The REAL Betty Broderick Story: Defense Opening Statements (1991) | COURT TV

[@AlphaPoe]

Dan and Linda didn’t deserve murder, but Linda was not a good person to get involved with a married man with 4 kids. And Dan should have gotten divorced before dating if he was unhappy.

[@珊小妮33]

Exactly Linda is a disgusting human being, but she doesn't deserve death. This is definitely going too far

[@adammarkie8615]

The judge’s posture cracks me up.

[@AmandaIsAwesome]

😂🤣😂🤣totally!!!

[@ministryoflies..3651]

Looks like he's getting a BJ 🤣

[@FrenchieConnection4]

@@ministryoflies..3651 🤣

[@lowlowseesee]

he gives a fuck and doesnt give a fuck at the exact same time. decides the fates and cashes the fucking checks hahahaha

[@MusicandDancing4Ever]

Being a judge is the best job. The lawyers and jury do the world the judge just collect millions.

[@miahashawilliams6854]

Court reporters are underrated.

[@FeMiNem-Poet]

🌺As An ex Court Reporter you know how much that Court Reporter was making a day?!!! 🪷Salary at that time, I believe was around $60,000.00 a year. That's just for her to walk in the door with her machine. 🌹 She's generating thirty pages an hour. It's what they call a "Daily transcript" - which at that time I believe was around $6.00 or more dollars a PAGE. That's not even counting the copies that each attorney and journalist has to order!😎

[@flynntaylor5459]

Ps the mini series movie a woman scorned was very one sided , taking largely Dan's side and painted Linda as some saint. Hardly the truth.

[@Nannerchan]

The judge looks like he is bored and sleeping.

[@aliveli-hq6zk]

Jry decides judge applies.

[@jameshop2559]

You can only.take so much..mama bear couldnt take it

[@Baffled-f9d]

Because it's the second trial after the first hung jury so he has to sit through it all over again............lol

[@helenal.7881]

@@jameshop2559 LOL!!! A real mother Bear would have been a far better mother than Betty!

[@MusicandDancing4Ever]

Being a judge is an easy job. Just sit, sleep, make millions. The lawyers and jury do all the work.

[@vickiemouse236]

Personally I’ve always felt that if not for her, he would be a nobody! He threw her away when he got where he wanted to be! It doesn’t justify killing, but I can certainly see how the frustration she felt completely twisted her mind!

[@60toodles]

tough luck though and she needed to get a grip. people fall out of love all the time when married. Also why would he be a nobody if not for her? What did she do?

[@vickiemouse236]

@@60toodles she worked 2-3 jobs while having children and many miscarriages so he could go to school! His parents paid for his medical degree(which was a waste) and she supported the family until the end of the marriage when he started making millions!!!

[@nofear6435]

A nobody? Hardly. The guy was a genius in his own right, having both medical and law degrees. That's not something an average person is able to achieve. He was also very ambitious, so with or without her, he was going to be successful.

[@vickiemouse236]

@@nofear6435 my point is that he wouldn’t have been able to attain the status without her working and supporting the family

[@nofear6435]

@@vickiemouse236 Oh, I understood your point just fine. I'm saying I disagree with it.

[@doloresleyva8810]

Don't mess with married men.... their wives know their man inside and out and have invested blood , sweat and tears and years to bring him him up in what he wants to accomplish.... follow the golden rule! This woman was done wrong and she did wrong but he made her lose herself by hooking up with a 19 yr old girl .... sick sick man!

[@noah031411]

oh boo-hoo she’s not the first woman to be cheated on and she won’t be the last. Seems to me that she made her husband and children, miserable, and married or not he has a right to move on with his life if he’s not happy in his marriage. The man had one life to live and if he didn’t want to live it being tied to a miserable, ugly, mean, grouchy wife, then its his life and his choice. RipDan/Linda.

[@maligayangbati-21]

Yeah that happened a lot every where some of them once they’re successful will forget about who put him there….

[@bryanovalasiti3555]

I bet Dan didn't change one diaper or scrub one toilet

[@gailtaylor9154]

Nope!!!

[@jamesmaclean7324]

And waited for his supper to be served.

[@haintedhouse2990]

why should he? along with preparing his pipe & slippers that's a woman's job

[@martinakuhnert9636]

@@haintedhouse2990 YOU are sick, seek mental help!

[@martinakuhnert9636]

@@haintedhouse2990 Why shouldn't he is the question.

[@anastasia051886]

Seeing some of the comments here makes me understand why victims of emotional abuse are not coming forward. She married a guy who was a student, who had no money. She was young and beautiful and could have gone for an older rich men but she chose to marry Dan and let him concentrate on his studies while she took care of kids, house and finances. That’s a great wife in my book. And when he finally makes it he takes up with a much younger girl while giving his wife hot and cold treatment, gaslighting her and treating her worse than a stranger. Yes people fall out of love unfortunately but you still have to be decent to the person you are leaving. He cheated on her, emotionally abused her, made her doubt the reality, taunted his side piece any way he could, took away her kids and life as she knew it. I am not justifying a murder but he definitely put this gun in her hands.

[@lorigarry371]

Well said!

[@Time_to_Stop_Animal_Cruelty]

She actually worked jobs to pay for his schools too.

[@MusicandDancing4Ever]

@@Girl-101 wait till it happens to you. Dan was an arrogant asshole. Wait till your husband leave you for a young, hot thing, when you get in your 40s and gain weight, and we’ll see if you go on so easily, after a man takes away your best years and kick you to the curb.

[@martinakuhnert9636]

Well said and lots can be learned from this tragedy. Betty was right when she said quote " Dan would say let's do this together, it's for US and so I did...once he made it there was no longer OURS , it was HIS "

[@smarie4233]

If you watch all the videos it is clear that she was the emotionally manipulating person in the marriage. She destroyed all of their lives just to get revenge.

