Editing Manson Family (section)

=== Involvement with Wilson, Melcher and others ===
{{See also|Never Learn Not to Love|The Beach Boys bootleg recordings#Manson sessions}}
[[File:Dennis Wilson 1968.jpg|thumb|321x321px|[[Dennis Wilson]] with [[the Beach Boys]] in 1968]]
In late spring 1968, [[Dennis Wilson]] of [[the Beach Boys]] picked up [[Patricia Krenwinkel]] and Ella Jo Bailey when they were [[hitchhiking]], while under the influence of [[alcohol (drug)|alcohol]] and [[LSD]].<ref>"The Six Degrees of Helter Skelter", 2009 Documentary</ref> Wilson took them to his [[Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles|Pacific Palisades]] house for a few hours. The following morning, when he returned home from a night recording session, he was greeted by Manson in the driveway, who emerged from his house. Wilson asked the stranger whether he intended to hurt him. Manson assured him that he had no such intent and began kissing Wilson's feet.<ref name="bugliosi" />{{Rp|250–253}}<ref name="Sanders"/>{{rp|34}} Inside the house, Wilson discovered twelve strangers, mostly women.<ref name="bugliosi" />{{Rp|250–253}}<ref name="Sanders"/>{{rp|34}}

The account given in ''Manson in His Own Words'' is that Manson first met Wilson at a friend's San Francisco house where Manson had gone to obtain [[marijuana]]. Manson claimed that Wilson gave him his [[Sunset Boulevard]] address and invited him to stop by when he came to Los Angeles.<ref name="emmons" /> Wilson said in a 1968 ''[[Record Mirror]]'' article that when he mentioned the Beach Boys' involvement with [[Maharishi Mahesh Yogi]] to a group of strange women, "they told me they too had a guru, a guy named Charlie."<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Griffiths|first1=David|title=Dennis Wilson: "I Live With 17 Girls"|journal=Record Mirror|date=December 21, 1968}}</ref>

Over the next few months, the number of women doubled in Wilson's house. He covered their costs, which amounted to approximately $100,000. This total included a large medical bill for treatment of their [[gonorrhea]], and $21,000 for the destruction of his uninsured car, which they borrowed.<ref name="watkins4">{{cite book|last1=Watkins|first1=Paul|author-link=Paul Watkins (Manson Family)|last2=Soledad|first2=Guillermo|date=1979|title=My Life with Charles Manson|publisher=Bantam|isbn=0-553-12788-8}}</ref> Wilson would sing and talk with Manson, and both men treated the women as servants.<ref name="bugliosi" />{{Rp|250–253}} 

Wilson paid for studio time to record songs written and performed by Manson and introduced him to entertainment business acquaintances, including [[Gregg Jakobson]], [[Terry Melcher]] and Rudi Altobelli. Altobelli owned a house which he rented to actress [[Sharon Tate]] and her husband, director [[Roman Polanski]].<ref name="bugliosi" />{{Rp|250–253}} Jakobson was impressed by "the whole Charlie Manson package" of artist, life-stylist and philosopher, and he paid to record Manson's material.<ref name="bugliosi" />{{Rp|155–161, 185–188, 214–219}}<ref name="watson12"/> Wilson moved out of his rented home when the lease expired, and his landlord evicted the Family.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biography.com/news/charles-manson-dennis-wilson-friendship|title=Charles Manson and Dennis Wilson Had a Brief and Bizarre Friendship|last=Ott|first=Tim|website=Biography|language=en-us|access-date=2019-08-14|archive-date=August 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814140417/https://www.biography.com/news/charles-manson-dennis-wilson-friendship|url-status=live}}</ref>