Betty Broderick Life, Marriage, Divorce, Books, Movies, & TV Shows

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Betty Broderick Life, Marriage, Divorce, Books,
Movies, TV Shows
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Who is Betty Broderick?

• Betty Broderick, who was 41 at the time, shot and
  killed her ex-husband and his new wife in San
  Diego, California, on November 5, 1989. After a
  nasty divorce, the crime quickly caught the
  attention of people all over the country. Some
  people felt sorry for Broderick because her
  husband had left her for a younger woman, but
  others thought she had been rude to her
  ex-husband and his new wife before she killed
  them. At her first trial, Broderick was found not
  guilty, but at her second trial in 1991, she was
  found guilty of second-degree murder. In 2010 and
  2017, her requests for early release were turned
  down. Brodericks story has been used in things
  like TV movies and the TV show Dirty John The
  Betty Broderick Story.
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Early Years

• Elisabeth Anne Bisceglia was born on November 7,
  1947. This is when Broderick was born. She and
  her five other siblings grew up in Eastchester,
  New York. In 1965, when she was 17 and in her
  first year at Mount Saint Vincent College, she
  went to Notre Dame to watch a football game. She
  met Daniel Dan Broderick III there. He was a
  senior at Notre Dame at the time.

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Marriage

• On April 12, 1969, they got married. Dan,
  Broderick, and their two daughters moved to San
  Diego in 1973, after Dan finished his studies at
  Harvard Law School.

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Divorce

• Brodericks marriage took a turn when her husband
  hired Linda Kolkena to be his assistant. By 1983,
  she thought someone was cheating on her. When she
  thought her suspicions were right, she burned
  Dans clothes in their yard. Dan and Broderick
  broke up in February 1985. He moved back to their
  home in La Jolla, a part of San Diego, while she
  moved into a rental house. In September 1985, he
  asked for a divorce.

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Connections as the President

• Broderick did not follow restraining orders and
  made death threats during and after his
  contentious divorce. She once went to her
  husbands house and spray-painted the walls.
  Another time, she smeared cream pie on Dans
  things. She thought she had no choice but to
  fight back because he was using his knowledge and
  connections as the president of the San Diego Bar
  Association to hurt her. A court order gave Dan
  full custody of their kids and let him sell the
  family home against Brodericks wishes.

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Mental Hold

• After the sale of the house, Broderick drove her
  car into Dans new front door, which led to a
  three-day mental hold. She often left rude
  messages, and later she said it was because she
  didnt like hearing Lindas voice when she called
  to talk to her sons.

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Disagreements about Child Custody and Alimony

• Even though there were still disagreements about
  child custody and alimony, the divorce went
  through in 1986. Broderick was eventually given
  16,000 a month in support, but as a former
  socialite, she thought this wasnt enough to
  cover her costs. At one point, she told him, I
  had nothing left to live on.

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Her ex-husband and his New Wife were both killed

• Broderick drove to Dan and Lindas house in San
  Diego early on November 5, 1989. Broderick got
  into the house with her daughters keys and went
  to the bedroom, where Dan and Linda were still
  sleeping. Then Broderick fired five shots from
  her gun. Two of them hit Linda, and she died
  right away. One hit Dan.

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Prison Life

• Broderick was sent to prison after getting a
  sentence of 32 years to life. She could have
  gotten out of jail in 2010, but this did not
  happen. One parole officer told her at the time,
  Your heart is still bitter, and you are still
  angry. In 2017, Broderick was again not allowed
  to go free. She wrote after that, Ive met all
  the requirements for parole, and my date of
  release was in 2010. Im just a political
  prisoner now. They have no reason to keep me from
  going home.
• The next time Brodericks parole will be looked
  at is in 2032, but she may be able to get a
  hearing sooner if she does things like act well.

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Successful Medical Malpractice Lawyer

• People who backed Broderick were against the
  murders, but they thought her husband had used
  her badly. She helped him and their young family
  while he finished medical school at Cornell
  University and went to Harvard Law School. She
  was also by his side as he became a successful
  medical malpractice lawyer. When Dans law career
  was going well and he was making a million
  dollars a year, he left his first wife for a
  younger woman. This meant that Broderick couldnt
  live the luxurious life he and Dan had always
  wanted.

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Books, Movies, and TV Shows

• The killings got a lot of attention right away,
  and Court TV showed Brodericks trials. In the
  early 1990s, A Woman Scorned The Betty Broderick
  Story and Her Final Fury Betty Broderick, the
  Last Chapter were both popular TV movies based on
  her life. Broderick was a guest on Oprah
  Winfreys talk show. There have been many books
  written about Broderick and what she did. In
  2020, the case of Betty Broderick was brought up
  again on the TV shows Snapped and Dirty John The
  Betty Broderick Story.

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Children

• Broderick and Dan had four kids together Kim
  (born in 1970), Lee (born in 1971), Daniel IV
  (born in 1976), and Rhett (b. 1979). After
  Broderick killed her ex-husband, the two younger
  children were taken in by the ex-wife of their
  fathers brother (by then her daughters were
  legal adults).
• Broderick has talked to her children while she
  has been in jail. In 2005, on Oprahs 20th
  Anniversary Follow-Up Show, Rhett said, Shes a
  nice lady. Everyone here would like heras long
  as they didnt talk to her about my dad. In
  2010, two of Brodericks children were in favor
  of her getting parole, but the other two were
  against it.