So much hate for this lady? Come on people , she was 14years old and she did testify against him.

I think they call it GROOMING.. Isn't that what child molesters do... Make you feel REAL SPECIAL ... then they attack ... rape the children and make them like it...

Everybody focuses on him.. The followers need to take responsibility for what they chose to do

Of course he did not love you. He did not love anyone, including himself.

Lake was taken in by the gang when she was fourteen and groomed by Manson and his harem. The gang occupied their abundant free time with LSD trips and group sex. When the gang was busted, Lake was placed in a psychiatric facility where she remained for eight months. Various diagnoses were suggested, including drug-induced psychosis, schizophrenia, etc. She was a sixteen year old wreck. Even if she had known that the murders were imminent, she would not have been strong enough to do anything. Let it go.

1969 was NOT the summer of love. 1967 was. Wish reporters would get their facts straight.

Sad. If I went to live on crazy ranch with that group my parents would have went through hell and high water to get me back. Easy target for Manson. Just terrible. 14 is extremely young. Glad she came out okay

I believe her and I don't think she should be judged negatively. She was a confused child (regardless if she was having sex and drugs), I am glad she found her way and lives a better life. Have compassion people.

She paused and said 'i think he was used for evil', no love he is evil, no matter what age, you know killing is wrong.

He talked to those girls and asked them about their childhoods. Then pretended to be what they needed. Most needed a father figure/friend. Then he would turn on them to get them to obey. They thought they let him down and were scared of him. On interviews he was like a chameleon always changing until he got the reaction he wanted.

This is the first time I ever seen Sharron Tates name last. Previous interviews would always say Sharon Tate and 4 others were killed

It's an unfair generalization by Amy to say Manson was representative of the "Hippy Movement." Not all "Hippies" were counter-culture, and VERY few were murderers. Mason even said himself he wasn't a Hippy and that he hated Hippies. I grew up in that era and had a lot of Hippy friends that were really good people.

When a killer can get more girls than me

Dianne Lake was 14 yrs. old, and she joins the Charles Manson family !! Where were her parents, why did her parents allow their 14 yr. old kid leave home and join some cult ? Something was not right with her and her parents !

He got these girls because he understood female psychology. So long as you can make a woman *feel* a certain way, you can get her to do anything you want.

Just finished her book (audiobook). It was a strong personal journey and I felt for her.

The comment area is filled with special people. They have trouble listening and reasoning. Thank God she wrote this book. Finally. A real "survivor" tells the story of what went on there. The commentators think they have control over their children. Just wait.

She still looks kinda off-side.

Anyone here after mindhunter season 2? Geez the guy who plays him does so well it’s weird

“Did Charles Manson love you ?” Answer: today, I’m not so sure. Me: he s a narcissist sociopath, he s incapable of love.

The Summer of Love was 1967, not 1969.

Just recently read her book and I really really felt for her. Her parents where drop outs from society and bought into the some crap a lot of people did in the 60s. Shockley her first acid trip was giving to her by her own parents!!! That’s how she was lead into being involved with these nutcases. They did not represent the counterculture of the 1960s. Mason just used it to groom people and restructure their beliefs into his. As brainwashed as she became she did not participate in the murders and helped but him and the rest behind bar. I really suggest reading her book!

She was not a member involved in any of the killings. And.. She still had a logic and got out.

50 years after of course everyones trying to cash in on the action.

"Member of the Family" has been by far the most honest of all the books written by ex-members. It details just how abusive, violently moody, and manipulative Manson could be. The fact that Miss Lake has never had to face a parole board is probably key to that honesty. Lake was a victim of her parents' drug use. They are the ones who introduced her to drugs, including LSD. C'est la vie.

She still likes him

She is so ashamed and tethered, but not enough to NOT PROFIT FROM THE KILLINGS.. brilliant!

I am the same age as Diane, times were different then. Her worthless parents virtually gave her to Manson with nowhere else to go she complied. How was your judgement at 14?

I’m confused how her family didn’t know if she completely changed her name as they said.

'church-going' she's saying it like it's a good thing

Easier for most people to hate than to Love. It's what people do. Then someone real special comes along and makes life worth living.

Don't judge. Until you've been groomed by a psychopath you won't get it.

Uh...Charles Manson knew how to "street-talk" all the women in his Manson Family !

“She actually gave you a knife” fjkajsgsgwgf

It doesn't matter if any of the killers repent, show remorse or good behavior. The victims are still dead. Even if the killers show recovery, the victims will always be dead

People were more impressionable in the sixties because of the rebellious nature of so called innocent young generation. Manson exploited his younger "family" he never had. It's not hard to imagine.

If her eyes were any closer together she'd be a cyclops.

I didn't know Charles was that short.

poor her she was groomed too young and impressionable

All of this is so disturbing!

I wish people would stop interviewing her... I'm getting tired of her.... She wasn't involved in any of the crimes so this is her way I'm getting some attention like everybody.... Let it go and be quiet go live your life

i wish i could watch this interview without the edits and splices they add on to this

I keep waiting for the day I hear that the Manson Family killers die

45 years ago

That’s scary

These women never took responsibility for what they did! Just because a man tells you that you are special you doesn't kill innocent people. imagine every woman who heard this from a man would become a murderer.

She definitely still has some affection to him, the family and that period.

