Okay they literally have proof that the father took naked photos of them when they were children, they were clearly abused. I’m literally sick to my stomach. They should be set free, they have suffered long enough.
I agree with you 100%. I was a kid when this trial occurred and had no idea that the brothers were raped and tortured most their lives. EVERYONE needs to be aware these men are in prison 30 years later. One of the biggest injustices I am aware of.
@Natalia vincencci Yes of course.. when they were like a child they said: Hey lets make some photos of our private spots so we can kill our parents and say it was abuse.... LIKE NATALIA YOU CANT BE FUCKING SERIOUS!!DO YOU EVEN LISTEN TO YOURSELF? OR DID YOU EVEN LISTEN TO THEIR TRIALS??
@Natalia vincencci you’re an idiot. Children don’t take photos of themselves in those regions, especially naked. The fact that you think it’s normal is concerning.
@Natalia vincencci Then why were the photos (and the negatives) found among the parents' possessions in an envelope with the mother's signature on it? Get a life. And Erik was identified in one of the photos by a birth mark on his wrist.
@Audrey Kelly I see you replying to a lot of comments, and you seem really uneducated on a lot of things in this case. 1. Psychologists came forward after spending many hours with the brothers and testified that they abuse did in fact happen, family members also testified to this. 2. The brothers grew up in such a toxic environment that they never knew anything outside of it. This is a pattern among abused children. 3. You are very heartless and cold for not believing these men. There testimonies are graphic, they were extremely emotional, and as I said before MANY people came forward and said abuse did happen. If this doesn’t prove anything to you for some reason, there are many other reasons of why your opinion is dog sh*t.
I agree. I was a kid when this trial occurred. It’s unbelievable that in the 90’s the media made a “joke” of these men. SNL “comedy skits” and tabloid coverage of them killing for money was so wrong. I don’t know how they were convicted of first degree murder. Everyone needs to be aware Erik and Lyle are in prison bc it’s a horrible injustice.
@@brendamiller6334 they were being tried together so it doesn’t matter. They have their own lawyers and their own juries but they are all sitting together in the courtroom so hearing each other’s testimony is really not an issue .
💯 people that think this is all lies.. i can never understand them. Enough time now. Was horrific what they done but even worse what them lads went through. So sad it breaks my heart.
Its so clear that lyle didnt want to talk about the sexual abuse and he was struggling really hard. And after all that shameful secret they shared to public they still had to spend their whole life in prison? That is so not fair.
I’ve noticed with male victims, when they’ve been sexually abused by another man at any point of their life, it’s really hard for them to talk about, almost like they’re embarrassed.
@@kaylinwhite6584 that’s not what they meant. The brothers were convicted of first degree murder because of how corrupted their second trial was, they should’ve been convicted of voluntarily manslaughter. They’re killers yes, but not murders
they killed them to defend themselves, their parents were violent and abusive and molested their kids for years. i mean they didn't have any other choice at that point
I have two grown sons. My greatest achievements by far. If someone, anyone, had even looked at them inappropriately.....I’d have bitten the gullet out of them. I just don’t understand how Kitty did NOTHING. How do you look at your boys KNOWING they’re being abused and do nothing? As far as I’m concerned, Kitty and José can rot in hell.
If you find their middle school teachers testimony on YT , the mother was usually drunk & smelled of booze. The father was always highly aggressive & they both failed to get the additional help the school advised the younger brother needed.
@@peterbreughel4440 yes they did because they wanted to experience being free for a while. The truth came out to the therapist. The one brother is responsible for telling the truth to someone
I love Lyle so much! That day Lyle confronted his father just a few days before the incident I don’t think Jose really understood how far Lyle would go to protect his younger brother. It warms my heart.
@@gx9954 Yes! Especially since Jose tried so hard to make Lyle and Erik enemies. Lyle was his "good" son and Erik his "throwaway" son, but in the end Lyle gave everything for Erik
@Natalia vincencci What does that even mean? Apparently 18 year olds don't get raped or abused. Real smart. Multiple psychologists evaluated them and found them to be truthful about the abuse, and that they were mentally about 10 years old.
