Re: Betty Broderick

shoekitty · ‎03-10-2010

@febe1 thousands of women go through the same thing. My BFF was married 50 years, he was a rage-a-holic When she filed for divorce few years back, her husband had moved money, spent it, hid it, . He kept the divorce going for almost 4 years. He used her mothers inheritance for home improvement. This was done while married. Out of spite. He fought over everything. He kept rejecting offers on their 1 .4 million dollar home in OR til when it sold they got 899.00. When divorce came through, she had little left after lawyers fees. Lawyer told her inhis 30 :years he had never gone thru this bad a divorce. It was so bad, that after the divorce her ex husbands lawyer refused to take him back on as a client. He retired shortly after, lol, shewound up with enough to buy mobile home. She lives off SS. She lost everything. She didn't murder her husband. People go thru worse than her. Murder is no excuse. Dan gave her tons money, she rejected the home in La Jolla, 16,000@ mo paid taxes, etc she wound up with nothing ....in jail. Mind you Dan cheated, was narcissist and a lousy SOB .. and made her life miserable (to her). But her actions made everything worse. She had the nicest boyfriend who loved her when Dan and Betty divorced. She could have had a new man, a home in La Jolla, (which is best property in SoCal just about). ....And money for her life. She could have had her kids, and a life. But she chose her path. Although I do feel she was driven my mental issues.

“sometimes you have to bite your upper lip and put sunglasses on”….Bob Dylan

febe1 · ‎01-22-2012

@shoekitty I know murder is wrong, and I know many women go thru horrible divorces w/o murder. I know she chose her path, and she served 31 years in prison and died there for that path.

If he were a smart man, he would have taken precautions, instead of being intent on verbal abuse and harassment, and driving her as low as he could,as he was holding all the cards.

I hope she got some mental help during that time.

shoekitty · ‎03-10-2010

@febe1 wrote:
@shoekitty I know murder is wrong, and I know many women go thru horrible divorces w/o murder. I know she chose her path, and she served 31 years in prison and died there for that path.
If he were a smart man, he would have taken precautions, instead of being intent on verbal abuse and harassment, and driving her as low as he could,as he was holding all the cards.
I hope she got some mental help during that time.

@febe1 I do agree. Also, it has been mentioned about Dan taking precaution ...concidering she drove a car through his front door, pulled a knife on him, harassed them. He had restraining order. IMO ...not enough. Attorneys did mention Dan and Linda never expressed the fear they thought Betty would actually do what she did, but geesh. Maybe it was Dans naracissim ?. Dan had mentioned to friends and attorneys he actually felt Betty would do something to herself if anything, (as she tried suicide before).... But not him. I think I would protected myself! But was mid/late 1980's...I guess we all thought different about these things then. I think I have watched too many SNAPPED episodes since then, to even take chances with someone like that these days, lol! Dan did wear a bullet proof vest for wedding to Linda in a back yard but.... but he installed no alarm systems. Or even a guard dog, he didn't even have a gun for protection.

“sometimes you have to bite your upper lip and put sunglasses on”….Bob Dylan

willomenia · ‎07-31-2011

Do more research, he had an affair because she was a manipulative bi*** she ran the house and him . He took the kids because she was crazy and they wanted to live with him.

layla2450 · ‎10-02-2021

@occasionalrain wrote:
I expect Betty saw it as self defence. In a way it was.

WRONG. What she did was NOT self-defense. SMH.

"There are no ordinary cats" ~ Colette

Tinkrbl44 · ‎08-23-2010

I think that when a divorce is highly "volatile," a judge should require the two to go through MANDATORY DIVORCE MEDIATION.

Betty and Dan aside, in the news, I see too many men kill their wives (and sometimes kids!) during separation and divorce.

Someone has to step in somehow and reduce the anger and violence we see too often.

shoekitty · ‎03-10-2010

@layla2450 wrote:
@occasionalrain wrote:
I expect Betty saw it as self defence. In a way it was.
WRONG. What she did was NOT self-defense. SMH.

@layla2450 correct, it was not self-defense. But I think @occasionalrain is saying, Betty saw it as self defense. Which is true. Betty thought it was justified in her mind