", Kim added: "But I think she's handling it better now.". Oprah talked to Betty Broderick in prison in 1992, and later spoke to Rhett, Betty's youngest son. Betty has been incarcerated since the day she committed her crime and is currently serving her time at the California Institution for Women. I hope to see you at WRHS in the future. “My kids—being my kids—always showed up with something like $800 worth of groceries,” she told the paper, adding that the children bring her favorite foods to their visits. $('span#sw-emailmask-4331').replaceWith('' + encodedEmail + ''); This was back in 2010—perhaps their feelings will change by Betty's next parole hearing in 2032. Betty reportedly told Kathy Lee on the call, "The bitch is dead.". I love to ski and snowboard, so I am definitely looking forward to another deep winter. While behind bars, Betty has given several interviews—including two televised sit-downs with Oprah in 1992—and penned an autobiography, Telling on Myself, that was published in 2015. David says that after years of inactivity, he now enjoys riding his bike and staying fit. Betty was ultimately denied parole, with deputy district attorney Richard Sachs calling her "an unrepentant woman. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. By 1982, their seemingly perfect marriage began to crumble after Betty suspected her husband of having an affair with his 21-year-old assistant, Linda Kolkena. You can watch footage from that above.) And what happened to the Brodericks' four children (two girls, Kim and Kathy Lee, and two boys, Dan and Rhett)? MacMillan/San Diego Union-Tribune/ZUMA. While her sister Kim testified against Betty, Kathy Lee (who goes by the name "Lee") testified for the defense.

Releasing a lost person into society could be a dangerous mistake.". For the Brodericks, being interviewed by Oprah is practically a rite-of-passage.

(She also testified in 1990 at the first, which ended in a mistrial. Copyright © 2002-2020 Blackboard, Inc. All rights reserved. Rhett Broderick is the youngest of Betty and Dan's four children.


Her oldest daughter Kim posted the photo above on Facebook this year for National Siblings Day. The final episode of the second season of Dirty John aired on USA last night and wrapped up the disturbing, gripping saga of how Betty Broderick—a well-off housewife and socialite who appeared to live a perfect suburban life—ended up murdering her ex-husband and his new wife in 1989.

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"I had seen her the night before she had died, and then I had been at her funeral.

To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. (This relates to Betty's pattern of leaving obscene voicemail messages for Dan and Linda.). Rhett Broderick. How Amanda Peet Embraced Darkness on 'Dirty John'. Like his sister Kathy Lee, Rhett also vouched for his mother's release from prison. It feels like I'm having a conversation with her even though she can't hear me. Their brother Dan lives in La Jolla, California, with his wife Megan and their three daughters. When police arrived, Rhett says he knew who they were looking for.

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She described a frantic phone call she received from her mother on the morning of the murders, and recounted how Betty drove to her apartment soon after killing Dan and Linda, per Oxygen. Broderick returned from the honeymoon pregnant with their first child, daughter Kim (b. Coming from a family of educators, I understand and value the importance of our jobs. View our online Press Pack.