[@jettsetgirl]

Dan was a narcissist & Betty had borderline personality disorder - Deadly combo

[@helenal.7881]

Betty also had a narcissistic personality disorder.

[@HopefulInterventions]

@@helenal.7881 she sure did!

[@haintedhouse2990]

@@helenal.7881 yep their marriage didn't stand a chance.

[@pibly674]

Good point.

[@DannyBoy777777]

You didn't even know him, and aren't qualified to say.

[@skel760]

What kind of woman pursues a married man; much less a father of four, 17y older than her, and also her boss? She then brags about it around the office. She proceeds to mercilessly taunt the wife. She also calls her derogatory names to her children. She was shameless. Immoral. Vile. Cheap. Immature. Selfish. She had no redeemable qualities. And let’s be honest here: if Dan was one of the office clerks instead of the big boss with loads of money, she wouldn’t have given him the time of day. At all. She’d call him a perverted and dirty old man. Don’t come at me because she was murdered. I never said it was justified. I’m simply stating what kind of *woman* she was. Awful

[@rhondabitler5474]

I agree

[@Sue-gq7xv]

agree.

[@Summerdreams3]

Agree

[@noah031411]

Betty was a ugly, fat, manipulative, miserable woman who tortured her family well before the affair and the divorce. If you’re going to make life miserable for your husband, don’t expect for him to stick around for it. How long was Linda supposed to deal with being called nasty names on their voicemail by Betty. At some point, of course she’s going to get nasty with her. Linda didn't cause Betty to lose her husband, Betty did that all on her own. What kind of disgusting, vile, immortal woman mentality tortures her own children. I truly believe that she would have murdered her own children just to spite Dan. She's crazy and deserves to be in prison for the rest of her life Fk Betty.

[@JackieOlantern]

What kind of woman murders her husband and his wife and takes her children’s dad away because she’s pissed off that she’s not 28 years old. Stop it

[@valmcandrews3659]

whoever that was coughing and sneezing shoulda been kicked out 🤧

[@judethaddeus9856]

Why?

[@cecilejoubert7933]

It was very annoying plus the chair that cracks all the time!

[@cecilejoubert7933]

That was the state attorney - the woman and it was her chair cracking all the time!

[@Fanster-lr6jf]

We all do it….Its part of being human.

[@spirit13the1st6]

Yes it's annoying,but you've got to overlook it. Even though it seems on purpose.

[@marjn1030]

When you're going out of your way for someone in the name of "being in a relationship" think again.

[@TheWorldisSoDivided]

Betrayal are the hardest emotions to deal with.

[@chrisirving4735]

It sure is. It takes so long to go through it and get over it.

[@JadeMicheleGriffin]

So true especially when all of your contributions are never acknowledged.

[@peaceandlove7824]

Almost all human beings have deal with cheaters and betrayal, but that doesn’t give you a free ticket to murder. There is no excuse to kill anyone, more if is the father of your children. She is the typical person that thinks “if he is not mine, he won’t be any other woman husband”.

[@stephaniestep1]

No, that would be hate.

[@peaceandlove7824]

We all go through situations like that in life, but that’s not a reason tu murder! She is a narcissist and a selfish. She is where she belongs in, prison is her place until she dies.

[@OOceaneyess]

“Dan saying that he can’t be happy unless he reached his,” Goal of MATERIAL success” says it all. She helped him get there. He bought his mid life mobile and traded Betty in for a younger woman while systematically breaking her down. I feel no mercy for him!

[@leeprimeau7912]

@Oceaneyes, while I agree that he sounded like a big jerk, he certainly didn’t deserve to die. They had had a tumultuous relationship for years... even the children testified to that. He did Betty wrong no doubt, but again... he didn’t deserve to be shot in his sleep. The saddest victims of course are their children. Betty literally ripped their lives apart. It broke my heart when Oprah interviewed two of them years ago. Betty is a piece of work. She was attractive, extremely intelligent, college educated, certainly could have held out in the courts for more money from Dan, and could have had a full and wonderful life. She made a terrible choice and left many lives (including her own) in wreckage behind her.

[@Jeanninecomeau]

Thank you! He was a SOB and Linda provoked her as well. I'm from Sam Diego. There were Berry Brodrick defense money cans in several places.

[@helenal.7881]

@@Jeanninecomeau wow…”Betty Broderick defense moneys”….I had no idea how stupid and ignorant the residents are from San Diego

[@martinakuhnert9636]

@@helenal.7881 How dare you? Who is ignorant here?

[@martinakuhnert9636]

Dan was known in San Diego legal circles as a jerk. Yes, he was smart and got "results", however treated many badly . Once he started making $$$, that was it. If you disagreed with him or had a "point" about him, he would do what he could do best..legal threat. Never anything on a human level.

[@Jackiedyk]

Your anger can be justified but that doesn't give you the right to go to someone's house and murder them.

[@HopefulInterventions]

Exactly! Well said. You’re very wise! 🙏🙌

[@Girl-101]

Especially 5 years after you split up!

[@pibly674]

Exactly.

[@martinakuhnert9636]

Agree and that's why she has been in jail for many years. This is more or less about how one can get to that point and how it could have been avoided.

[@Girl-101]

@@martinakuhnert9636 Especially when she had her own boyfriend

[@FrenchieConnection4]

She absolutely deserved a million dollars and 25k a month for 10 months. When looking at the big scheme of things and where Dan was headed..that was chump change.

[@lowlowseesee]

right? its easy for most of us to at first here what she wanted and feel she is a gold digger. once you get all the details its like WTF Dan tried to destroy her.

