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Betty Broderick: Husband
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Betty Broderick was the La Jolla California socialite that killed her ex husband and in his new wife, while they slept. Betty was so filled with hate and jealous rage for the new wife usurping her esteemed position in society, and for her husband of many years for dumping her. Don't miss the movie when it comes around, again. Especially, the cake scene!
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Before Betty Broderick there was Francine Hughes, a woman who murdered her husband, after enduring 13 years of physical and mental abuse. Was this a case of premeditated murder? Was it a case of self defense? To find out the answers, enter if you dare.
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Betty Broderick's first trial opened in June 1990 and lasted for three months. Her attorney, Jack Earley, presented his client in a sympathetic light as a woman scorned, dragged down by a spiteful and insensitive husband. This had left Betty in a very depressed state, he said. “The anger was directed as much at herself as at others. She just couldn't get out from under the avalanche. She just could not escape her pain and anger.” After a lengthy adjournment the jury could not agree on a unanimous verdict.
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Betty long suspected the affair, although Dan denied it for some time. After he finally moved out of the family home (eventually taking custody of the children), and following a lengthy and complex divorce settlement in which Betty felt that she was unfairly treated owing to Dan's extensive legal connections and influence, she became obsessed with her anger towards her ex-husband. Among other behaviors that later worked against her in court, she repeatedly left obscene messages on his answering machine and frequently abused him and his new wife in recorded telephone conversations with her children. Following her receipt of legal threats from Dan's lawyer, Betty purchased a revolver and gained entry to her ex-husband's home in Marston Hills with a key that she had stolen from her elder daughter Kim Broderick. She murdered Dan and Linda while they slept. Dan's last words were, "Okay, you shot me. I'm dead."
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During their marriage, Betty enjoyed a reputation as exceptional mother and model wife. A beautiful, intelligent, and talented woman in her own right, by all accounts she worked ceaselessly to create and maintain a near-perfect life for her family, an environment in which her children and ambitious husband could thrive. For a while, the Brodericks lived the American dream.
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