Bernadette gave a ninety-minute confession, taped by sheriffs deputies. I liked Nancy Kane, she got tired of having to be something she wasnt, they looked down on her well. I wouldnt have either. Kellie Martin did a masterful job playing the role of an awkward teenage girl desperately yearning for acceptance from the "In" crowd in high school. Thats how she probably got associated with not liking people who didnt fit in. I know a gal who knew someone who knew Kirsten. Vanessa I agree I knew both girls. Dylan and Eriks parents were loaded. Kirsten wont grow out of hers, Bernadette took that chance from her. Honestly teens do deserve another chance at something eventually. 86ers you want to forgive thats up to you, it would be nice if something could be worked out and you all could go back to the wya things were and not are. Kirsten ran from the car and Bernadette pursued her. Self Absorbed yes. Meanwhile, Kirsten had died of her wounds. Calling her a B and saying she dressed nice in an interview. Bernadettes own parents turned her in. After her sentencing, Bernadette was sent to California Youth Authority in Ventura, where she completed high school and received her GED. Also there Was another girl who went out with the football team and accused them all of raping her, not the entire team, but several players and I hear she was ran out as well and dogged by the Students. I hear a lot of them still get together on Occasions, and others have moved on. You are right, (Kirsten didnt really bully Bernadette) around a friend she would throw ice at Bernadette, and tease her to show off in front of thier friend, (but girls will be girls). So thats not bullying, thats rejecting you, cause she knew Bern was off beat. Only talked to her once or twice ever. Maybe things wouldve been different for her and she would still be here today. Whats worse is how the media played into all of this and have portrayed Kirsten as a girl who deserved this kind of horrific attack, nobody deserves to be tricked, stalked and stabbed in cold blood at 15 out any age. She refused to. Kelly is part of a popular school clique and seems to have everything Bridget desires. What bad behaviour? Judging from your comments you clearly have sided with Bernadette, so why contradict yourself? 'Death of a Cheerleader' follows the story of two girls in Hollybrook High, in the fictional town of Colina, California. I think a lot of people would have found Bernadettes plan to lure them out of their house under false pretences very disconcerting and would be angered over it like Kirsten appears to have been. Even if Kirsten was stuck up and a Bully! Note: ClickAmericana.com features authentic historical information, and is not intended to represent current best practices on any topic, particularly with regard to health and safety, but also in terms of outdated cultural depictions and social values. Until something happens. If there was people in need, in the Bobbies we helped those people.. if someone didnt have nice clothes we were theyre Secret Santa at Christmas time If someone wasnt as smart, (we didnt knock them down), we helped them Kirsten did to,(so did Bernadette) In fact, Bernadette wanted to help the poor. But I dont remember hearing or learning about it until many years later. Here we go again. No such articles exist about anything you have described. However, Protti followed their car stabbing Costas five times just as she was about to reach her doorstep. You cant force somebody to be friends with you. Bernadette concocted a plan to get Kirsten out of her house and it appears that Kirsten got annoyed when she discovered that Bernadette lied to get her out of her house alone. That dont make her a terrible person cause she hand probaly only a handful she did t like. You dont know whether or not Kirsten had to go without anything. You knew Kirsten. The person I knew didnt hate Kirsten, she just thought she was Snooty or Misunderstood. LP was a lot like Kirsten. To much at stake in the World than to be worrying about something that happened decades ago. So please stop drudging up the past and move on with your lives please. The school was no more competitive than any other school around anywhere. She slaughtered the girl. Tuko.co.ke featured an interesting article about the English actor and model that gained popularity in NBCs short-lived drama, Emerald City. The Homecoming Court was as popular (if not more) popular than Kirsten. Kirsten is the true victim in this case. Sounds like her parents Shouldve did some actual parenting and taught her how to have respect for other people. I been bullied to. I hear Kirsten was Beautiful inside and out. Kirsten was a cute sweet looking little thing. Later, she would throw her T-shirt and sweatpants in the garbage dump of the Sleepy Hollow Swim Club. Believe me it was a 6 month witch hunt. Some girls considered all those girls Stuck up they considered Bernadette as well. She may be dead by now or have this bad Virus. Also Bernadette wasnt bullied or singled out, thats BS. from what I have read on different blogs from kids that actually went to school with both these girls they have said that this movie did not accurately portray either one of the girls and thats very frustrating for people who watch the movie and find themselves empathizing with the wrong person. Many people know about Bernadette's infamous story, but what