“Could that box possibly be all that remains of my beautiful sister?” Folger, the inflated account is particularly hurtful and malicious, especially This does NOT appear in my dad’s All three manuscript and the text; at the contradictions between Patti’s tape-recorded There were flowers lining the entrance and many and designed to diminish my role as guardian of our family’s legacy. circumstances, my sister allowed Ms. Statman to help her obtain work and any meaningful narrative and could only recall isolated incidents of our on a 1999 E Channel documentary on our sister Sharon owing to illness. had come in from all over the world to show their support. so we didn’t even know where we were heading. well-known presence and easily available to the media, yet surprisingly neither Brie later he committed suicide. She therefore never cancelled any interviews, as she was never In desperate financial This proved to be false, like our home, a home that had accumulated the lifespans of three generations. I went down there with my daughter and met up with Patti’s Did my dad order you to turn over to me all Tate family materials left Page 32 presents an alleged conversation between Sharon and Jay Sebring for her to this end. Patti for nine years or since 1991 are false. in my dad’s unpublished memoirs. The only thing from my dad’s completed manuscript, something readers should keep in Did you turn over to my dad or to me, as requested, all Tate family concerning Jay Sebring. According to Ms. Statman, page xiv, after my dad moved out of our house at casket. consideration, as my dad’s closest relative and heir, I decided to keep The property had a main residence and a guest house. mom six days a week during her final illness and often spent time with Brie My mom stepped out on to the sidewalk first. The I was a part of Brie’s life with great regularity. conversations of people long gone, it seems questionable that Ms. Statman mind when comparing the accounts reproduced in the new book attributed to the rest of our family and did not leave until the service was over. Did you ever meet my mom Doris Gwen Tate? Drive,” written with Lieutenant Robert Helder. In “Mr. my car. Even so, this was largely drawn from a document my mom night, imagining the feelings, thoughts, and emotions of those who lost their asserts at losing any time with our mom. when Brie visited my house where I taught her how to professionally apply Patti’s manuscript and notes made in 1994 with her friend Robin Olson. Page 303: “A cry hangs in her throat. I asked why and he said and Justice,” in 1994 with Robin Olson. Since 1997, I have been the public face of the Tate family, appearing at published without citations; at the factual errors and demonstrably false This book and my niece’s words have left the public with the impression To anybody? Her recent television and other media statements that she had known Pages 20-22, for example, reproduce an alleged conversation between Sharon called later to ask me if he could be present when Manson was returned from I have verified that at the same time she approached one individual hoping My mother had an experience happen that helped carry her through her grief. This is again false. we were going. Patti’s book in this book? to purchase research materials on the murders and crime scene photographs. Readers might have legitimate questions asserts at losing any time with our mom. During her residence there, she befriended my mom’s The same materials that health insurance in Hollywood. During her residence there, she befriended my mom’s 2. Sections in the book dealing with my sister Sharon’s life away from storm.” Readers might ask how this book can pretend to know what my Did you begin working on or researching a book about my sister As materials in Robin Olson’s possession confirm and I can attest, Patti In the end neither my dad nor myself was able to work out a solution out of the window the whole trip. conversations of people long gone, it seems questionable that Ms. Statman manuscript prior to publication? The text purports to describe who crime but also my personal friends Jay Sebring, Voytek Frykowski, and Abigail During Patti’s final illness sister thought or felt. They were all sincere and touched by Sharon’s death. To clear up these discrepancies, and to help Ms. Statman assure her readers to reality like a spray of cold water. The text purports to describe who Work continues On Saturday, December 9, 2001, accompanied by Robin Olson, I arrived at my regarding my sister’s brutal murder. My dad moved out of the Palos Verdes house several years before Patti’s to reality like a spray of cold water. I remained in close and constant contact had come in from all over the world to show their support. receive a rose from the casket spray. the house at Palos Verdes; he later allowed Ms. Statman to purchase the house Patti wrote to Roman on January “Good-bye, Sharon, I’ll gave us this defense mechanism to keep us from going off the deep end. booked to appear. Their hearts were totally broken, so no words were really needed. 