Manson follower Leslie Van Houten granted parole; Brown must make final decision

L A Times ^ | 09/06/2017 | Matt Hamilton

[BenLurkin]

The youngest of Manson's followers, Van Houten has been considered the least blameworthy member of the group and has been portrayed by supporters as a misguided teen under the influence of LSD on the night of the slayings.

A former homecoming queen from Monrovia, she did not join in the Aug. 9, 1969, murders of Sharon Tate, the pregnant wife of film director Roman Polanski, and four others at the Benedict Canyon home that Tate was renting.

But the following day, Van Houten was part of a group that stormed into the LaBiancas' home in Los Feliz. As Charles "Tex" Watson stabbed Leno LaBianca, Van Houten and another woman held down Rosemary LaBianca.

After Watson stabbed Rosemary LaBianca with a bayonet, he handed a knife to Van Houten. She testified to stabbing Rosemary in the back at least 14 more times. The blood of the victims was used to scrawl messages on the walls, as had been done at the Benedict Canyon home.

[BenLurkin]

Manson is the classic prison manipulator. And what’s worse, he is smart and funny.

Not all his followers were innocent kids. Many were criminals and/or lowlifes. But none of them stood a chance against this guy.

[BenLurkin]

I dunno what happened with that. I only know that she got a well-deserved boot.

[shanover]

Sharron Tate is murdered again.

This POS should have died in Prison.

[neverevergiveup]

What's with the comments at that youtube link. Those people are crazy.

[Bullish]

Oh just no.

NO NO NO!

[Lizavetta]

40,000? What is your source for that?

[af_vet_rr]

Least blameworthy??? Maybe if she were driving the getaway care, that might be an excuse, but not when she stabbed someone 14 times and remembered doing so.

Exactly. When the murders happened, they should have all been sent to the gas chamber. These people were not redeemable.

[Clutch Martin]

Since she is doing such good work within the walls of prison, perhaps she should stay on and continue...

[BenLurkin]

Like a said. This guy is dangerous.
Warning: LANGUAGE

Charles Manson Rapping / Freestyle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha_LYL3LXDk

“You can’t get into the real estate
because Pasadena is a submarine
that’s run that’s by Jody Hoover,
who’s over in the chapel,
who comes from Colombia
with the drug cartel...”

[willk]

OMG! Now she looks like one of those Prius drivers with the Coexist bumper sticker.

[Karl Spooner]

Just an observation.

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"After Watson stabbed Rosemary LaBianca with a bayonet, he handed a knife to Van Houten"

[Diana in Wisconsin]

I’ll bet you a dozen donuts that Governor Moonbeam WILL free her.

@#$%^&*!

[jonascord]

Be too bad if she stole more chain than she could swim with, after she gets out...

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Antifa = Unemployable Liberal Theater Majors

[basalt]

she was granted before...and Brown said no....political suicide.

[basalt]

so true..he was 40 miles away when Sharon Tate was murdered..

[basalt]

4 or 5 days??.....the LAPD blew this case so bad...it was 4 months later..only after Susan Adkins ran her mouth in jail, that they were finally arrested and charged...until then, no one had a clue.

[windcliff]

This makes me sick.

[tumblindice]

Now she looks like the homecoming queen for the Cryptkeepers School for Wayward Girls.

[Fedora]

Watson uses his prison ministry as a front for running his own cult in prison, according to cellmates who reported it to Doris Tate (recorded in Restless Souls by Brie Tate, Sharon's niece).