Debra Tate, the sister of slain actress Sharon Tate, has pleaded for years to keep members of the Manson family cult behind bars despite their eligibility to petition for parole. Now, she's speaking out for the first time since Leslie Van Houten's release.
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Now, Debra Tate is speaking out for the first time since Van Houten's release in an exclusive interview with "Nightline."ABC News The LaBianca murders occurred one day after Manson followers killed actress Sharon Tate and four others in the California home Tate shared with her husband, filmmaker Roman Polanski. Sharon Tate was 26 and pregnant at the time of her murder. Van Houten did not participate in the Tate killings.
At her 19th parole hearing, Van Houten said, "As a rehabilitated woman, I would like to state that the insight I have gained is not meant to excuse any of my acts.""My dad retired from the military. He went out on his own quest to find the killers. My college money got absorbed into things. It affected everything I did. It had catastrophic direct effects," Debra Tate said.
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