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Hello and welcome back to Cult Leader. I'm your Cult Leader Spencer Henry and this is a little leader where we catch up and I share some of the stories that you all send to me.

If you have a story you'd like to share with the cult, send it on over to Spencer at Cult Leader.com and who knows.

Yeah, might just hear it on an upcoming episode. How's it going, babes? Happy Friday. This week has been a wild one.

Well, the past few weeks really at the cult compound. I had like a two week string of visitors, which is simultaneously my favorite thing in the world.

But also very difficult to get work done because I have no self control whatsoever. If friends or family are over at my house, I'm just like I want to be hanging out.

I want to be down there with you with things are quiet now back to just me and hot dog the way God intended, you know, God said man shall live alone with Chihuahua and I said amen.

The biggest news that's happening right now is the release of Leslie Van Halen. I mean, that's like breaking news not to complain, but that's a frustrating thing about recording ahead of time because when news like this comes out, I want to talk about it with you guys, but I can't.

But right now in my world, it's July 12th and yesterday on July 11th, Leslie, one of the quote unquote infamous Manson girls was released from a California state prison that she's been in since being convicted of murder all those years ago.

I have an article from CNN that I wanted to share. It says quote Leslie Van Halen, a former Charles Manson follower and convicted murderer was released from a California prison on Tuesday.

Van Halen was released to parole supervision according to the California Department of Corrections and rehabilitation spokesperson Mary Jimenez.

Van Halen will have a three year maximum parole term with a parole discharge review occurring after one year.

Van Halen who is now in her 70s was 19 when she met Charles Manson and joined the murderous cult that came to be called the Manson family.

Prior to her release on Tuesday, she was serving concurrent sentences of seven years to life after she was convicted in 1971 for her role in the killings of supermarket executive Lena LaBianca and his wife Rose Mary at their Los Angeles home.

California Governor Gavin Newsom's office on Friday announced it would not challenge a state courts panel ruling in May that opened the possibility of parole for Van Halen clearing the path to her release.

More than 50 years after the Manson cult committed these brutal offenses, the victim's families still feel the impact as do all Californians, Governor Newsom, reversed Miss Van Halen's parole grant three times since taking office and defended against her challenges of those decisions in court.

Aaron Mellon, a spokesperson for the governor said Friday that the governor is disappointed by the court of appeals decision to release Miss Van Halen but will not pursue further action as efforts to further appeal are unlikely to succeed.

The California Supreme Court accepts appeals in very few cases and generally does not select cases based on this type of fact specific determination.

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