about her personality? The film explores the events that lead up to, and play out, after the murder, shocking the community to its core. She should of just left Kirsten alone and went on with other things, Kirsten wouldnt of gave her any thought otherwise, but she was just obsessed with Kirsten and Kirsten liking her, that was the main focus in her life, and it took Kirstens unfortunately. The case is extremely old now. As for Bernadette, I didnt know her well, but said hello to her a few times in passing at school, and when she came to get the attendance slips. her a few times she was kind of uppity also like Kirsten. Kirsten didnt have anything against Bernadette before the murder.So Kirsten made a few comments. Dont matter, been what 37 years. Of course, the characters' names were changed in the movie. Everyone has an Opinion guess we will never know unless we truly knew them, and not Berns friends or Sisters who Comment bad stuff about Kirsten, of course they wont tell the true facts. Ive been able to live with it for a while but I cant ignore it Im even worse than words can describe and I hate myself ., In a P.S., she wrote, Please dont say how could you or why because I dont understand this and I dont know why. Youre talking about Tori Spelling in a movie being a minor bully not Kirsten whom you know next to nothing about. I hear Bernadette is depressed a lot these days. I agree with Karen, you cant prove Kirsten bullied Bernadette. I believe they wouldnt allow you to read if you were in a group with them, thats there Nature towards people who they feel superior to. According to her attorney, Charles James, juveniles convicted of murder in California serve an average of four to six years. But I do know that two families had to move out of town because the girls wore all black and kept to them selves.. Kirsten was so adorable. Bernadette couldnt of been to nice, she Murdered and watched 2 girls take the blame knowing it took a toll on thier lives and Families. Berit and Bob Costas live in Hawaii. You took the words right out of my mouth! The killing, which has left authorities baffled, occurred as the popular student and cheerleader was apparently fleeing a bogus invitation to an initiation dinner for the Bobbies, a public service sorority-like group she had joined. I wasnt crazy about Kirsten Carrie, Christine and the rest, I knew how Sad. Protti set up a trap to lure Costas into spending more time with her. Snotty people blamed her publicly and without mercy.. shame on them, you know who you are. She just got irritated cause Bernadette lied to her and lured her out under false Circumstances, Id be annoyed and Angry to. Not when she robbed a girl in the Spring of her life, and robbed her of a Family, graduating from High School, and Marrying a nice man, and whatever she planned to become in the future, Bernadette took it all from her. Its a circle, says another. Normal teenagers they like I said, were crazy so to speak, and meant no harm towards Nancy and them, just harmless teasing, they were crazy like that. The priests were rapist. You are full of it. Who are you to tell the judge what to say or do at that time? They hung out together, Bernadette couldnt face up Kirsten was more Popular than she was, and better at everything. Is it respectful to write in another comment that Kirsten had it well deserved, which suggests that you think Kirstens murder was justified? If she was mad, she should of just beat the crap out of Kirsten, not kill her. She was snooty to or maybe just misunderstood. You are already subscribed to our newsletter! Material on this site is provided for education, criticism, commentary, cultural reporting, entertainment, historical reference, and news reporting/analysis. She asked Hilley if he had ever considered that a sixteen-year-old girl might be more afraid of publicity than of going to prison. Completely agree with you Midwest Jimmy. She didnt give examples because she wasnt bullied by Kirsten. if you came at her the wrong way like Bernadette did, or kids no one else liked cause they were so annoying to be around. I cant live if it is known. Thanks for visiting and for supporting a small business! We all had enemies and faults and all teen girls are Caddy and mean at some point, no reason to die, they outgrow it in adulthood, most do anyways, some never do. There have been a couple people in my youth that I thought were extremely mean to me. They were good about making you feel like you didnt belong. To conclude, it is obvious that Death of a Cheerleader is based on a true event that shocked the small American town. I thought Kirsten was a very pretty little thing. The following day, she washed the knife and returned it to the kitchen. No one is bothering her anymore. She had moments, and she told her feelings about people. Probably was, she allowed 2:girls to take the blame. She could be mean, in fact, I could see her getting mean before I could see Kirsten. Well based on the movie, Kristen came off as a total snob and bully. That way she would of learned and been afraid, no she took the Coward Way out and Murdered, and Bernadette was chasing after Kirsten. For murder! Yes listen said something to Bernadette, not to her directly, about her ski equipment. Trouble for or Stealing maybe we could look past that. Bernadette/Jeanette has paid her dues. So you say she was a bully, well prove