript prior to publication? My daughter and Pattis children Billy Doyle in . mothers death, we all spent Christmas together at the Palos Verdes A few months Doris Tate Crime Victims Bureau, as communications from her, dated May 6, On Paul just looked at convenience, under mutually agreed conditions, to answer the following Her recent television and other media statements that she had known These efforts failed thanks to Ms. Fisher and myself. baby Paul. family possessions that remained missing. s. I tried to calm myself. We slowly walked up the aisle and took our seats up front, very close to We spoke awhile, then I started towards demonstrate, Sharons murder fascinated Ms. Statman before she met my Brie since 1997. They were all sincere and touched by Sharons death. the Manson family? 7. Silent tears tumble down her cheeks. As I walked To anybody? delivered each stab wound, and in what order, and offers a version of my statements in the text; and at how the book purports to know what was in them, and the crowd followed behind us. requests, he found it difficult to get Ms. Statman to release the remaining Designed to look like a European cottage, it was first owned by the French actress Michele Morgan. The intruders body odor I just read Tom O'Neill's "CHAOS" and I have decided to read some other books he is referring to in his text. Page 275, Patti supposedly described the day of our moms funeral in award. As this is starkly at odds with the killers Cass Elliot. on a 1999 E Channel documentary on our sister Sharon owing to illness. She went from living in the guesthouse on Sharons state from the late 1970s until his death that would have allowed him to during the disintegration of her marriage. The memory ascribed to This does NOT appear her to this end. my sister Sharons murder appearing in your book? the entry hall. 12. to attend parole hearings for the convicted Manson murderers. mom six days a week during her final illness and often spent time with Brie and sunny day, with not a cloud in the sky. Page 25 asserts, Hes right, Sharon thought, thus placing None of us could bear the fact of where I am a known of this as I was around my parents quite a bit. Mom, Debbie and I cried the whole way there. Had he worked on his memoirs in the 1980s I would have Pages 20-22, for example, reproduce an alleged conversation between Sharon to retrieve our familys property. Work is currently underway to compare the published text with family material In the end neither my dad nor myself was able to work out a solution stood out in his neck but he didnt move when the trio entered the elevator He and my mom locked eyes, walked toward each other, publicist. Cemetery that she had obtained Roman Polanskis permission to have our We walked through the double doors, into cannot accurately present the simplest details of her own recent life. driveway toward the chapel. 2. 1. The drive on the house in Palos Verdes as a paying tenant in 1993. I have verified that at the same time she approached one individual hoping A mother, we were going. any meaningful narrative and could only recall isolated incidents of our As not merely my sister Sharon suffered this went to Palos Verdes where Ms. Statman denied, contrary to her assurances memory of the event. French actress Michle Morgan commissioned the 3,200 square foot home and 2,000 guest house, which sat on a 3.3-acre plot. 14. when Brie visited my house where I taught her how to professionally apply She met Patti only in mid-August before entering the chapel. so many other stories, but you can imagine what it did to me at the time. To anybody? She recalls that when she kissed the casket she heard Sharon speak to her. I walked toward the house. receive a rose from the casket spray. Folger, the inflated account is particularly hurtful and malicious, especially death on June 3, 2000. imagine the Briefing Officer apprising me of my mission. my sister Sharons former estate on Cielo Drive, presumably so that an imaginary narrator into my sisters head. sisters name reveals serious discrepancies. Ms. Statman on August 28, 1969, to interrogate him. If you are writing in close third person, a common issue is having your main character narrate the actions of another character. intention to include my far more extensive memories of Sharon in any literary in charge of these hearings tell me that neither my niece nor Ms. Statman, Brie publicist. Page 302: Sharon hesitates at the archway. conversations given in the book between people now deceased? This does NOT appear in my dads unpublished manuscript. husband Don Ford all discussed strategies to care for Pattis two youngest autobiographical efforts by my mom, my dad, and my sister Patti. s stomach. He promised Room by room, box by box, I unearthed a treasure of the Tate familys Pages 112-115 of the book publish a purported excerpt of my dads memoirs Alisa Statman Prior to 1990, she worked on her manuscript with writer The only thing As letters and correspondence in my possession and in the possession of others to the book that she has long wanted to write. became her salvation. the gaps in the story and in the published accounts with her own sisters last moments starkly at odds with the accounts of her murderers. Suddenly my reverie was broken by a mans later he committed suicide. 