@@birinthareshimaa3446 Neither of them had an actual childhood. In addition to the abuse, there wasn't any time to play or be normal kids - they weren't encouraged to have friends, and when not in school they had to be focusing on athletics. Their parents took their childhood away.
@@Muirmaiden if it was a fact that they got molested and there was strong proof of it how could it have been possible that it be thrown out of court? I guess no matter what the law doesn’t look too kindly on murdering your own parents
@@yaboy4923 In the second trial, the judge and prosecution were desperate for a conviction after embarassing losses, and had defense evidence blocked and/or limited. Make no mistake, there was a lot of corruption in the D.A.'s Office.
IKR, Erik and Lyle are now spending their 50s in prison, instead of being with their wives and children, peacefully at home. If they die in prison, I swear imma cry rivers.
@Lucy Summer he pauses a lot because it‘s hard for him to tell and talk about his trauma. He also was taught to control his emotions his whole life and he was trying to do that here that’s why he paused. He‘s also not „laughing with his eyes“ you can clearly see he‘s crying and he‘s in pain he doesn’t look happy at all. Also if he was lying then why would he tell that he basically r@ped erik? it makes him look really bad so if he was lying he would try to make himself look better.
telling a child i wish you were never born.... that’s just wild. this is a grown man and you can see how words like that still affect him even after 18 years....
@@sana_the_bookaholic I’m so sorry that happened to you also. It’s really hard to understand why they would say such a thing. God bless you as well. Thanks for response.
@@SethMacLeod95 agreed, I reckon the integrator was so rude to Erik in the other video as well as she was jealous. They’re absolutely beautiful and stinking rich and people probably didn’t like that. That’s why no one showed them any mercy
In the trial hald of the jury wanted them out of jail and the other half wanted them in jail but for 2nd degree murder. So it ended up a mis trial. The second trial was done without tv broadcast, because it was just after OJ Simpson walked out without punishment. The judge was the same as the first trial but only the youngest brother went on to testify, because the other one, the one testifying hete on the stand, couldn't because he couldn't handle it mentally. So the jury never heard him speak. They also weren't allowed to bring in the evidence of sexual abuse. So long story short: they got sentenced to life without parole. Wich I feel was wrong. They should have been out of jail by now. They were victims and there was enough evidence. If they were women they wouldn't be in jail right now. It was told to them that if they were battered women they could get out.
When Lyle tells Erik that he's sorry - the feedback and the trauma between these two, this is something you just cannot fake. It is absolutely horrible what happened to these two, I wish they could have found a better way out than to murder so that they could truly heal and live their lives.
@@sana_the_bookaholic I wouldn’t say that. Erik forgave his father for all the atrocities he committed against him, and Jose was an adult at the time. Why wouldn’t he forgive his 8 years old, traumatized older brother who literally did everything in his power to protect him from then on?
@@leticiakormann7206 yeah I know. Erik is a kind hearted person. And how much he loves lyle isn't a secret to anybody. But I felt that he holds some grudges in his heart judging from his facial expressions when lyle apologized. It's just my opinion, may or may not be a fact.
Kaylin White look, ignorant, we all know they confessed, why?, to save their life I had an abusive so called father. I was always so scared, never had friends , watched him abuse my mother. Many thoughts went through my head, but I was to frightened of him to do anything. The abuse has totally affected my adult life. You ain't never been in their situation, so JUST SHUT UP.
Presidential pardons generally do not apply to crimes of murder. But, there has to be some kind of process to get them out. My heart absolutely aches for them.
Ryan Murphy always skews stuff. There was hardly an exploration of sexual abuse of boys on that show and the complex issues it causes in kids as they grow up. Zero nuance by Murphy. All that that show did was sensationalize stuff that didn't even happen. Ryan didn't even have a note at the end of the show stating that other now grown up men accused Jose of sexual abuse. Terrible disappointment of a show.