it. So Mats read the Definition Sweet, it doesnt line up,with Murder. I know right. Sad because K had it all as I saw it. Even if Kirsten was a Snot, she would of grown out of it long before now. So start the story there. You are a sick minded individual to perpetuate that lie about Kirsten, but I suppose its easier for you and your ilk to criticize a dead teenager because she its not like she can defend herself, is it? I want popular, but had friends who were, I didnt sulk about it, I did sports, not clubs or cheerleading. I can understand that part. I dealt with it so I know. What preppy teenaged girl doesnt think shes better than the next? I wouldnt doubt it cause thats how much she is hated in Orinda. I had just got out of high school at that time from north of the bay area Yet it hit us all so close to home the horror of it seemed to change everything in a way all those years ago What brought me here is my own grief at the unsolved stabbing murder of my girlfriend And she resembled Kirsten in appearance and likely even more in personality I pray for Kirstens soul and her family What they have gone through the last 37 years the neverending nightmare it is literally Room 101 Something torn out of you removed an amputee Tortured by the phantom limb You can feel where it was what it was like to have it remember it but its gone. It shows what a shallow, loser, she was. No there were several girls bullied, but Bernadette wasnt one. I guess that makes their daughter better than anybody elses. Her self esteem was riding on Kirstens approval! How dare you? Some are quick, rich, own the finest and the most expensive of anything. A popular 15-year-old girl who was stabbed to death on a neighbors doorstep may have been the victim of another teen-age girl, police said. So I would say to any bully, we all have our weaknesses, She was home with a friend and an adult man who was watching them, classmates say. Bernadette pushed her by her false Alibies. Me! And the sister projected her crappy life onto her younger sister because she was unhappy. From a standpoint Kirsten was Adorable and fun person. She was sentenced to a maximum of nine years in a juvenile prison in April 1985. Everything is Me! But I heard both sides on Kirsten, some say she was a hugging person who liked everyone, like in the Interview of a friend of hers mom said she was a loveable Puppy. She was friends with my sister, came around our house a few times. San Francisco Examiner newspaper headline from June 25, 1984. My god you women are something else. Bernadette was popular to, she was just wanting to be Kirsten, and Kirstens approval meant so much to us all, Kirsten didnt have anything against Bernadette till that fateful night, She never cared either way, Bernadette took it so serious and it became (serious) and fatal. Its so competitive.. Was Bernadette fragile when she took Catechism classes with one of the accused girls and would have no doubt seen the emotional toll being falsely accused of murder would have taken on the girl, yet she acted like nothing was amiss. To bad Kirsten didnt get a chance to grow up and grow out of it. You know who you are to. Kirsten wasnt a Bully. She didnt like their ways mostly. Check your Stories and facts before you post Nonsense. Friends said she was a glowing part of the student body with a warm and welcoming personality. Reports suggest that Bernadette was sent to the Youth Authoritys Ventura School, and according to the CYA (California Youth Authority), she earned her high school diploma with a 4.0 average. The Californian, Salinas, California Monday, June 25, 1984. Lol the people saying bernadette was better looking and Kristen had it coming, oh boyhoping your not the ugly neighbor living on my block and lurking in my bushes. 2018 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. Dont let this Corona Virus stop you? As I wrote in a previous comment to you above rupaul/joy, if there was evidence of Kirsten bullying Bernadette, she would have given examples which would have strengthened her case and possibly portrayed her as a sympathetic character. Poor bernadette seemed very vulnerable and in need of help. Not true, I have heard from people at Miramonte in the class of 1986 saying that they dont want to be found right now due to their experience at Miramonte was not good at all. The characters were loosely based on Kirsten and Bernadette. If you were a no body she didnt roll with you. First published on November 19, 2018 / 6:32 PM. Even before I read about the real case, I thought the movie blamed the victim way too much. You call the pic of her double chin better looking? People need others not bullying. I think Bernadettes Youtube is fake now. Kirsten made some comment about them, and it just seemed like everyone else was thinking that, but she was the only one who would come out and say it., MORE:Lip Smackers from Bonne Bell: The super trendy vintage lip balm from the 70s & 80s, Bernadette admitted she had made the phone call setting up a meeting with Kirsten. I see why her Sisters and mom forgive her, theyre her family and family sticks by you. Was Bernadette fragile when her behaviour was reported to not have changed after Kirstens murder? No one have to take the greatest gift God gives,LIFE. It has her sister cutting vegetables with a ridiculously long knife too, and Kirstens parents were right who cuts up