[@nofear6435]

Well, for all intents and purposes, that's not what this case is about. It's about her decision to fricking murder 2 people.

[@helenal.7881]

@@nofear6435 exactly!!!

[@helenal.7881]

@@lowlowseesee DAN WANTED TO GET AWAY FROM HER!!!! BETTY DESTROYED HER FAMILY!!!! AND SHE IS A DOUBLE :MURDERER!!!!

[@isaiahcupil1214]

He should have treated his wife with fairness and more understanding oh, it took her to help him to reach those goals, they were working as a team, now he wants to switch lanes that's fine but at the same time his wife the one that helped him get to where he was and should have been entitled to half including future earnings

[@MusicandDancing4Ever]

Betty is Italian. He should’ve of known betrayal is the worse sin to an Italian and they will get revenge.

[@keithabney4665]

Italian, Scorpio and a woman - already a batshit terrorist

[@FreddieandBrenda]

Someone needed to give the person coughing..a cough drop or peppermint! Lol

[@lexie919]

Dan committed the ultimate betrayal, Betty committed the ultimate payback. End of story.

[@haintedhouse2990]

there's no end to a story where 2 voices have been silenced and the surviving voice is unrepentant.

[@GlowingMpd]

👍

[@thunderbirdmessenger2813]

end of story?

[@threadgenius]

Best comment ever. 👍

[@dylanthuong2600]

Yay yay yay

[@lauraspell9749]

I can’t believe she didn’t do it sooner.

[@sandradee1579]

I wouldn't want you as a juror deciding my fate? Sheeet!

[@iamagainstyourpillows5162]

​@@sandradee1579 logically you would want him ON the jury diinghhus

[@sandradee1579]

@@iamagainstyourpillows5162 I wasn't referencing BB attorney. I responded to the previous comment. Read before you type.

[@keithabney4665]

at least Dan will never have to listen to that shrill voice again. worse than nails on a chalkboard.

[@maligayangbati-21]

He gave him a chance 😮

[@bellab9286]

Is the judge alive back there….

[@cecilejoubert7933]

No - I do not think he is alive!

[@floatingvibez]

It’s quite ironic the defense is lead by a man and the prosecution is lead by a woman

[@satin7711]

This is such a fascinating case. The combination of everything, personalities, beauty, capabilities, compromises, false expectations or rather betrayal, incapability to process success and betrayal,lost futures, arrogance etc. it,s all there and it should be a learning case for everybody, women, man, mistresses. However, I think she should be released now.

[@Nigelsmom2136]

Was Betty wrong? Of course she was. But Dan and Linda were not angels either. He gaslighted and Linda taunted her and made fun of her in front of the children. She helped make him a prominent attorney andcwhen he was done with her he moved on. That's what narcissists do and they always maje themselves the victim. Linda knew he was a married man with 4 children and started an affair with him anyway.

[@lbca81]

Before you feel sorry for her listen to the tapes of her talking to her sons. Particularly the one with Rhett. She tells him how she is giving away the puppies, how he needs to stand up to his Dad, how no one at the house loves him, no one cares for him, and on and on. While that poor child is sobbing. There is no excuse, she deserves jail for the rest of her life

[@jettsetgirl]

Are they on KZbin!? That’s awful I did hear that one call when she tells him your father is fucking his secretary

[@lbca81]

@@jettsetgirl I dont know if its on youtube but it is on the CourtTV website. It is at the end of prosecutions closing I think.

[@jettsetgirl]

@@lbca81 thanks doll - I can’t wait for the next season of The dirty john Betty series ..

[@lbca81]

@@jettsetgirl no prob.

[@Baffled-f9d]

Meanwhile, he used to kick the kids' dogs, because he didn't like animals. He would lock the phone line up in a closet from the kids with the ringer and ans machine down for days, till she would lose it. He knew how to push her buttons. I watched the whole trial.

[@bryanovalasiti3555]

Linda antagonized Betty and rubbed Betty's nose in their new relationship. Linda stepped into the best part of Betty's life and sent Betty wrinkle cream ads and diet ads shaming Betty for not being younger or thinner.

[@pmoneywest8099]

Called Betty fat infront of the Kids at the Dinner table. Dan had to tell her to cut it out .

[@williamphillips2239]

@@pmoneywest8099 But it was OK for Betty to call her a "cunt" to everyone including her own young children, eh? SMH

[@johnwelsh2769]

It is well established that Betty sent those ads to herself to get sympathy.

[@grammylisa1]

@@johnwelsh2769 A friend of Linda’s said that she sent them to Betty.

[@johnwelsh2769]

@@grammylisa1 Provide your reference for that information please.

[@tamminichols2417]

So the courts allowed this man to do his own divorce and call all the shots unbelievable .

[@kellykiewert5029]

Everyone, lawyer or not, has the right to defend themselves or handle their own legal proceedings. I don't understand why you think it is unbelievable.

[@bonniedenouden2725]

i've never heard such a noisy courtroom, coughing, sneezing , phones ringing, etc.

[@RoseHernandez-z9r]

Your funny

[@lynsilva7037]

Court CLERKS are overly underrated!!

[@vickitaylor680]

My daughter’s ex and the father of her children is exactly like Dan. The emotional damage to her has been devastating. It’s all about him, his image, money, and control.

[@iamagainstyourpillows5162]

What can I say women like powerful men...🤷🏾‍♂️

[@jamiemohan2049]

If u research her more u would realise she was the bigger problem then him. She lied numerous times. Her daughters believed her to be a whack job and deny their father was a bad father. They give a much better image of what she was like. The man is dead, he can't defend himself. Most people who knew them deny much of what Betty, a pathological liar says. Seriously, look up what her daughters said about her. Yall are so easy to fool. I've a mother just like this whack job.