Lyle was too afraid to ever stand up to his father except when it came to protecting Erik. What is wrong with the world that they are in prison right now?
I agree ..they didn't have any one that they could turn to especially living in beverly hills.. one of the worst places to be should anyone attempt to reach out for help.
They lied about their parents. They murdered them for their money and after murdering them so viciously went on a spending spree with their money. If they were being sexually abused, how come they never mentioned the abuse to anyone, not even the relative near to them. Fucking liars...they should have got the death penalty. They should not be released!!!
Here after the horrendous Netflix series, the way they portrayed Lyle as this maniac was horrible. Whatever progress they had made is lost after this 😢
I agree with you 100%! I know this case for a really long time and years ago i watched every court video. Now i started the netflix series and it’s horrible and false image of the brothers , especcialy Lyle. I am very dissapointed and sad about it. When will they get justice? Netflix just ruined them. And lots of people who doesnt know them, or havent watched the court videos they think that the netflix image of the brothers is the truth…. Smh
@@sana_the_bookaholic IKR!? They will always love each other more than anyone, all these poor guys had through out their whole life was each other, Jose truly didn’t expect the lengths that Lyle would go through to protect his little brother. Lyle and Erik deserves sooo much better man, ❤️❤️😢😢
Abused by their parents, then abused again by the system. This is an absolute tragedy and a waste of these mens lives. Cant fathom how they were prosecuted for the murder in this circumstance. I feel absolute outrage and horror for the them....poor children going through this. Unspeakable
Cause they confessed to it?? Also the things they did after the murders made them look guilty like the shopping spree and convincing all of Beverly Hills that it was a mob hit.
Yeah, you can see how his emotions are on a roller-coaster through out this. Don't think there's any chance he could be faking it, this consistently, throughout the testimony.
1:19:06 please when he said sorry it broke my heart. He should not be sorry for getting upset over having to relive tragic and horrible memories of things his father did to him! Free them!!!
Gloria X you have no moral compass trying to think that this behavior is justified. It’s not right to kill people even if they hurt you. The brothers made a big mistake murdering their parents.
But not kill your mum and expect your life to run straight it wont happen whT they endured is so wrong on every level but u dont kill where u from and disrespect where u from and neber forget where u from wheter it be the struggle of poverty on your way up the womb who nourished u or the area u grew up in u see the universe sets the punishment and the rewards
I think the breaking point for them was the fact that their father had no intention of letting Erik go, they were willing to move on and forget every single disgusting things done to them, they both said it they had no intention or desire on letting anybody knows because they were aware of the humiliation that comes with it. But when they found out, Erik found out that his father wasn't letting him stay in the dorms during college, that became the breaking point, they saw no ending on this madness, so decided to end it in the way they surely knew it would end, killing them.
Yeah they were prisoners in their home even as adults they were not allowed to leave? How long did he expect them to stay forever? Probably hoped they would have Stockholm syndrome some abused kids do. Too bad they could not just run away but they probably feared Dad would find them he's rich he'll hire a PI or someone to track them down.
@@annalisavajda252 I also thought of the dreaded "why didn't they just leave" but their dad was INSANELY posessive of them and he was A RICH GUY with connections EVERYWHERE,so it wouldn't be hard for him to find his sons.and people would have likely believed him instead of the boys, and also take the emotional abuse into consideration. Erik did try to run away when he was 12 but his dad found him:((((( Anyway, watch closing arguments by Leslie Abramson,she breaks down the dysfunction so brilliantly.
It’s sad, once he finished his testimony he looked away with so much shame. Murder is not justifiable but neither what the parents did to them. They drove them to insanity and fear. This is a self defense case. They were always threatening them to kill them also. 💔 truly breaks my heart.