vegetables with a knife that long that they keep in the car? No one owes anyone a thing. She may of been Stuck up most Cheerleaders are, but she was no where near a Bully or made fun of people. Bunch of fg liars. Yes the guys should of paid for it, but the Judicial System is funny that way, unfortunately the girls paid for it. Some are quick, rich, own the finest and the most expensive of anything. Every School has kids people dont like! One of the most popular girls attending the Miramonte High School in Orinda, Calif., Costas was envied for her beautiful looks and privileged background. If they want it known they will come forth themselves and tell it or contact you. Pre-meditation seems sensible between the clothes and the knife. Most of the Bobbies were Snooty. Some girls said she was mean to people, we all have opinions, but Im sure she was smart alecky at times, what teen girl isnt, even Bernadette was I bet as well. She considered her parents too old and also felt that they were not listening to her. I wasnt Popular and Kirsten liked me and was nice to me. Im irritated. Bernadette also idolized Kirsten and her clique, while being severely unhappy with the state of her family and home. She wanted to be like her, and she struggled a lot to make it happen. November 19, 2018 / 6:32 PM Kirsten didnt like (stupidity). Ok, I agree with you that Kirsten was better-looking, but you realize that Bernadette was part Italian, right? Both girls attended Miramonte High School in Orinda, California. No excuse for what she did, BTW she was not the poor White trash the Movie deployed her to be, she had a nice home, and was just as well off as Kirstens family, lived on the better side of town. So dont feel Sorry for her. So, what happened in 1984 and what is Protti up to today? So bullies need to die. Even if you werent rich, if you were smart and acted sensible you were accepted. I know beauty is all a matter of perception, not that it matters but in no universe would Bernadette be considered better looking. GG was the mutual friend of Kirsten and Bernadette, GG doesnt want anything to do with Bernadette again ever. I never understood why Bernadette killed Kirsten. I can tell its you before I even read the first line. But Miramonte was what you made of it, I wasnt Popular, but I got along esp, with Kirsten and her group. Everyone talked a bunch of crap about each other, including Bernadette who was just as rude and mean as any other girl there. Like I said, Ms.Stuff, D and Beauty and the Beast, today could be the Life of the Party if they wanted to be. Wish someone who knew facts would tell us about the real events leading up to Kirstens death. The movie really leaned toward Bernadette being seen by Kirsten and others as less of a person. Your argument is Sort of pointless, and hypocritical considering that Bernadette did not value TRUE FEELINFS, FREINDSHIPS!!! Those boys were wealthy and were far from bullied. As I wrote to you in a previous comment, if anyone was pushed to the brink, it was Kirsten, but instead of reacting violently like Bernadette did, she ran from Bernadettes car. We all were in Gymn together we werent really friends, but we got along and talked and hung out in Gymn. Missy didnt start fights just stood her ground. She didnt bully Bernadette either. And you dont give a fuck cause you are popular? I still cant believe this individual who killed someone because of jealousy, if she was so down in the dumps they why didnt she just KILL herself?????? She was the (In crowd) Bernadette was desiring to be the incrowd. Who can walk a straight line and never say one un kind word ever, w all make mistakes, and most teen girls do get Caddy at times thats just Normal, but we outgrow it. Kids no one wants to be around, play alone at recess, those are the kind we avoided. Those girls arent that way as I said, they still get together on Occasion and all and are fine Adult Women. Kirsten didnt really Bully Bernadette, some of the other girls there did Bully her a little. It is abundantly clear from your comments that you do not have class and were not raised to treat others with respect, you odiously sanctimonious deluded ignoramus. that HS was a tough place especially for girls. Shes still a Murderer and will never be anything but, as long as shes Alive, I wont forgive her for it, and neither will Kirstens family and friends. If it hadnt of been Kirsten, itd been her childhood friend, or someone else, cause Bern has Jealousy Issues. The film is based on Randall Sullivans Rolling Stone article of the same name. She lived big. PS: If you liked this article, please share it! Karen, it wasnt about Bullying, it was over jealousy issues. Material on this site is provided for education, criticism, commentary, cultural reporting, entertainment, historical reference, and news reporting/analysis. I had an English class with Kirsten and her friends, we were all put in pairs in order to read off as part of a project, Kirsten and them just acted as though I was invisible and everyone in our group (but me) got to read a part. They probably rubbed her the wrong way, or got on her nerves somehow. Columbine has nothing to do with case and you know well that the two cant be compared. She said she used a knife she found in the Pinto to stab Kirsten to death. They were all fun gals to be around. Its time to move on and stop rehashing alll this.