Now 72, Betty is serving out her sentence, which wasHere's what you need to know about Betty Broderick, and where she is now. But there was a reason. "His was the white-collar way of beating you," Betty said during the trial, per the Betty is serving out her sentence at the California Institution for Women (CIW), in Chino, California. This commenting section is created and maintained by a third party, and imported onto this page. After the shooting, Betty turned herself into the police. In 2017, when Betty was 69, she was featured in theAs she writes in her memoir, being denied parole is "a revival of every ugly losing moment in what seems to still be Dan Broderick's justice system." She apologized for her actions—sort of. "Her identity was wrapped up in being Mrs. Dan Broderick.

"I'm sorry I'm in prison...but I'm also sorry that I ended two lives. In the '80s it all fell apart during what Oprah Winfrey called In 1991, Betty, then 44, was found guilty on two counts of second-degree murder for killing her ex-husband, Dan, and his wife, Linda Kolkena Broderick. Things got heated: Betty drove her car into Dan's new mansion, and lit his clothes on fire, per the However, Betty may have been driven to those actions by psychological torment: During the trial, she claimed Dan was abusive, and reiterated that in her memoir. Just no excuses," she wrote in her memoir. Dirty John season 2 tells the true-crime tale of Betty Broderick and the pair of murders she committed. This content is created and maintained by a third party, and imported onto this page to help users provide their email addresses. Betty, too, has continued to speak publicly of Kim, updating the San Diego Register about her daughter's marriage and pregnancy in a 1998 interview. You may be able to find more information on their web site. The board describes her as "unrepentant" but she says she's misunderstood. Famously, millions tuned in to watch Oprah interview Betty in prison in 1992—and that's just the start. "I said that I should not have killed them. For years, Betty and Daniel enjoyed the lifestyle that his lucrative career as a medical malpractice attorney afforded, and became well-known in San Diego society circles. Amanda Peet, 48, will portray the main character of the crime series’ second season, Betty Broderick.Betty was convicted of second-degree murder after butchering her ex and his new lover, and she is still serving time for the crimes.Peet has previously starred in movies such as The Whole Nine Yards, Identity and The Way, Way Back.Christian Slater, 50, will play Betty’s ex-husband, who she murdered in cold blood.Slater is famous for starring in iconic movies including Heathers, Interview with the Vampire and True Romance.Rachel Keller, 27, stars as Dan Broderick’s second wife – and Betty Broderick’s second victim.Keller has previously starred in Netflix’s 2019 movie The Society.Anna, 25, plays one of the Broderick children. Of course I should not have killed them. This content is imported from Instagram. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. "I shot Daniel T. Broderick III because I wanted to survive, to live, far more than I wanted him to die. For example, Dan was seeing Linda for years, and Amanda Peet gives her take on what happened between Betty and Dan. Season 25 Episode 11: On Nov. 5, 1989, powerful San Diego attorney Daniel In 2009, Betty sent an"I am basically happy here. Amanda Peet … The thing is, though, I feel like I'll never be free unless I say that I ended the lives of two people who never did me any harm, and I can't say that," she wrote in the memoir. The real-life Broderick was born Elisabeth Anne Bisceglia in 1947 and met husband Daniel Broderick III, who was training to become a lawyer, while the pair were both studying at university. "He was gaslighting her," Peet tells us. Betty Broderick is the second instalment in the Dirty John American anthology series, titled Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story. And so when that got taken away from her, I think she became untethered.