as september 21st, 1975. originally they charged steve with the bank robbery in federal district court in sacramento. there were witnesses to the robbery who claimed that they saw him in the bank and put him among the robbers. she ends up debriefing, she tells the fbi the real story of what happened and reveals to them that steven was not in the bank. the prosecutors, they wanted to stick with their eyewitness identification, principally because they knew she was a horrible [ bleep ] witness on if she was telling the truth. steven was acquitted. the federal government used that essentially as a test run as to whether or not they could prove the murder. that trial was a debacle. it went horribly and that gave the sacramento d.a. either the out or caused them to evaluate it and believed they couldn t prosecute it. all the physical evidence was
it s really impressive she built a good life for herself. i think the general concept today in america is that you were innocent, you got a bum rap. most americans i think believe that. the body of information that was created to support her became the narrative. no, i just think it s not true that i could have left at any point. i couldn t do anything at any point any more. whenever she did interviews, she was hauty, she was arrogant. she was dismissive. totally different person. no other people were prosecuted for that bank robbery except me. none of my kidnappers were charged or prosecuted. what about the other people in the bank robbery? no, the rest were dead. the two that were left alive weren t charged. why weren t they charge, do you know? their name wasn t hearst. i don t know. they had no evidence we were involved in that bank robbery in hibernia because we were not in the bank. they charged patricia with that because she was front and center and promine
i was not trying to hide out. i hadn t changed my name. it was a [ bleep ] nightmare that we had to revisit. so, when the sacramento d.a. did finally file charges against all five of the s.l.a. members that were eligible for being indicted, we were happy that finally these people were going to be held accountable. we soon found out that patricia hearst would probably end up being a star witness in the case, and i remember being asked, well, why wasn t she indicted with the rest of them? there were four people in the bank. there were two get away drivers. bill harris and patricia hearst. patty did not go into the crocker bank the way she went into the hibernia bank, but she was a participant. she drove what was known as the
patricia hearst just published her autobiography titled every secret thing and in it she made some surprising admissions. she now reveals inner had book she also participate ed in two other bank robberies. in one, the crocker bank in suburban, sacramento, a woman was killed. there was a casual way they did it, too, and talked about it. it was, oh, well, she was pig. after all, her husband was a doctor. so what? toughest part in every secret thing was when hearst quoted emily harris of saying she was a
stood charged in los angeles regarding her activities at mel s sporting goods store. that charge remained over her head, if you will, during the entire trial for robbing the hybernia bank. she robbed a bank in front of a whole group of people. people saw her, it was a nightmare that couldn t be won. and you. drink, sir? you will be. no, thanks. (engine revving) i m still driving. .will drive them away we can be heroes. whhe s happy.im? your family s finally eating vegetables thanks to our birds eye voila skillet meals. and they only take 15 minutes to make. augh!