@@melisentiapheiffer3034 absolutely! If I'm being very honest, I don't believe in the last week saga or the imperfect self defense. I believe that the murders were premeditated. But nevertheless, I support these two because I 100% believe the abuse. Jose and Kitty had it coming. If a dad m0lests his kids and the mother is so much hateful, physically and emotionally abusive then they deserve nothing but a painful end.
When I first started my pool maintenance business in ‘87 I serviced the pool for the Menendez Family in Beverly Hills. Jose Menendez would come out sometimes and yell at me to tell me make sure the pool was spotless. Sometimes he would stand there watching me the whole time I was there. Occasionally I would hear him yelling from inside the house. I did meet Erik but not Lyle. I dreaded going there and considered many times canceling their service, but I had other clients in the neighborhood. When I heard they were killed, I honestly have to say I had no sympathy
@@artriveros7659 IF that is truly the case, I would like to know if you encountered the brothers too and if so, what kind of interactions/behaviors did you observe and what impression did they leave on you?
@@ssmininu IF what is truly the case? IF you re-read what I posted you’d see that I said I only met Erik not Lyle. I didn’t know this at the time but Lyle was probably attending Princeton University. I recall encountering Erik only once as he was walking from the main house to the guest house which was on the other side of the pool. He was walking very quickly and just said hi. What I described happening with Jose didn’t happen every week, however my first impression of him was , he was an asshole. I did interact mostly with his wife or the housekeeper occasionally , but for the most part for the year and half I had then as a client, I didn’t speak all that much to anyone there. I was there in the morning. I showed up a couple of days after they were killed and was told by a neighbor that they were killed. I didn’t watch news a whole lot back then so I wasn’t aware until the day I showed up. I was contacted by someone a month later, not the brothers, if I would continue the service, but I declined. I was paid for that month of August of ‘89 and that was it.
These men are so soft spoken and believable, I believe they were molested and I believe the Dad Jose was very demanding. I wish they had just ran away from their parents 😪
He called 911 and cry that someone just murdered his parents. Do you believe that someone murder his parents still? Because thats what this soft spoken gentalman said and you believe in his words :)
@@brianna3043 exactly. What they did was self defense for the years of trauma and rape and sexual abuse they had to put up with. They did nothing wrong.
This had to be embarrassing for them to say these things in court. I remember when Aileen Wuornos was on trial and it came out her brother had sex with her. There were witnesses..but she denied it. I could tell there was such a deep seated shame for her she couldn’t admit it even to help herself in her own trial. This type of humiliation and shame is so deep. I feel so bad for them. How could the jurors not have considered this? Just these nude photos mixed in with party photos is very compelling evidence that they were telling the truth.
After watching the atrocious monsters series on Netflix, the only thing I took from it is that no actor can pull off Lyle's actual testimony. They were not lying
signs of an emotionally abusive mother: • constantly criticizing the child • blaming the child for adult problems • rejecting the child repeatedly • dismissing the child's feelings • deliberately causing the child emotional pain • ridiculing the child or mocking them • humiliating or publicly shaming the child • calling the child names • getting angry at the child often • yelling or swearing at the child • threatening to harm the child or their friends / siblings / pets • gaslighting / manipulating the child • withholding love, support, and guidance • neglecting to care for the child • allowing the child to witness domestic violence and abuse
1:18:50 I'm not even lying, I cried at this moment. How could you do something like that to your child?! And as someone who was sexually abused by a family member I can feel the pain they were going through.
@@IamGaby shut up if you were abused your whole childhood you would of done the same have some humanity it’s just embarrassing that you think this way the justice system failed them
@@youlookdustylol2973 don’t tell me to shut up asshole. I was abused my whole childhood you don’t see me killing anyone. I just went on to have a successful life. That’s how you beat the abusers. Get therapy
I just can't believe that someone could sit and watch this in court or on television, see all the evidence, listen to the boys crying, and think these boys were lying about what they went through. To speak up about something that has happened to you and to be mocked, ridiculed, and not believed doesn't feel good. These boys are victims, they have served their time and they should be set free.
