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Originally Posted by highway80west  I think one famous woman is Elizabeth Broderick, who was portrayed on a TV movie by Meredith Baxter Birney, titled "A Woman Scorned."
Ms. Broderick's husband dumped her in favor of a more prettier and younger woman. Betty Broderick and her ex-husband lived in the San Diego area.
She still had keys to the house that Daniel Broderick and his new bride lived in. So one day she took her gun, went inside the house, and killed both of them.
She cried on the witness stand in her own defense, but she was convicted and sent to prison in California. Ms. Baxter Birney did a good job in portraying Betty Broderick.
In fact, three TV movies were made of that. And whatever news there was about the murders, usually made the front page of the local paper here every day. | Seen all three of them...But then again, Baxter is one heck of a good actress and plays the villianess well.
One of my favorite movies on LMN, is the story of the 15 year old boy that that decides to raise his newborn daughter....Story starts out with both teens telling their parents that the young girl is pregnant...Of the young man's determination that he'll go through the pregnancy with the young girl, including having to drop out of regular school and attend a school for pregnant teen mothers...Of his struggle to find work to help pay for the pregnancy, of his struggling to deal with the girl's parents decision to adopt his baby out...Of his coming to 'manhood' and making the final choice to raise his daughter rather then give her away.
Right on the heels of that story, is the story of a 16 year old young man, who actually fights for custody of his daughter...He gets his girlfriend pregnant and really doesn't want a thing to do with the girl or unwanted child. One evening, after having the baby, the girl then just leaves the baby at his parent's doorstep one night for 'him to raise, cause she's not ready to be a parent'...At first he struggles to adjust to sudden parenthood, but finds himself growing more attatched to his child and duties and willing to go the extra mile in providing a home for his child without the help of others. After a couple of years, the mother of the child pops back into the picture suddenly deciding since she's the mother she has the right to just take the child away from him and the home it knows.
A court case ensues where the mother tries to prove him unfit, but he refuses to play that card against her...He just wants to raise his child, even willing to share custody. In the end, before the judge issues his verdict, the mother finally agrees that she really doesn't want to be a full-time parent, and father-daughter are reunited...Intrestingly enough, the judge actually was going to rule in the father's favor... |