[@Josephv3848]

Dan was a narcissist. Betty was abused.

[@nothingbutthetruth2145]

She did wrong no doubt she had her reasons. But she should be set free now. I think she's done her time. She's in her 70s now

[@DannyBoy777777]

Linda and Dan lost 60 plus years, certainly Linda. 32 isn't enough you sick twist.

[@helenal.7881]

@@DannyBoy777777 yes!! Preach!! Isn’t is revolting the number of twisted people out there who side w Betty?? And to think they probably vote also. No wonder this country is such a mess

[@haintedhouse2990]

all she's gotta do is express remorse - she won't do it. - hell she could even fake it for the sake of her children and grandkids but she's way too fucked in the head to even do that.

[@helenal.7881]

@@haintedhouse2990 yes!

[@MusicandDancing4Ever]

@@DannyBoy777777 someone would’ve killed Linda. She was a well known husband stealer before Dan. But found a sucker going through mid-life crisis she could get to leave his wife to marry her. So she could move up from mistress to wife,

[@floatingvibez]

The coughing is so obviously deliberate

[@christyhoehn8244]

This is from 1991 I think

[@cr3062]

He should've been her divorce attorney.

[@pammaynard9997]

Betty Broderick, unfortunately, did what so many women have thought about doing in similar situations. What she went through has been happening to so many women and no one really seems to care. Dan cheated on her and he did not care about the pain he caused Betty. He was not remorseful and should have been disbarred for using the law for his own personal gain and unethical behavior. He used the law against her and made it hard for her to get her own legal counsel. He was gaslighting Betty for a long time and is a narcissist . when he decided to leave which was long before he actually did leave is when he discarded her. A tactic most narcissist practice when they are done with their victim. He took and stole all the things that were important to Betty. He even did the things that Betty planned and was so good about , such as vacations with the kids, he used it as though he planned it...I'm talking about after he left her. I know what she went through because I am going through the same thing. The money ,the lawyers , family ,all the lies and the secrets. Dan was gaslighting her and pushed her buttons. He played it all so well. The only part he did not foresee was his death. She was the victim long before Dan ultimately became the victim and she ultimately had the last word, a voice that before no one would listen. She wanted him to know how she felt and she wanted to be validated for her sacrifices and yes compensated . And when she tried to get it through the law the judicial.system failed her . All because Dan Was a lawyer and used it against her. She has paid more than enough time for her crime and what for? To a court system that was biased and labeled her as crazy when really it was temporary insanity. She has served more time then those who have done far worse. She is sorry for going to far and she is remorseful. Everything she said in jail , to other people and in court was.scrutinized, picked apart and twisted into what they thought. She should have been released in 2017 and now it looks like she will never get out. I say let her spend her last years with her family and not in a prison cell.

[@haintedhouse2990]

if BBroderick wants out she's gonna have to be like every other prisoner and play the game - get familiar with AUTHENTIC remorse and show progress in rehabilitation - being a good girl in the slammer is not enough. as for her shaky-voiced apology a few years back, parole boards can spot a 'snow job' in a heartbeat. some 30 years later and she still aint sorry she killed them so prison it is. Betty was no victim but she still loves to play one.

[@Leeisme5630]

This woman gave her LIFE not only to Dan Broderick, but to ensure a comfortable life past the kids growing up & forming their own lives….She had multiple miscarriages, worked AND cared for the children she’d had when Dan was going to school to become what he came to be….Once he reached his level, time to discard the one who helped him get there, & collect the “model of his choice”, a considerably younger woman who didn’t lift one finger to assist him in getting to his place in the legal world, but was all too willing to enjoy the fruits of his labor, & he was all for it….Sure it happens but they could’ve saved the emotional abuse they inflicted on her….They broke her & made her do what she did.

[@soulfireonfire6423]

@@Leeisme5630 She was asking him for a divorce since the day they got married! Her daughter wrote a book! She remembers from a very houngan age her mother always threatening divorce! She remembers her mother asking her at ( years old mommy and daddy are getting a divorce who do you want to live with. I believe the oldest daughter who wrote the book! She saw all of it! What was she doing 13 years later when the oldest was 18, same crap different year. She never changed! That’s because she married someone she never loved! She married him fur what he had the potential to be because he was smart and she knew it! She was never ever going to be happy ! I don’t believe he ever cheated on her for one very common sense reason.. he was a lawyer! He knew if he cheated in her and it could ever be proven, she could take him to the cleaners ! She would have ended up getting way more then she did if he cheated on her! She continued to say how much she loved her children. Did she? A mothers love means you think of your children first ! When she ran the vehicle through the house, especially the front door, she had no idea where her children were inside the home! She could have killed one of them ! What about after she killed them. She is sitting there talking to her daughters like they were adults after she had just killed their father! She had no remorse, empathy, compassion! Nothing ! Woman was psychotic ! After all the previous out of control things she did. even getting arrested in front of her children after running an SUV into the house twice, do you think that would have been enough fur her to have a moment where she would have s self evaluation of reality and say Whoa, J need to get it together! Nope!!! She had her own home! He was willing to give her more then half of the home they owned together! She had a wardrobe that could fill the highest priced stores! She had 2-3 vehicles! She had bought a condo! She was making investments. She had her real estate license! Teachers degree! Plus many other talents! She had a collection of very high priced jewelry! Plus she was getting $16,000 a month in alimony! Just the sake of the house and one year of alimony and her condo and the Hoyas she bought was worth well over a million dollars! Back in the 80’s hit a divorced woman to have that was unheard of ! Not to be toon her vehicles. jewelry and clothes and the fact that she had the intelligence to start her own business. Real estate. Interior decorating/home organizing business which she was great at! ! Daycare chain! She blew it because she wasn’t mentally stable!!!

