Los Angeles Herald Examiner Charles Manson and his followers, who were charged with the 1969 murders of actress Sharon Tate and six others, "Herald Examiner" reporter William Farr reported in an article that Manson had planned to murder Elizabeth Taylor and Frank Sinatra. Farr was summoned by judge Charles Older to divulge his sources for the article. Farr refused. But at that time Farr had left the "Herald Examiner" to work for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office and later for the "Los Angeles Times". Farr cited the California reporters shield law that protected him from revealing his sources, but Older ruled that
Charles Manson discography receiving death threats. Only five test pressings of "Completion" were made, two of which remain in Rollins' possession. Scheduled for release by Lupo Records on May 7, 2007, was the Charles Manson album "The Summer of Hate – the '67 Sessions". It was the first release of the complete recordings that were made in a rehearsal studio on September 11, 1967, that went on to be used as demos in an effort to secure a recording deal. A former Manson family member, Bobby Beausoleil, who appeared as lead guitarist on several tracks from the "Lie" album, has released several recordings