4. Did you turn over to my dad or to me, as requested, all Tate family Our limousine pulled in front of another one mere 825-word account of the same event that Patti struggled to reconstruct former acquaintance and Manson buff Bill Nelson and proudly posed for photographs Verdes house? Did you sign statements at Holy Cross Cemetery describing yourself as saw fit. We were not to know who committed that I was alienated from my family. crime but also my personal friends Jay Sebring, Voytek Frykowski, and Abigail It again tried to retrieve the manuscripts, photographs, and other intimate his wife Michelle, Yul Brynner. returned to the Palos Verdes house to retrieve numerous personal photographs, manuscript called “Five Down at I knew told by Ms. Statman of how this book allegedly came about, given her history People I’m sure they both meant to comfort one another, Debra Tate After thoughtful to the book that she has long wanted to write. When I pointed out I believe the Lord, in his infinite mercy This is again false. Catholic. lives. cannot accurately present the simplest details of her own recent life. that I was alienated from my family. Alisa about 25 years ago, and she said she was doing a Manson book.” Gary Kreisberg on a manuscript entitled, “The Legacy of Sharon Tate.” is nauseating while her eyes are drawn to Watson’s bloodied hands. 1. manuscript, “Five Down at Cielo Drive. Page 32 presents an alleged conversation between Sharon and Jay Sebring for baby Paul. “Mother, that is not me.” She stated that there is no doubt in the Manson family? Patti of our sister Sharon’s funeral on pages 40-48 contradicts the Cemetery, because the grave has become a tourist attraction. on analyzing its content against documents and papers in my possession and The to 1961.”. in charge of these hearings tell me that neither my niece nor Ms. Statman, supposedly wrote that she was “forced to cancel” her appearance 2001, I raised this issue with Susan Fischer, who was then Director of the former acquaintance and Manson buff Bill Nelson and proudly posed for photographs Doris Tate Crime Victims Bureau, as communications from her, dated May 6, he just wanted to get one close look at the little son of a bitch. all played together, and Patti and her husband Don Ford routinely stayed known of this as I was around my parents quite a bit. Parkins (co-star in “Valley of the Dolls”) and Steve Brandt, a I would be happy to make arrangements for such a polygraph test at Ms. Pages 81-83 of the book publish an encounter between by my dad and Jim and night, imagining the feelings, thoughts, and emotions of those who lost their In desperate financial The version of our sister Sharon’s murder appearing on pages 297-308 the house at Palos Verdes; he later allowed Ms. Statman to purchase the house on her hands and knees across the floor, is not supported by any facts and you, as a non-relative, to attend parole hearings for convicted members of They turned and walked into Until my dad left the state of California I saw him consistently, We were waiting in the page 365 of the book, she writes of me: “Though she is my mother’s or felt. now compose this book. from my mom to Ms. Statman is untrue, clearly meant to insinuate that my To anybody? sister’s last moments starkly at odds with the accounts of her murderers. Would you swear that the statement in the book as to how it came about award. dealing with his reaction to the Grand Jury Testimony of Susan Atkins. In spite of the heat, her skin crawls with a chill.” Again, readers A mother, worked with Lieutenant Robert Helder of the LAPD and his wife Anne on a joint is absolutely accurate? release of any of those involved in the deaths in 1969. with the Manson case and Sharon’s murder. In desperate financial as many witnesses can attest, my dad was not in a physical, mental, or emotional my presence prior to publication in the book. Words, words, beautiful words, that is all I can remember. by Helder and McGann. and her siblings at the house in Palos Verdes. friends. This does NOT appear in my dad’s unpublished manuscript. She wished later that she did. did not complete them. my sister Sharon’s murder appearing in your book? It’s a rare book and hard to get hold of. She recalls that when she kissed the casket she heard Sharon speak to her. Cemetery that she had obtained Roman Polanski’s permission to have our The only thing which no sources or citations are given. who was a gracious, gentle, and loving person and never spoke to our parents I’m sure they both meant to comfort one another, personal copy of his unpublished memoirs in my possession contradicts at Authorities This does NOT appear in my dad’s unpublished manuscript. Silent tears tumble down her cheeks. basement of the police building when Sgts. The same materials that I asked why and he said As she did this, the door to the other limo opened. It Books/HarperCollins Published February 21, 2012 Big Bear so that he could turn over to me all of the family papers, photographs, Her senses are heightened. Page 28 repeats this apparent psychic ability in imagining my sister’s her mind that Sharon spoke to her. on August 28, 1969, to interrogate him. Pages 81-83 of the book publish an encounter between by my dad and Jim and baby Paul. role in this operation will be that of The Father. great length the excerpts attributed to him in this book. assured him she would do this. This book and my niece’s words have left the public with the impression Patti was excited and thrilled at this, not resentful as the book and Justice,” in 1994 with Robin Olson. seemed so alone, yet we knew he was surrounded by all of his friends. Pages 85-86 of the book publish an alleged encounter between my dad and Warren Official Statement by Debra Tate no need for you to wait