[@rosearellanes5648]

U have got to be kidding me with all this poor Betty BS!! SHE MURDERED TWO PEOPLE!! Did Dan, leave her yes! Did he marry Linda yes! And by the way Dan, was paying EVERYTHING for her!! Betty made the choice to leave those disgusting messages, drive into Dan's front door, and drop off their children one by one. As for serving enough time, ABSOLUTELY NOT!! Betty is NOT REMORSEFUL and takes NO RESPONSIBILITY for kulling Dan and Linda. That is why the parole board has denied her parole. If I were the Judge and I wish I were Betty would have been sentenced to life WITHOUT the possiblity of parole. That would've been true justice

[@skel760]

@@rosearellanes5648 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@christyhoehn8244]

This story is season 2 of DIRTY JOHN: BETTY BRODERICK

[@AmandaIsAwesome]

Yes that season is soooo good!!!!

[@mommyshark1124]

It was amazing!

[@nothingbutthetruth2145]

Yeh i have heard about this. Im going to have a watch thanks

[@raineyj560]

On Episode 4.

[@helenal.7881]

It’s a very ONE sided view. We had to study this case in Law school and the Dirty John Series is borderline fiction. The only truth to it is that Betty murdered 2 people.

[@elenaragasajo6756]

I really understand Betty, being a working mother w/a husband never care what his real responsibility as a provider of the family In short he only is a self - centered husband, a greedy man

[@yelenaangeleski3354]

You fell for her story. Everyone who knew her, including 3 of her 4 children, says that she was the materialistic one. At one point she even threw a fit when he bought her a ring as a present because in her eyes it was too small. She also claims that they were poor at the time he was making $82,000 a year -- which was a lot back in the late 1970s! The woman's an inveterate liar and a toxic narcissist, to boot. Such people are extremely skilled at fooling others. One of the psychiatrists she had seen describes as an excellent actress.

[@haintedhouse2990]

so you understand her leaving her kids parentless? as well as damaging countless lives? at the time of the murders she had a descent financial settlement, a beautiful beachfront home and a new live-in boyfriend. instead she chooses to blow away the "greedy man". glad she's locked up.

[@anitarobbins6414]

Kick a dog long enough…. It will bit you!

[@Sue-gq7xv]

Why was she working when she was getting $16,000 a month?

[@julielevinge266]

If you go into someone’s house, especially your X & his wife & shoot them, your in big trouble!!!

[@BeMe33]

She snapped … 20y of supporting his goals, financially & kids, and he cheats and abandons her once he achieved success. What kind of man lives off his wife for decades only to ditch her at the finish line. Temporary insanity s/p betrayal. IMO. Betrayal trauma is the worst.

[@292B]

1991, gaslighting term used in court. Dear Mary Ellen, 1944. More relevant today than ever.

[@michaelleger1677]

I've been fascinated about The Betty Broderick story since she was on Oprah and 2 tv movies that were made about her. To this day, Betty still claims she was a victim and she did nothing wrong

[@cecilejoubert7933]

Of course Betty was the victim! She worked her fingers to the bone to pay for Dan's studies, etc. and the moment he laid eyes on 'Miss Linda' - everything changed for Betty. Kolkena was a gold digger!

[@haintedhouse2990]

@@cecilejoubert7933 there were 2 victims, Dan & Linda. Betty murdered them, that's why they're called victims. Betty just loved PLAYING the victim.

[@merricat3025]

Meredith Baxter did great job in movie

[@williamphillips2239]

Stop getting your facts and advise from Oprah ...you'll be better off for it!

[@RoseHernandez-z9r]

@haintedhouse2990 if she was such a victim, why did she send her notes with her pictures and saying eat your heart out B.......

[@DebbieBlanke]

Just a few minutes in I’m wondering how the Judge stayed awake. All comfy in his chair, head rested back, warm in his robe. Was he wearing bunny slippers?

[@meditateonthis2697]

$16,000 per month…oh yeah, I could have a good time w that in good ways.

[@Jojos415]

As Chris Rock said, now I'm not saying she should have killed him... but I understand.

[@dapperdoggy]

Phone calls in the courtroom really?

[@Josephv3848]

I never knew that Dan had 2 DUIs and a problem with alcohol. Now I see Betty’s perspective.

[@meditateonthis2697]

Betty was nasty….like Dan said, she criticized everything he did and everything he said. That must have discouraged Dan day after day and pushed him far away from her. Murdering 2 people bc you’re pissed off is not justified! She’s where she belongs. She could have gotten professional help. Like her friend told her, she has everything going for her, etc., etc. she made a very, very bad choice!

[@thunderbirdmessenger2813]

She must've sounded like her lawyer, yikes!

[@teeahtate]

Blinded by jealousy.

[@Sue-gq7xv]

Oh please, play the violin for poor Danny and his slut.

[@cecilejoubert7933]

Miss Kolkena was not as innocent that she seems to be - you was a home wrecker and a mean person!

[@ChrisIrving-et3tf]

"You was a"... Better English is "you were a"

[@trickortrump3292]

“was not as innocent that she seems to be” was not as innocent *as* she *seemed* to be

[@JadeMicheleGriffin]

I am glad She got this lawyer. She tried unsuccessfully to get legal advice but no one would help her because of Dan. This guy is good. I know She committed murder but In the first trial he humanized her. She was not some crazed killer, there extenuating circumstances. She was a broken woman without her own identity.

[@keithabney4665]

"she was not some crazed killer" - on what planet?

