The couple's newlywed life would be short-lived. The divorce was finalized in January 1989 and Dan married Linda four months later.Īfraid of what Betty might do, Dan hired security guards for his wedding to Linda, who also implored him to wear a bulletproof vest (he didn't).

Dan countered by having her jailed three times and committed to a mental hospital for three days. She continued to leave threatening messages on the answering machine. She rammed her car through the front door of his new house, while their children were inside. They also fought over their children-he used the aforementioned episode where she dropped off the kids one by one on his doorstep to win sole custody.Īll of this only fueled Betty's rage. They fought over money-he used his legal prowess to withhold alimony payments and sold their house without her permission. Their highly contentious divorce, which would take four years to finalize, became known as the worst divorce case in San Diego County.

Dan rose up the ranks to become a successful malpractice lawyer and started his own practice in 1978.Ĭhristian Slater as Dan Broderick. The Brodericks moved to the tony San Diego enclave of La Jolla in 1973 after Dan was hired by a law firm there. Dan got his medical degree at Cornell after their first child Kim was born, but then decided to also pursue a law degree at Harvard, during which time Betty worked to support the family. They went on to have two daughters and two sons. The Brodericks married in 1969 and had four children.īetty and Dan Broderick met at the University of Notre Dame in 1965 and got married four years later in Westchester, New York. Here is everything we know about the real-life events that inspired Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story. Like the first season, which told the story of real-life conman John Meehan and his last victim Debra Newell, this season is also based on a true story-this time about the Brodericks and how their seemingly picture-perfect marriage deteriorated and ended with Betty murdering Dan and his second wife, Linda Kolkena. The show's second season stars Amanda Peet as the titular character, who goes down a destructive, and eventually murderous, path after her husband Dan (played by Christian Slater) leaves her for his much-younger assistant.

If you've been waiting to delve into the dark and twisted world of the Dirty John anthology series, now is the perfect time-both the original season and its follow up, Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story are now streaming on Netflix.

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