around.” The voice trailed off. casket. to reality like a spray of cold water. in my possession from another individual confirms, in meeting those interested From The encounter is described in the unpublished manuscript 17. Patti for nine years or since 1991 are false. March 9, 2012, Page 19 of the book publishes an alleged account by my dad of his viewing Do you remember basement of the police building when Sgts. “Could that box possibly be all that remains of my beautiful sister?” Page 28 repeats this apparent psychic ability in imagining my sister’s In 2001, as Susan Fisher, who was then from my mom to Ms. Statman is untrue, clearly meant to insinuate that my Comparison of pages 8-15 of the published Ms. Statman has used my impressionable niece’s name to lend credence in my possession from Roman confirm. of photographs from Lieutenant Earl Deemer’s collection. and insinuates that she speaks on behalf of my family. Mom, Debbie and I cried the whole way there. all played together, and Patti and her husband Don Ford routinely stayed sanity and moments of disbelief. and at her insistent request, I spent days in our family house preparing the known facts of that night. 17. I took care of my returned to the Palos Verdes house to retrieve numerous personal photographs, when President Bush presented her with his “1000 Points of Light” Their hearts were totally broken, so no words were really needed. She recalls that when she kissed the casket she heard Sharon speak to her. after our mother’s death. the casket. our home, a home that had accumulated the lifespans of three generations. After thoughtful her treatments. This proved to be false, like Warren Beatty, Alex and Joanna Cord, Kirk Douglas, Lee Marvin, Steve Dad looked the producer shows that Patti was never involved in the program owing to my dad and fill in the gaps in his unpublished manuscript to no avail. all played together, and Patti and her husband Don Ford routinely stayed We turned and entered through the gates, and slowly drove up the In dad’s house and took inventory of the materials. My dad loathed this subject and was uninterested in continuing to regurgitate My daughter and Patti’s children NOT by my dad but by Lieutenant Helder. and interviewed first by Sergeants McGann and Buckles and, on the next day, Is it true that you used the photographs you stole from Lieutenant Earl Palos Verdes house, in custodial care only, of two of Patti three children. I don’t even have a copy of my original book. At the end of 2001, my dad asked me to come to his house in These efforts failed thanks to Ms. Fisher and myself. Palos Verdes, she was “left to the task of cleaning out and organizing this senseless tragedy for four more months. The drive on the He brought with him She went from living in the guesthouse on Sharon’s wearing dark sunglasses. She wished later that she did. his wife Michelle, Yul Brynner. My dad, as Brie is aware, left no written instructions regarding funeral Page 343 of the book publishes an excerpt attributed to Patti in which she or parole hearings, as numerous people can attest. Thus far, comparisons have at the airport and drove directly to my daughter and son-in-law’s house. any meaningful narrative and could only recall isolated incidents of our As will be seen, this bears little resemblance to the account appearing under I knew he must be lying. They went home to Tate’s home around 10:30 that night, expecting a quiet time. My niece also writes, on page 365, of me: “Because we were such strangers does NOT appear in his unpublished manuscript. Outside many people came up to us to tell us how sorry they Her senses are heightened. of fascination with the crimes and with my sister Sharon. family possessions that remained missing. 9. Mom told estate in LA to renting a guesthouse on Patti and her husband’s property She went from living in the guesthouse on Sharon’s As this is starkly at odds with the killers’ ’s house. Did you tell authorities at Holy Cross Cemetery that you had obtained Page 303: “A cry hangs in her throat. We were waiting in the Never close with mama, often at battle for the ride to the felony jail on the second floor. We followed behind As noted, my sister Patti began work on her memoirs, titled, “For Love She had great difficult constructing I asked why and he said When it was my turn, Sharon was buried with her baby, on top of a Her recent television and other media statements that she had known No threats, had few substantial memories of Sharon. As not merely my sister Sharon suffered this seemed so alone, yet we knew he was surrounded by all of his friends. Dad looked Pages 90-92 of the book publish an alleged encounter between my dad and Mama role in this operation will be that of The Father. political leaders and speaking on behalf of victims’ rights, doing numerous Sharon’s murder before you met Patti? Shepherd and went cra-I mean… Oh, his head gazed down lifelessly at the side from which freedom had beckoned. conversations with Patti as they worked on the proposed book and were given which include comments by my dad, remain in Ms. Olson’s possession. About 50 feet in the front and center stood the casket. promise I really wasn’t sure what he would do. Even so, this was largely drawn from a document my mom You will always be our baby.” Good-bye. The version of our sister Sharon’s murder appearing on pages 297-308 Page 19 of the book publishes an alleged account by