@@rosas4851 that’s for people who were raised normally . He wasn’t, therefore none of his actions can be compared. He obviously had fear installed in him since a child.
Horrific what was done to these sweet boys. The father was a monster in every way and the mother was also. Both narcissists and evil. These boys deserve justice and should be freed. They have paid enough. God help them.
We have to be very careful when we portray Lyle and Erik as poor victims and José and Kitty as horrible monsters, because in doing so we might just be reflecting our own stupidity.
@@ricardzubimendifelip9039 we only reflect our stupidity when we don't research, ignore all the proofs and witnesses and just jump to conclusions without using any commonsense!
@@sana_the_bookaholic I've watched this case incredibly closely and I've given my full opinion on it on several posts. To me, you just sound like another dumbass who believes every single word coming out of the mouth of Lyle and Erik, when they have a severe criminal record when it comes to telling lies and breaking the law. I would love to see your reaction if Lyle took his toupee off and started telling the truth. Only then you would realize how little common sense you have.
This is pretty long. Lol sorry, it's just my thoughts.. My sister attempted to kill my mom when I was 7. Because my mom messed her up while she was painting her nails. My mother has one hand due to cerebral palsy and my sister beat her up, dragged her down the stairs (14 of them), knocked her out and then went and got a butcher knife. I was home with pink eye and I remember beating my sister in the head with the house phone and choking her to get her to stop trying to attack my mom. My mom got up and ran and left me in the house with her. She didn't attack me. We sat down on the couch like nothing happened until the cops came and tackled her, she was 15/16 at the time and got released from juvi at 18. A backstory to this is that my mother would beat us bloody for nothing. With a belt, brushes, shoes, spoons, rulers. I had to walk up and down the stairs, stand against the wall, do wall sits. All under the age of 7 along with knowing my multiplication and cursive writing before I was 5. Guess what my sister was released because she didn't go through with the murder. Ive heard the only reason these brothers were charged was because they were rich and "had it all" and so they just killed their parents to kill them. But what people have to understand, is when you're basically held captive in your own house what are you to do as a child, a teen --a kid barely tall enough to ride rollercoasters or have any money for their own place? I've must have ran away to a fire station lips and nose bleeding at least 3 times and each time they sent me back home, to her and by that time my sister was locked up, gone I had no one to defend me. I didn't attack my mom but I did start defending myself at 15. The last time she hit me I was 16. The system fails children all the time. It sucks and it shouldn't happen. Clearly you can see their story is real, the pain in their eyes and voice when they recount their past. Yes it was brutal and terrible what they did, but was it justified? In my opinion, Yes.
Sorry for your childhood abuse by your mother. The way to Healing and out of this world, of Good vs Evil, is through God, Jesus, Who was also abused, by the humans, He made with His Father! Then He rose from the dead, to be able to form a New Kingdom, wherein dwells, Only True Love and Peace!!! We are All, guilty of some kind of bad behavior, some of us way worse than others and All need this Savior, to forgive us and give us forgiveness for others. We don't forgive them, for their sake, but so the stress of it and bitterness does not dwell in us anymore. Anyone, under this kind of abuse, I know, are justified for fighting back and defending themselves!!! I'm glad you did! Had your mother died, she would have deserved it! It is shocking, how bad she beat you, even being crippled!!! 😢 God Warns, in The Holy Bible, to Not Hurt Children or their punishment, Will be Severe for Eternity! They will be abused, by demons, Forever having to Feel what they made the kids feel......... 😱 I pray you've been Born Again, by asking Jesus into your Heart! He is the TRUE LOVE. 🙌🏻 ✝️
I'm so, so sorry your mother was so unbelievably vicious to you and your sister. I wish I could give you both the biggest hug right now, and I hope that you're both safe and so happy, now. I agree 1000%, the murders were more than justified. It makes me so sad that in the end, it had to be them to do it. You can see they still carry so much guilt. I'm in school for law and am hoping to become an attorney in the end, and I will do ALL I can to try and fix these tears in the system and society, little by little. Take care, sweetheart. 💙
I am about the age of Erik and I remember watching the trial. I sympathized with these brothers and believed them and my own controlling abusive mother got angry at me for believing them. This time in history children were not believed and parents were considered always right. These brothers need to be freed immediately.