This is an exceptional book, very good and well written...

he applied dale Carnegie perfectly

Honestly, she seems like the only truly sane one of the bunch.

Parenting back then was not strict like it is now. Back then you could basically beat your kids and it would be okay. And while I do believe you should be able to give your own kids a good smack every once in awhile, that's totally something you'd go to jail for today. Such a sad, sad world we live in.

Wasn't Lake like, obsessed with Charlie?? I've read almost every book on Manson and the Manson Family and in at least 2 or 3 of them it talks about how crazy she was for Charlie. How she'd get insanely jealous if he was ever with another one of the girls.

0:02 whos that at the right?

This is what I hate about reporters stop tryN to put words into people’s mouth

She needed the money, that’s why she wrote the book.

She's aging a little better than most of them are. Especially Krenwinkel.

Wow

I agree with her 100% ,what bother me is it took 50years because she was healing,here is my point of view is,deep down in her heart she is blindsided by love fore Charles mansion !!!!

The interview lady was very rude and careless to Dianne, the way she worded her questions. Respect for Dianne for being so calm and open anyways.

The interviewer could have just talked by her self!

Diane seems like a nice person.

I would hope that the authorities are watching this woman closely.

Nani?!?!? Sirius Black!!!!

Our Hero. 💕

When a person thinks he is god get away fast cause u know they are not right

No one knew or talked about the emotional manipulation or mind control tactics of narcissists, sociopaths or psychopaths back then plus we were in the middle of a counter culture of rebellious teens of that time. The baby boomers coming of age...so glad it's over.

Charles was a player player 🤣

All these closed minded people.

His name is Voyteck, not Voycheck.

Somebody is missing a little bit too much nuts and bolts in their brain wow

I am so sick of this chick, I think she is using all that infamy to her advantage.

Religion tells you humans can be a god and make prophecies. It really isn't that much of a surprise people make these conclusions, especially when young.

She was 14. My former co-worker, Mike, was going to Spahn Ranch, when he was 10 years old. He rode his bike there. He lived in Chatsworth. He was a cute kid, I guess, blonde hair, blue eyes. he said he liked it there, because the girls would fuss over him. He said Charlie talked to him a few times. When the caretaker found out, he said a boy that young had no business there, and forbade his return. We are still friends.

Thanks George. I won’t even go there with your last name.

would manson say pimping is easy?

La manipulación!! Mental es increíble cuando la inocencia i la ignorancia de los jóvenes!! No entienden!! Q hay un peligro alrededor de ellos!! Toltalmente!! Inaceptable!!🤷🏼‍♀️🙅‍♀️

Thats sad her parents just left her to fend for herself. They should have gone to jail for abandoning their kid

why is she only coming forward now ??

She decided to speak out to make money..

At least she is not a evil twisted killer like the other 3

Iam reading this book now she gets on the bus and it's meeting the girls

They were all mainly hippies and hippies did hangout in many many groups. If anyone lived on Spahn Ranch which has a lot of rattle snakes and you were a ranch hand like Manson wouldn't you give everyone at least a knife to protect yourself from the snakes there, and show them how go use it. Much better than everyone having guns. Also Manson was 40 miles away when Tex led all the assaults to kill people . I hope Tex stays in jail then ends up in eternal hell as he was the ring leader in the murders.

All you people need to seriously read the book before you judge this woman. The first half is about her younger years. It will make sense why she ended up where she did at 14. Her parents were truly fucked.

Ugh, please. All she is doing is peddling her book. She never mentions that she LAUGHED when they told her they killed those 8 people (baby included) now she's acting appalled?! She is still romanticizing about her love-in with CM. It's so obvious. She's disgusting. Wonder if she's friends with TEX.

*I think she's quite credible in her account of the commune group around C. Manson as she's got nothing to lose* *Unlike the saving-face story as told by P. Krenwinckel

What people forget is that it WAS NOT that Manson's followers were rebelling against their dads. Most often they did not HAVE dads, or their dads left. And Charles Manson was happy to step into the role of father figure.

Hell yeah. Retire early now.

I didnt know George Stephanopoulos is related to Charles Manson.

A 14 year old girl. Sad

There were people who were in charlie's group brought in by the overly friendly girls. Charlie would say its my way or the highway. They left fast bc they knew they would be hurt if they stayed, and smart enuff to not want to be told what to do/think. The smart ones left or got beat/killed by telling him no

She thinks he was used for evil. Still childish at that age. Manson was the jolly architect of his actions. And an unbelievable ego trip duping all those obedient females. No other force.

Charles Manson the original harem protagonist

MIRACLES NOT ONLY HAPPEN BUT THEY ARE ACCELERATING TODAY JUST AS *EVIL* IS AS WELL! WE ARE IN THE *BIBLICAL PROPHECY* "END TIMES" & ONLY GOD CAN "DELIVER" ALL THOSE ENSLAVED TO THE *OCCULT DARK-SIDE* !!!

"He was cute, impish" isn't this a contradiction right there?

Manson was the devil

She seems very cold no emotion with her story

Her last name is Lake, she bears an uncanny resemblance to serial killer Leonard Lake...and she grew up in a hippie commune in California....like Leonard Lake. There is no mention of them being related, on the net or otherwise. It’s very weird

Commented just to break the 666 number of comments. I’m 667! Ha, beat you devil!

So Now she gets$ for being in the family?

of course he didnt love her, he just used her