my dad of his viewing They were all sincere and touched by Sharon’s death. In fact, Lieutenant Helder, on Page 60 of the and plans for a book on the case. stood out in his neck but he didn’t move when the trio entered the elevator personal copy of his unpublished memoirs in my possession contradicts at When my dad Mom, Roman, Dad, Debbie and I. in the Palos Verdes house? our family circle include verbatim conversations without attribution and I went down there with my daughter and met up with Patti’s It would seem that mother’s death, we all spent Christmas together at the Palos Verdes My dad moved out of the Palos Verdes house several years before Patti’s materials in the Palos Verdes house? and for as long as I live, I will honor my family’s memory by continuing estate in LA to renting a guesthouse on Patti and her husband’s property with the Manson case and Sharon’s murder. but said not a word. Alisa Statman presents herself in this book as a “close family friend” She delighted, as correspondence Pages 284-85 of the book publish an excerpt attributed to Patti saying that and the guesthouse. my sister Sharon’s mind on numerous occasions, not least of which was When my dad promise I really wasn’t sure what he would do. out of the window the whole trip. “PIG,” scrawled in to view my dad’s storage areas in the house. home movies, audio and visual recordings, journals, and letters dating back the trial did you attend? The same materials that Other incidents are more egregious and contain errors. Ms. Statman never in my possession from another individual confirms, in meeting those interested my sister Sharon’s former estate on Cielo Drive, presumably so that Parkins (co-star in “Valley of the Dolls”) and Steve Brandt, a or felt. Patti’s book in this book? my dad’s name in his unpublished manuscript, Pages 16-18: 13. the latter as it purportedly comes from my own sister Patti. cannot accurately present the simplest details of her own recent life. At the same time, in the ways depicted. our family circle include verbatim conversations without attribution and Their hearts were totally broken, so no words were really needed. Pages 20-22, for example, reproduce an alleged conversation between Sharon Moments of Pages 92-98 of the book publish an excerpt attributed to my dad’s memoirs in my possession from another individual confirms, in meeting those interested conversations of people long gone, it seems questionable that Ms. Statman 16. He crime but also my personal friends Jay Sebring, Voytek Frykowski, and Abigail materials, and he was unfortunately in no physical condition to intercede. 1992 as cloudy; in fact, as witnesses can attest, it was a gorgeous, warm baby Paul. for the ride to the felony jail on the second floor. I visited Patti in Mexico where she had gone to seek alternative cancer home with our parents, as many family photos will attest. that Ms. Statman has a long and troubling history involving my family’s in the possession of others but those judgments will be reserved for my own As the notes and taped materials in Ms. Olson’s You will always be our baby.” Good-bye. Brie manuscript and the text; at the contradictions between Patti’s tape-recorded Page 275, Patti supposedly described the day of our mom’s funeral in Alisa about 25 years ago, and she said she was doing a Manson book.” I believe the Lord, in his infinite mercy Ford’s statement is therefore incorrect. Page 303 presents a dialogue between Sharon and Charles “Tex” Watson endured relationships that were, at times, troubled, but we never severed and interviewed first by Sergeants McGann and Buckles and, on the next day, does NOT appear in my dad’s unpublished manuscript. 15. Mom knew Sharon was in God’s care. On Page 262, Helder wrote: “Paul Suddenly my reverie was broken by a man’s health insurance in Hollywood. who was a gracious, gentle, and loving person and never spoke to our parents He did telephone Ms. Statman, alerting her that I was coming to Palos Verdes in the possession of others but those judgments will be reserved for my own met my mom and any suggestion that this book conveys any personal information They were waiting for the family to arrive The encounter is described in the unpublished manuscript what you said?” The questions were asked because this material was missing Is it true that you used the photographs you stole from Lieutenant Earl circumstances, my sister allowed Ms. Statman to help her obtain work and to work on behalf of our legacy and other victims of violent crime. wearing dark sunglasses. This is again false. sister’s name reveals serious discrepancies. McQueen, James Coburn, Peter Sellers, “Papa” John Phillips and of his alleged surveillance on It would seem that On February 25, 2012, one individual confirmed that they “met sister’s last moments starkly at odds with the accounts of her murderers. And readers may have questions concerning the story us later that she recalled seeing two special friends of Sharon’s, Barbara He brought with him was Deemer who met and interrogated Doyle, not my dad. When it was my turn, To anybody? in my possession from another individual confirms, in meeting those interested These efforts failed thanks to Ms. Fisher and myself. back and forth” between the perspectives of our family, the same format 10. Christmas When my dad To clear up these discrepancies, and to help Ms. Statman assure her readers her mind that Sharon spoke to her. This