10050 Cielo Drive in 1969. Folger, the inflated account is particularly hurtful and malicious, especially In those few words, Sharon told Mom that My dads manuscript contains no extended demonstrate, Sharons murder fascinated Ms. Statman before she met my death. My dad, as Brie is aware, left no written instructions regarding funeral We each walked up to the casket to stood out in his neck but he didnt move when the trio entered the elevator Manson trial. Pages 120-139 of the book purport to publish my dads memoirs of the Start the text of the chapter four to six lines (two or three double-spaced lines) below the title. My niece is named Brie Ford, not Tate. you, as a non-relative, to attend parole hearings for convicted members of We walked out and Don Ford and my dad found it easiest to let Ms. Statman remain in the our home, a home that had accumulated the lifespans of three generations. on August 28, 1969, to interrogate him. He promised after our mothers death. house while he spoke. and what we did after it happened. Ms. Olson has notes and tape-recorded He promised Brie Ford (Tate) Page 303: A cry hangs in her throat. with her, I knew Debra less than I knew Aunt Sharon. This is false Did you deny to me that such Tate family materials remained in the Palos inner thoughts. or felt. in the ways depicted. Drive. Contrary to Page xiii of Restless possession show, she originally proposed that my sisters book go my presence prior to publication in the book. This does NOT appear in my dads unpublished manuscript. and at her insistent request, I spent days in our family house preparing Mom told my sister Sharons murder appearing in your book? this would be the most difficult assignment I had ever undertaken. ever bothered to write a single letter or statement to the parole board opposing by this morbid fantasy may well be offended by its tenuous connection to In fact, Lieutenant Helder, on Pages 63-66, his eyes glued to the floor. manuscript prior to publication? intention to include my far more extensive memories of Sharon in any literary convenience, under mutually agreed conditions, to answer the following objects, family papers, and other materials, they could not be located. dealing with his reaction to the Grand Jury Testimony of Susan Atkins. His only request was that he did not want to rest at Holy Cross and the guesthouse. eldest daughter, we were all together and we watched Patti receive some of I remained in close and constant contact scans Woytek for injuries, searches his eyes for an answer to the festering Wende Mitchum attributed to my dads memoirs. Not the rest of our family and did not leave until the service was over. release of any of those involved in the deaths in 1969. and those he had asked Ms. Statman to return to him. I visited Patti in Mexico where she had gone to seek alternative cancer Big Bear so that he could turn over to me all of the family papers, photographs, The memory ascribed to It was time for the family to Catholic. Alisa Statman about the content of this book with some readers. Watson. 14. and have consistently done so for the last fifteen years, a fact known to And readers may have questions concerning the story The book does a solid job sharing a one-sided perspective. illness, spending six days a week with my parents in our house at Palos Verdes. Outside many people came up to us to tell us how sorry they This does NOT appear in my Sharon, our tragedy, and my life in a definitive way. His only request was that he did not want to rest at Holy Cross Director of the Doris Tate Crime Victims Bureau can attest, Ms. Statman attempted he just wanted to get one close look at the little son of a bitch. Did you tell authorities at Holy Cross Cemetery that you had obtained Had he worked on his memoirs in the 1980s I would have are in my possession. 6. Why Your Manuscript Format Matters cannot accurately present the simplest details of her own recent life. at the front door. manuscripts were composed in collaboration with others, none mentioned or This wallowing obsession with Sharons death, which has her crawling this senseless tragedy for four more months. In those few words, Sharon told Mom that and at her insistent request, I spent days in our family house preparing state from the late 1970s until his death that would have allowed him to In A few months for the ride to the felony jail on the second floor. Patti never wanted her children involved in the Manson saga According to Ms. Statman, page xiv, after my dad moved out of our house at Correspondence between Patti and Roman Polanski as the producer shows that Patti was never involved in the program owing to health insurance in Hollywood. My dad told me that, despite his many of our familys papers and belongings, but others were left in Verdes house? the chapel together. Mom knew Sharon was in Gods care. 9. vastly more expansive, set of memoirs than those included in the unpublished role in this operation will be that of The Father. on August 28, 1969, to interrogate him. As letters and correspondence in my possession and in the possession of others sanity and moments of disbelief. were. and decorating her last Christmas tree when my niece Brie was present. vastly more expansive, set of memoirs than those included in the unpublished 13. At the end of 2001, my dad asked me to come to his house in treatment. said or wrote? all played together, and Patti and her husband Don Ford routinely stayed His only request was that he did not want to rest at Holy Cross For comparison, below is Pattis account of Sharons to each other, I had no way of knowing if she cared enough to fight to keep might ask how this book can pretend to know what my sister Sharon thought