I vaguely remember this because I think I was 10 when when this happened. I remember the show “a current affair” and they made them look so evil. I don’t remember EVER hearing anything other than them killing their parents for money and spending it till an arrest.
@@ClaireGee-e2fthat’s the “media” for you. If only people realized it back then. They did indeed make them look horrific. I was in high school and I remember how they villainized them! They should be ashamed, but of course they aren’t. They just got worse, if anything!
Lyle is reliving what he is saying. And has a sense of guilt because all he ever wanted was for his pearents to love him. He also has guilt and embarrassed for causing harm to his brother. The truth is that he did that to him because his dad did it to him so he thought that that was normal but it's not and I am glad that he confessed it so he can be free from that. Just by acknowledging it he has proved that he is more then his father ever was. A true man stands in his truth no matter how awful it is. I don't think he killed his pearents for anything other then protecting his brother which was the person he loved the most in that household.
The way he talked about the times at his grandparents broke my heart. I had great times at my grandparents too. All the 2 boys wanted was a loving family. May his parents rot in hell!!!
A control freak predator as a father. An abuse enabler as a mother. Having children to live out your own failures at certain things is simply awful. These boys were tortured. They removed the predator from their lives. Imagine making that decision. Knowing you’ll never see your parents again. That speaks volumes to me. I do hope one day they are released
This is heartbreaking. I feel for them so much. I can't believe the jury had such lack of empathy. Anyone who has been trough this kind of abuse can see this is real. These men deserve to be free and also the people on the SNL sketch should at the very least apologize to them. For those parents, there are no words to describe.
It’s my understanding that the third jury didn’t get to hear the whole story! The first two jury’s were split in their decision. One jury member said that they were completely split by gender. Women wanted 3rd degree and the men wanted 1st. I guess men certainly have less empathy or maybe didn’t believe this could happen by a wealthy couple.
@@noonespecial619 There were probably, men, just like their father on the jury!!! They like to help each other out you know, even after they are DEAD.......
Well this Jury didnt come on a conclusion and on the retrial Lyle chose not to speak. I feel if He would have given a testimony, the Jury would not have decided the way they did. I just didnt understand why He didnt testify on the retrial.
@@gloriagraz910 no, judge weisberg banned most of the abuse evidence to be represented. And he limited most of the witnesses. The jurors said that if they got to know the full story plus had they gotten to see the evidence they would never vote first degree.
I can't believe ANYONE, ANYONE would look at the raw, soul crushing emotion that these two exhibited in trial and think they were acting. In addition, each instance they finish with questioning and Lyle is emotional, he continues to emote and needs a moment to collect himself, he just doesn't "turn it off". It's so hard to watch. Makes me want to just cry.
I truly hate his parents I hope they suffer in under the jail I hope them Prisoners beat them in hot boil Fire water where it ain’t nice in pits of hell
I want Justice for Lyle and Eric they are Innocent Brothers that needs an chance I hate too see an Evil Parents hurt and sexually abused their own children 👦 👦 Lyle and Eric I hope the Parents are got something worst in Hell of pitts of fire because then Prisoners angels can come and beat the living taste out of the parents and hurt them
THERE WE'RE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THEM NAKED. What father in the right mind would do that to their children? I swear this whole trial and jury just doesn't make sense
Please let the Menendez Supporter have their channel back. They worked really hard in bringing a lot of awareness to this case, and would even post a link to Court TV under every video to encourages others to see the full case. I don't understand why they should have to take down all their videos (or risk being terminated) only for you to post two videos of Lyle and Erik the following day. Not trying to be rude as I understand this is your channel and your Network but I find it a little strange.
