Leslie van houten interview
Leslie van houten interview
Leslie van houten interview with barbara walters.
Sharon Tate's sister speaks out for 1st time since Leslie Van Houten's release
Debra Tate, the sister of slain actress Sharon Tate, has publicly pleaded for years to keep members of the Manson family cult behind bars despite their eligibility to petition for parole.
That includes Leslie Van Houten, who was released on parole Tuesday after spending 53 years in prison for the murders of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca.
According to her attorney, Van Houten is now in a "transitional living facility." She was released to parole supervision and "will have a three-year maximum parole term with a parole discharge review occurring after one year," the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said.
While Manson didn't commit the killings himself, he commanded his followers to do so.
Manson died in prison in 2017.
Now, Debra Tate is speaking out for the first time since Van Houten's release in an exclusive interview with "Nightline."