[@pc9020]

FREE BETTY

[@bryanovalasiti3555]

Dan and Linda were sadistic and the whole basis of their relationship was to abuse Betty

[@cecilejoubert7933]

And they did abuse her mentally!

[@cecilejoubert7933]

And they did mentally abuse Betty!

[@johnwelsh2769]

All Dan and Linda were trying to do was go on with their lives. Betty got a million dollar house, $16,000 a month plus $1500 a month child support and a one time $28,000 payout. All Dan and Linda wanted was for Betty to go away, and she wouldn't do that.

[@keithabney4665]

oh please - they were newlyweds, no couple gets married and spends their time and energy plotting against the ex-wife - they wanted to forget about her insanity unfortunately Betty couldn't stop foaming at the mouth over being dumped - she needed to get in line with the rest of the grown-ups and deal.

[@patriciafoster3347]

I’m so confused! What? He’s all over the place.

[@GlowingMpd]

👍. He rambles on and mispronounces words and misspeaks. At one point it sounded like he was saying Betty was all these bad things. So hard to follow him. Wouldn’t want him as my lawyer. The prosecutor did a much better job of laying out her case and I’m on Betty’s side!

[@thelmadickinson6811]

@@GlowingMpd Betty shows many personality characteristics similar to JA.

[@robinowens4348]

Even Betty looks bored by the end 🙄

[@bryanovalasiti3555]

I've been curious to calculate how much money Betty made and contributed to sustain 6 people all those years. She supported them then he was supposed to support them and give her a break BUT HE BRUTALLY CUT HER OUT and GAVE IT ALL TO A NEW WOMAN

[@gailtaylor9154]

He gave Betty's RING To Linda The one Betty wanted for Christmas 🎁

[@keithabney4665]

maybe Betty would've gotten more of a financial fair shake if she could've cut out addressing Dan as 'asshole' and 'faggot' in front of friends and co-workers or not called him repeatedly leaving messages for Linda the c*nt, or refrained from making her entrance through the front door of his house with her car.

[@scarlettbutler2873]

Dan and Linda would not return Betty’s wedding China, also. So petty. And I’m sure it meant more to Betty than it did to either one of them.

[@keithabney4665]

@@scarlettbutler2873 Dan might've given Betty more of a fair-shake if she could've refrained from addressing him as 'asshole' and 'faggot' in front of friends and co-workers or chose not to ram her car into the front door of his house while her kids were inside

[@jessicaselenecenteno]

It’s really fucked up that he strung her along , lied about the affair and financially abused her throughout the entire marriage.

[@JackieOlantern]

Even Betty testified that Dan never abused her although her attorney wanted her to say he did. She couldn’t do it because it wasn’t true. You know what is really fucked up? That she killed 2 people while they slept; that 4 kids have no parents. And she admittedly sleeps like a baby at night. She’s glad they are dead. That, my friend, is fucked up. I suggest you read, “Until The Twelfth of Never” to get the full picture. All parties were at fault. No one deserved to die. PERIOD.

[@cecilejoubert7933]

This miss Kolkena was a real piece of work - so mean!

[@raquelduquedeestrada1129]

Ms. Kolkena perhaps had a rise signing and sending papers to Betty, under Dan’s approval of course…. The webs we weave

[@Jeanninecomeau]

Yes. He was a narcissist. Passive aggressive.

[@haintedhouse2990]

Betty sure as hell wasn't Joan of Arc.

[@thelmadickinson6811]

Betty appears more the narcissist. We have examples of her actions and words and only her word for his actions. She acted predictable when he stopped responding to her baiting and she spiraled. She kept changing the goal posts. She has zero remorse. She needed control.

[@nathanhans6212]

That woman is evil

[@gdumaguing]

Dang, that woman is i think the most unlucky wife

[@keithabney4665]

her family were the unlucky ones.

[@oppositewolf]

unlucky wives are those who cant leave the relationship..the ones where the husband will hunt them down, using every trick in the law to continue to beat them.....Betty wasnt wanted by Dan....Betty couldnt accept that...all the money in the world would not have satisfied Betty to walk away and move on with her life.....she couldnt accept he no longer loved or wanted her...and that is all it was....she was one of the luckiest women out there in fact, she could have had more then enough to live on, and possibly found someone better---FREELY

[@maryellenquinn5267]

Shame on Dan and Linda, sorry, but when you play with fire…….!

[@farmkitchen7294]

So sad and pity for Betty for she killed the man that is not worth loving, a man that used her to reach his dream for that materials he wanted to have in life.

[@grammylisa1]

Dan would have ended up divorcing Linda too

[@micmic7795]

Getting cheated is NOT an excuse to kill people, she’s not the first or last one to go through it. Her kids should have been more important than her ex. She deserves what she gets.

[@teeahtate]

Very true. Murder is not the answer for betrayal, even though it might hurt like hell.

[@angelamwatts]

I agree with you. She should've put the children first. If she was smart, she should've went after every dollar that she was entitled to. Had she done that, she would've outsmarted him. Instead of serving life in prison, she could have retired and live a life of luxury. I would've went after his $$$. Speaking of money and mistakes she should not have married him when he was broke and put through school. I would've told him call me when you have your career established, you're not ready and I'm not Barbara the builder. Lesson learned from this case is don't marry a broke man. Don't sacrifice your life to make him somebody. Instead treat yourself like your the prize and make him pursue and pay for you.

[@marynywarriormomof1248]

She was an absolute nightmare to be married to

[@ritaroad]

The marital cheating was just the start. It’s what he did after. He could never repay what he owed her so he decided to cheat her out of that too.