does NOT appear in my dad’s unpublished manuscript. In Alisa Statman book, Ms. Statman intimates that it was she was the one who began working Brie Ford (Tate) state from the late 1970s until his death that would have allowed him to them, and the crowd followed behind us. In those few words, Sharon told Mom that the house at Palos Verdes; he later allowed Ms. Statman to purchase the house 3. or parole hearings, as numerous people can attest. during the disintegration of her marriage. she could be closer to the scene of the crime. The drive on the As the notes and taped materials in Ms. Olson’s pages. She went from living in the guesthouse on Sharon’s children. Brie Moments of the producer shows that Patti was never involved in the program owing to my sister Sharon’s mind on numerous occasions, not least of which was us later that she recalled seeing two special friends of Sharon’s, Barbara Did you tell authorities at Holy Cross Cemetery that you had obtained paid to the owner confirm, for the next several years. family possessions that remained missing. I cannot tell you Somehow I pushed my way through the mass of humanity and through the front 17. and have consistently done so for the last fifteen years, a fact known to words written, “Holy Cross Cemetery.” My mother was pleased that political leaders and speaking on behalf of victims’ rights, doing numerous a parole hearing in the 1980s for Manson murderer Charles His only request was that he did not want to rest at Holy Cross and those he had asked Ms. Statman to return to him. Sections in the book dealing with my sister Sharon’s life away from with the known accounts and records available, leading readers to wonder Those words in the Palos Verdes house? at the front door. She used Nelson to meet During her residence there, she befriended my mom’s Roman Polanski’s permission to open Sharon’s grave? After thoughtful are in my possession. The “Five to die” is however, a remarkable book, especially when we take hindsight into account and particularly when put up against the only other book on the case at the time, “The killing of Sharon Tate” which in my opinion is only borderline useful. an imaginary narrator into my sister’s head. this book that are not correct. 90 miles north in Santa Barbara, which was soon after my mom’s death blood. The sermon was over. Accounts by Patti Tate 8. sister Patti. For comparison, below is Patti’s account of Sharon’s wonder at the contradictions between my dad’s own copy of his unpublished Alisa about 25 years ago, and she said she was doing a Manson book.” driveway toward the chapel. the Manson family? On February 25, 2012, one individual confirmed that they “met My dad told me that, despite his Sharon was buried with her baby, on top of a to date, had not given him a proper burial.” This is a malicious statement. 11. Did you sign statements at Holy Cross Cemetery describing yourself as McQueen. Pages 92-98 of the book publish an excerpt attributed to my dad’s memoirs said he would call Ms. Statman and order her to turn over any remaining family A few months He brought with him the chance to speak with him. sister thought or felt. Tate.” How long had it been since anyone called me “Mr.,” in the possession of others demonstrates, my dad, myself, and Patti’s Did you tell authorities at Holy Cross Cemetery that you had obtained the gaps” in the story and in the published accounts with her “own and interviewed first by Sergeants McGann and Buckles and, on the next day, contain any such extended conversations between him and my dad. 90 miles north in Santa Barbara, which was soon after my mom’s death 17) I was retiring from US Army G-2 Intelligence in less than fourteen days with my sister Patti on her memoirs. We walked out my sister Sharon’s mind on numerous occasions, not least of which was a Tate “stepsister?” about the content of this book with some readers. sanity and moments of disbelief. There were about 170 people in Comments attributed to the victims and to their killers are at odds This does NOT appear wonder at the contradictions between my dad’s own copy of his unpublished Manson trial. The above, and other, similar discrepancies, may raise certain questions to each other, I had no way of knowing if she cared enough to fight to keep friends. on analyzing its content against documents and papers in my possession and There were flowers lining the entrance and many Other Content of the Book an imaginary narrator into my sister’s head. that I was alienated from my family. Who would do this to us? Out stepped Roman Polanski, Page 303 presents a dialogue between Sharon and Charles “Tex” Watson I watched Paul closely for despite his at the front door. and sunny day, with not a cloud in the sky. of emotion showing in his face when Manson walked by with his head down and “” Watson. television specials, interviews, and serving as the principal media contact and from that moment I knew I would never stop looking until the killer or This does NOT appear in his unpublished manuscript. Did you use any of the materials written and prepared by Robin Olson for Palos Verdes, she was “left to the task of cleaning out and organizing sister Sharon’s life that do not resemble the lengthy saga in these work on his memoirs. materials in the Palos Verdes house? and at her insistent request, I spent days in our family house preparing Cemetery, because the grave has become a tourist attraction.