Monday, 26 October 2009

Valerie Solanas - post shooting


1968 June 13th appeared in court
1968 June 28th indicted on charges of attempted murder, assault and illegal possession of a gun
1968 August Olympia Press publish the SCUM manifesto
1968 December 23rd she rings Warhol and demanded $20,000 for her manuscripts. She wanted him to drop his charges, put her in more of his movies and get her on the Johnny Carson Show
1969 June After pleading guilty she was sentenced to three years in prison
1988, April 26 she dies broke and alone of emphysema and pneumonia in a welfare state hotel at 52.

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