[@sunnienie239]

I felt Betty Broderick her pains for what her husband put her through the mores I read her story and the my heart broken. May god bless Ms Betty Broderick. As it for Linda. Only god can punish her

[@JackieOlantern]

What an awful thing to say.

[@nancyflaherty7038]

Still no reason to kill Dan and Linda. She should have taken the money and continue with her life.

[@griseldasmith6375]

Linda didn’t have to be mean to her husband’s ex , they say in Spanish “EL QUE BUSCA, ENCUENTRA” I’m not saying she deserved to be killed NO , but she should’ve let her husband handle the situation. Stay neutral

[@kimma508]

All of the noise going on in the courtroom would have made my ADD act up.

[@ashimchatterjee8557]

This is one brilliant lawyer. Worth emulating.

[@ccoleman2959]

He’s horrible!! Prosecutor was waaay more interesting and presented very well

[@jackieellabella3699]

She wrapped herself up too much in this man, women let that be a lesson follow your own dreams and have your own identity, she identified too much with this relationship. Having said that she worked her ass off to support her man and their family too and supported his dreams, who goes to medical and law school? Specially when you have a family…shows how arrogant he was as well, he was concerned about himself and his ego because he felt like a nerd and needed to show how brilliant and great he was. Not that he shouldn’t work hard I just feel he thought he was the important one ☝️ and discarded her and her mental instability came out over time. She is the poster child of a woman scorned, I think she should be freed now she’s been in prison for 30 years. I also think they both were controlling and manipulative in their own ways

[@allend2749]

Jackie, u sound like u hate men. Why is that?

[@jackieellabella3699]

@@allend2749 nope not all I just call as I see it

[@thisisme3238]

Betty should be released now, she's paid her dues... it's 2021!

[@teeahtate]

I really think a lot of women learned from this experience. Some still send men to school, but I think people are waking up.

[@skel760]

I don’t think I heard that judge ask the prosecutor how much longer she is going to be. Not once, yet he ask BB defense. That Kerry wells was like a rabbid dog. She must have had a personal vendetta against betty. She was nasty.

[@amberam7437]

Maybe one day Kerry Wells hubby will dump her for a nearly 20 yr younger secretary. Wouldn't that be ironic?

[@pommiebears]

Would you all be backing this double murder, if a man had shot his ex wife and her new husband? Like hell you would. Hypocrites.

[@judithwilliams3147]

Why would a man kill them. .

[@SerenaCalls]

Dan used Betty to get his career stable, while Betty worked many jobs to support his career, she took care of the house, raised the kids and when Dan went through his mid-life crisis getting a corvette and a younger version of Betty was working at his office, his loyalty went out the window!!! Dedicate your life to someone and than be betrayed and discarded...I need to send Betty some money into her commissary account.

[@viqala9159]

Listen to the prosecution's side too. This woman was obsessive to an unhealthy degree for years. And if she was this obsessive after he left her, i have no doubt she was hard to live with during the marriage aswell. Women left by their husbands for a younger woman, arent always otherwise just angels. She has a screw loose, and that is independent from anything the husband did or didnt do.

[@SunshineDay-fv5lh]

Betty used Dan too. She said he looked like a dork when she met him. She met him his 3rd year in medical school. She invested in Dan cause she knew he was a provider, her words!

[@infinitya6873]

There is enough to confirm he is arrogant, a liar and a cheat etc but she killed him and Linda what is the justification for a double murder?

[@jettsetgirl]

@@SunshineDay-fv5lh nothing wrong at all to marry a man because you think he’ll be a good provider, especially in that time when more men were the sole income source … Men often married women because they perceived that they would be good mothers, homemakers etc.. she had no right to kill him , but she felt discarded and allowed her emotions to run her life

[@HopefulInterventions]

@@viqala9159 exactly! Both Dan and her weren’t innocent. I can’t help but think of it was Dan who murdered Betty and her new husband would society be as supportive? Most likely they would condemn the husband and call him abusive, evil sociopath, etc., double standard society we live in!

[@theoriginaleb9616]

I’m almost 100% certain that there is a kindergarten class in the audience. Adults would be respectful and be able to be quiet and sit still during court proceedings, right? 🙄

[@GlowingMpd]

👍

[@jovanalmen8660]

What about the phone calls. Why would the court have a phone?

[@glitter7777]

Bc it was 1991, now they have instant messaging on the computers etc

[@SlimIsChillin]

@@jovanalmen8660 I work in the courtroom as a clerk we still have phones lol

[@hawaiiflowers7066]

The both of them, the parents(Dan & Betty)were very cruel to each other.

[@tonnasullivan9374]

Dan & Linda didn’t deserve to be murdered but damn… Betty’s life was her family. I’d be pissed as hell if a younger woman took my life from me. When I divorced my husband an go back an read the messages I sent his girlfriend on messenger 🤦🏻‍♀️ I’m so embarrassed. Betty needed to heal. They’re steps. I’m sorry but Dan was Linda’s sugar daddy. 16 years difference in age, that’s what it is. Karma would of gotten Linda. He would of done the same to her.

[@Lillyxxxo]

No Dan and Linda deserved it. Linda was no angel .

[@susanbarton8873]

There are women who get NOTHING to support their kids. Betty was selfish and ridiculous.

[@BeautifulSpirit-24]

Betty had a cushy life when she murdered Dan and Linda. Betty was left with way more resources and opportunities than most women have after a divorce. Betty was a jealous, spoiled, tantrum throwing, narcissistic, hot mess. She robbed her children of a loving, caring, stable, well providing father.

[@peaceandlove7824]

Exactly! She is a selfish and a narcissistic.

[@theresajohnson1959]

YES!!!

[@teeahtate]

Yes, she was jealous. Very sad, but I understand her pain. Murder is not the answer though.