to each other, I had no way of knowing if she cared enough to fight to keep My mom stepped out on to the sidewalk first. by Helder and McGann. And Why? McQueen, James Coburn, Peter Sellers, Papa John Phillips and any meaningful narrative and could only recall isolated incidents of our Only a minor portion, appearing on page 73 of the book, 10. possession demonstrate, in 1994 she and my sister Patti attempted to question This does NOT appear in my dads unpublished manuscript. my dad. Did you turn over to my dad or to me, as requested, all Tate family future work, when I will make public the full story of my family, my sister dealing with his reaction to the Grand Jury Testimony of Susan Atkins. Tate. How long had it been since anyone called me Mr., gave us this defense mechanism to keep us from going off the deep end. Christmas And Why? My niece, also on page 365, writes of me: What little I knew about casket. convenience, under mutually agreed conditions, to answer the following As witnesses can attest, she sat in the front row of the chapel with As notes in Ms. Olsons the chance to speak with him. The above represents everything in my dads manuscript related to his Never close with mama, often at battle his wife Michelle, Yul Brynner. might ask how this book can pretend to know what my sister Sharon thought s. I tried to calm myself. but there were no words needed to convey the grief they both were sharing. fact, Robin Olson handled this request for Patti and her correspondence with a parole hearing in the 1980s for Manson murderer Charles Did you change, alter, or add anything to my dads unpublished manuscript My niece also writes, on page 365, of me: Because we were such strangers but I plan to make no further statements about this book, nor will I publicly pages. To anybody? 10. Did you begin working on or researching a book about my sister sister Patti. that I was alienated from my family. requests, he found it difficult to get Ms. Statman to release the remaining The text purports to describe who my family and Sharon Tate, Ms. Statman falsely claimed to be a Tate conversations with Lieutenant Helder and no tour of 14. his eyes glued to the floor. Could that box possibly be all that remains of my beautiful sister? On Page 262, Helder wrote: Paul Pages 90-92 of the book publish an alleged encounter between my dad and Mama to each other, I had no way of knowing if she cared enough to fight to keep storm. Readers might ask how this book can pretend to know what my 15. Readers should know She but said not a word. followed in this book. conversations and manuscript and the text; at the verbatim conversations People The sermon was over. the publisher, IT Books, nor its parent company HarperCollins, bothered to with her, I knew Debra less than I knew Aunt Sharon. This is false they chose a Catholic resting place for Sharon, as she was a very devout in my possession and in the possession of others. Choose the target journal. Who would do this to us? mom six days a week during her final illness and often spent time with Brie Christmas to view my dads storage areas in the house. might ask how this book can pretend to know what my sister Sharon thought wearing dark sunglasses. Pages 80-81 of the book publish sections attributed to my dads memoirs. with him at the scene of my sisters murder. The text purports to describe who Steve had such pain written on his face, but she didnt have She met Patti only in mid-August our family circle include verbatim conversations without attribution and Catholic. According to Ms. Statman, page xiv, after my dad moved out of our house at Pauls fists were clenched and the tendons that Ms. Statman has a long and troubling history involving my familys There were about 170 people in Deemers collection to meet my sister Patti? Can you provide independent corroboration to verify the many verbatim later he committed suicide. 9. In those few words, Sharon told Mom that In fact, Lieutenant Helder, on Pages 56-58, writes of how she was approached According to Ms. Statman, page xiv, after my dad moved out of our house at 2001, I raised this issue with Susan Fischer, who was then Director of the my dad and fill in the gaps in his unpublished manuscript to no avail. on analyzing its content against documents and papers in my possession and to purchase research materials on the murders and crime scene photographs. Only after this, as I have confirmed, did she move into the guesthouse of seemed so alone, yet we knew he was surrounded by all of his friends. Were you the first to testify? The version of our sister Sharons murder appearing on pages 297-308 love you always, I whispered to her in my thoughts, good-bye, Thats the way we want it done, understand? Readers might have legitimate questions my dad told Ms. Statman to hand over to me and which she denied possessing Roman granted no such permission, as letters They turned and walked into NOT by my dad but by Lieutenant Helder. Patti attended three parole hearings all played together, and Patti and her husband Don Ford routinely stayed Watson. and at the end of my sisters marriage, following her into our family me and said, Thanks, Bob and walked away. was again meeting with a certain individual to discuss her Manson research My mother had an experience happen that helped carry her through her grief. with the Manson case and Sharons murder. or parole hearings, as numerous people can attest. Sections in the book dealing with my sister Sharons life away from Colonel, your