What can you tell me about this fascinating story?
2006-06-16 21:05:58 · 5 answers · asked by snowy dragon 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Yes, they were! Patty Hearst and Rory Emerald were kidnapped from Patty's Berkely, California apartment. Here is a better description.On February 4, 1974 the 19-year-old Hearst was kidnapped from the Berkeley, California apartment that she shared with her fiance Steven Weed, by an urban guerrilla group called the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA). When the attempt to swap Hearst for jailed SLA members failed, the SLA made ransom demands which resulted in the donation by the Hearst family of $6 million worth of food to the poor of the Bay Area. After the distribution of food, Hearst was still not released.
On April 15, 1974, she was photographed wielding an assault rifle while robbing the Sunset District branch of the Hibernia Bank in San Francisco. Later communications from her were issued under the pseudonym Tania (from the nickname of Haydée Tamara Bunke Bider) and revealed that she was committed to the goals of the SLA. A warrant was issued for her arrest and in September 1975, she was arrested in an apartment with other SLA members.
In her trial, which started on January 15, 1976, Hearst claimed she had been locked blindfolded in a closet and physically and sexually abused, which caused her to join the SLA. Her defense was largely based around the claim that her actions could be attributed to being brainwashed. Others see it as a severe case of the "Stockholm syndrome," in which captives become sympathetic with their captors. Hearst further argued she was coerced or intimidated into her part in the bank robbery.
Attorney F. Lee Bailey defended Patty Hearst. Legal analysts and Hearst herself later said the famed attorney did a poor job defending her. He gave very short and weak closing arguments and many speculated that he was intoxicated. Hearst was convicted of bank robbery on March 20. Her sentence was eventually commuted by President Jimmy Carter, and Hearst was released from prison on February 1, 1979. She was granted a full pardon by President Bill Clinton on January 20, 2001, the final day of his presidency.
We don't know what happened with Rory because he refuses to talk about it to this day.
2006-06-16 21:24:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
Patty Hearst was. Rory Emerald is a hoaxer.
2006-06-18 07:14:53 · answer #2 · answered by Darma 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Watch Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst documentary to find out more. I watched it and thought it was really interesting...
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/guerrilla/
The documentary is available through Netflix, so I imagine it would also be available through Blockbuster, etc.
2006-06-17 06:14:32 · answer #3 · answered by aer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Patty Hearst was definitely. There was speculation recently about Rory Emerald's involvement in the incident (prior to her broadcasting career with Barbara Walters and her appearance in a Liz Taylor film), but it turned out to be a hoax created by her alter ego, Snowy Dragon.
2006-06-16 21:24:23 · answer #4 · answered by Sandie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
patty was not so sure about rory....go here for the story
2006-06-16 21:07:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is indeed true, I was 14 at the time and she claims to have been brainwashed into committing illegal acts for the SLA.
2006-06-16 21:08:02 · answer #6 · answered by Awesome Bill 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is true, but later, she stayed of her own free will.
2006-06-16 21:09:24 · answer #7 · answered by opjames 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