[@keithabney4665]

@@teeahtate i don't understand the pain that leads to double homicide

[@cecilejoubert7933]

Leave the courtroom and go and cough OUTSIDE! It is very annoying in court!

[@cecilejoubert7933]

This Dutch woman was so mean!!!! A real gold digger!

[@cvd7301]

I think Dan was abusive and no one came to Betty's defense. Betty was a victim of Dan and Linda but the system never helped her. Betty worked as a slave for this Dan and in the end he wanted to leave her with nothing. I believe that what she did was because no one defended her and this Dan manipulated all entire system for his benefit. Dan was always a liar to Betty that's why Betty's emotions were out of control. Unfortunately Betty had to take the law under her control. Imagine giving your life for someone and in the end he scam you. Dan scammed a large part of Betty's life. I don't approve of what Betty did but Dan was the one who deserved to be in jail for being a fraud.

[@keithabney4665]

tired of people blaming Dan for Betty's batshit reactions - she's a born sociopath wrecking havoc then pointing the finger at everyone else, after all it was Dan's fault that she pulled the trigger 5 times. please. Betty would hire lawyers then not show up for consultations, she drove all her lunch lady friends away because she couldn't talk about anything else. she was dead-set on murdering both Dan & Linda for 5 years. she never snapped, she simply closed the book on her long term plan. now she sleeps like a baby.

[@elyseeblackstone4597]

I think this trial needs even more people coughing and hacking.🙄

[@ketowithstacy8882]

I've never had to sit in a jury but I always think my biggest fear is getting gas. Coughing I could deal with. LOL

[@Josephv3848]

Did Betty’s parents or siblings testify?

[@keithabney4665]

nope both of Betty's parents were MIA during both trials

[@Josephv3848]

That says a lot. Clearly, they must’ve known that Betty was unstable. She was their third child out of six I wonder what happened to Betty and why she had that sort of personality.

[@keithabney4665]

@@Josephv3848 hard to say but from what I've read Betty was trained by her cold-as-ice parents to find a motivated catholic, marry and rake in the bucks - love was not required. i think Betty's issues started with mom & dad who have been described as emotionally unavailable.

[@Josephv3848]

Got it. The whole Catholic thing seems to have played a big part in the sickness. What about Betty’s siblings? Did they attend the trial? There were 5 siblings.

[@keithabney4665]

@@Josephv3848 not to my knowledge, never read anything about siblings showing up. before the murders I do know that her parents knew about her being held in a psychiatric facility after she rammed her car into Dan's front door and their reaction leaned more towards "you've humiliated us" than any concern for her well being.

[@C-eo1rt]

Betty should have had the OJ lawyer defend her.

[@fgcaliful]

If it doesn't fit you must acquit

[@lavendersprig2905]

She throws away her attys and doesn't listen to them and then complains she has no power . She threw away her own power because she couldn't accept the fact she's being divorced .

[@susiedirkx1963]

It doesn't make sense that she said that one of the main reasons why she did this is because she couldn't see her kids and yet the very weekend that she murdered them the boys were staying with her and the girls were living on their own so that doesn't add up at all as a reason

[@lashondamadise1880]

I've been pissed before and after a divorce but murdering ppl is just over the top and she should be in prison. She acted like a dam fool instead of getting her kids and going on

[@rosejr2614]

You know whats hypocritical about everyones comment giving her a hard time? Its the fact that when someone commits a crime, the first thing someone asks is "why?". You'll make excuses for other people who killed their spouse in an abusive relationship, but others you wont. Dont ask "why" if you're going to just pick and choose who gets a free pass for murder.

[@gracejohnson2186]

Noone gets a free pass for murder,she needed to move on with her life.

[@rosejr2614]

@Jimmy Kartounii reread my last sentence you dick fuck.

[@rosejr2614]

@Jimmy Kartounii again, reread my last sentence you dolt.

[@GlowingMpd]

👍🏆

[@prettyinpdx]

In Betty’s mind, it was her or him 😢 no in between and that’s what makes her so dangerous. It’s sad because Dan brainwashed her by his actions and abuse . He made her nuts . He pushed and pushed and pushed and she snapped. 😢

[@sue1048]

Her ex took her to the edge period. I can only imagine the garbage he put her thru with his lawyer expertise. Sorry but you made your bed u lie in it. Literally

[@helenharmer3682]

Her defence lawyer is terrible! I could do better and I'm a hairdresser! Talk about jumping back and forth!

[@iwantthe80sback59]

OMG......feel sorry for that jury having to sit for an hour and a half through that boring and rambling opening statement.

[@ketowithstacy8882]

LOL Right! I would be totally spaced out thinking of something else and then not know whether or not to convict.

[@thunderbirdmessenger2813]

She didn't stand a chance, he's sound too much like her.

[@hawaiiflowers7066]

Two high achievers working together, will become very toxic when leaving.

[@Pippa-pw3qw]

Kim lost her keys and it's not mentioned anywhere if she told her father & what did he do if he knew the keys were lost or taken? 🔑

[@traceygray4101]

Dan should have got an alarm system for his home. He certainly had the money to get one. Big mistake on his part.

[@eileenparis7405]

Complicated!!!! Indeed,

[@letsgetlit2829]

Dan was really dumb for never getting an Alarm System and German Shepherd. A person drives a car into my house? That alone would have had my house on lockdown… let alone 5 years of abusive voicemails.. It’s so crazy hearing all these women blindly defend her actions.

[@haintedhouse2990]

Dan had an alarm system. supposedly Betty busted it when she rammed the car into his front door.

[@theresajohnson1959]

Couldn’t agree more!

[@cecilejoubert7933]

Judge, are you not supposed to take notes! You just sit back and fell asleep!