It really is a shame they took down the videos. I saw that the highest rated video at the time of Erik's testimony had 773,000 views last week and a few days later it had 803,000 views so a lot of people were clicking it fast and watching...
@Kaylin White yes well think about how people feel about themselves after abuse by biological parents.... I don’t think they know their worth!!! I know it takes victims many years to learn they didn’t deserve what was done to them.
@@sana_the_bookaholic because the children suffered the consequences of their parents actions. The parents were abusive, so their children killed them to protect themselves. Now they are in jail. None of it would’ve happened if the parents weren’t abusive
Crazy to think they got life without parole but yet if that was a pedophile who hurt a child on that stand they would get three years out n one year for good behaviour! Absolutely shocking! They suffered enough
These poor kids. I don’t blame them a bit. People who intentionally physically hurt and/or sexually abuse children don’t deserve breath in their lungs. I applaud those boys.
@@kaylinwhite6584 have you ever been molested and abused by your family? Have you watched your siblings be abused? Yeah, I’d kill my abusers too. People who abuse kids are sick and need to be exterminated. It’s not delusion, it’s survival.
@Kaylin White I 150% condone what they did. Until it happens to you, you have no right to speak on it. I hope you never have to deal with putting yourself back together after a predator has torn you apart. If someone hurt my kids in the same way, I’d murder them. No hesitation. Those people are sick and cannot be rehabilitated because you can’t change your sexual orientation, predators deserve only death.
@Kaylin White says the person commenting on something they’ve admitted to knowing NOTHING about. Unprovoked comments at that. All child predators need to die. Is there a reason why you’d take the side of someone who destroys children? Maybe you’re the one that needs therapy. Only a sicko would think that’s ok.
"was it good times for you or bad times?" the way he just uttered the word "some" silently as if remembering when was exactly the last it was bad and good and how often this bad or good times happen, really pierced my heart.
It wasn’t right that the judge didn’t allow the abuse in the second trial. He was so worried about getting a conviction after the OJ trial. If they get another trial I feel they’ll be set free!
“We killed them cause we were afraid” as he’s crying. These men need another chance at life. What happened to them is just awful. I feel they’ve paid their debt for murder and dont feel these are men that would be a threat to society. They killed because they were scared of the abuse and rape that was happening. Just awful!
It’s crazy that people thought they killed for the money when look at how happy Lyle is looking back on memories of thier weekends with the grandparents. Snobbish kids wouldn’t be fond of garage sales, squirrel watching and tv shows like the untouchables.
My heart goes out to these young men every time I watch bits of their trial. yes, it was wrong to murder their parents, no, it wasn't about the inheritance, the truth was, it was about stopping the sexual abuse, that had never been addressed. Their father committed it, their mother hushed it and the boys endured it. Our justice system doesn't address or take into consideration the mental torture that sexual abuse inflicts on victims, and in this case, it was inflicted on them BY the people who were supposed to love them the most, protect them...the most. Defend them...the most. Parental betrayal is the worst kind of betrayal. I hope when reviewing cases like this, our courts have the courage to consider compassion/justice in their rulings. Society failed the Menendez brothers. Yes, they should be imprisoned, but not for life. Their freedom was stolen in childhood. They've been PRISONERS their entire lives.
Everyday I see murderers getting 8 years or even less and these guys had years of sickening abuse that made them snap- if this was today and a woman who suffered abuse and murdered her abusive husband she would be praised and acquitted!
Wow. I was just a kid when this happened. And I remember someone saying the boys were lying about being abused by the dad but ....seeing this footage changes everything. What a world.
the details lyle gives here regarding how the dad would talk about sexual acts between men, battle ect but would make then read passages ect....there is no way they are lying about that he is remembering this from memory. way too many details.
1:22:06 his reaction to her question was so quick, he knew that question was coming and he was dreading having to tell the world what he did to erik. if he had been lying he wouldnt have had that knee jerk reaction
They had two children and they had one job. To be the best parents they could be. And they sucked at that. And these two poor boys Paid the price double.
