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I lament that this beautiful, empathic , promising young man had to spend most of his life behind bars after dealing with a huge amount of trauma inflicted since early childhood. I hope that he and his brother get soon the chance to experience life as free and happy individuals.
I empathise with what they endured, but they killed their parent’s. Many grow up under far more brutal circumstances & don’t take that route. Sentimentalising the brothers doesn’t alter the reality & horror of what they did.
@@michelleb3698 It's not sentimentalizing, it's being compassionate, merciful and understanding. I doubt that there is more brutal circumstances than being so*domised by your own father at age 7 and being denied maternal love .
@javayna2353 first of all... it happened a couple of times ....he did it as a TRAUMA RESPONSE When they were both little. That is VERY common for abused children .
I don't think these boys should have ever went to prison, after what both their parents kept doing to those boys sexually abusing them, emotionally and physically abusing them. I think they should have probably did a year in a psychiatric hospital got a lot of counseling and then they should have been freed
These young men were definitely very afraid of their parents. Especially their father. Lyle was an adult already and had to obey hes father at all times. Shame this is so sad. I pray they walk free and they deserve it. Their made their life very difficult
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Lyle's attorney was so calm and patience. I mean, I know Leslie put quite a fight but she was so annoying interrogating Erik, It made him more nervous than the prosecutor.
The parents especially the dad were supposed to protect them and make them feel safe but they denied Both Erik&Lyle any form of childhood/teenage feelings 💜💜
If this were just a cover-up for vicious heartless killers and Lyle and Eric weren't abused, then give this guy an oscar, because he is one hell of an actor. THEY NEED TO BE RELEASED NOW. They've paid their dues. Even long before they went to prison.
Not even Oscar awarded actor can act like this, with such emotion, not if they don t do a research, not without acting coaches. It s obvious that they are telling The truth. Aparently IT s hard for some ppl to accept IT. It s easier for The ones that lived similar things.
They killed two persons regardless who evil these parents were. The brothers should be punished for their crimes but not life prison without parole.34-35 years is a long time.
How could people not believe him ? This is a LIFETIME of PAIN That he did not deserve That Erik did not deserve No one deserves to live in such pain ! 😢😭💔
Estamos torcendo aqui do Brasil para que eles saiam da prisão, estes rapazes não tiveram outra escolha, não viveram a própria vida, esperam que façam em breve, liberdade para os irmãos Menendez ❤️🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
Watching these boys i cant believe how truthfull they were.even though they were abused they still cared for their parents.the boys were the adultsvin that household.
When you are abused, you build trauma bond and the more you are abused the worse your trauma gets and you feel you can not live withut them so you feel you love them. You dont actually love them you love the idea of them. It's all psychology.
PLEASE FREE THESE MEN!! THEY SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN SENT TO PRISON!!! THEY DIDN'T DO IT FOR THE MONEY!! LYLE HAD HAD ENOUGH OF THE ABUSE AND DIDN'T WANT ERIK TO GO THROUGH ANYMORE PAIN!! SHAM ON THIS JURISDICTION FOR NOT LETTING THEIR TRUE STORY COME IN ON THE 3RD TRIAL!!!
No, Jose was not successful. Being ruthless, sacking a whole lot of people just so a company makes more profits is not success. I hope this case highlights that we have a dysfunctional definition of success and we step back and ask, what truly is success?
They were controlled in Every wsy. Thry couldnt choose their own friends They couldn't choose their own activities They ccoukf not choose their own sports They coukf not choose their own colleges They could not choose their own girlfriends They could not career paths
I cannot get over how some of the jurors could not see what that indicates about the level of abuse those boys went through. & then when a person cannot ‘purge’ that upset or anger, there comes an explosion point.
OF COURSE THEY WILL, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LOCKED UP A HELL OF A LOT LONGER THAN THESE TWO AND THEY’RE DOING VERY WELL. IT MAY TKE SOME TIME BUT I’M SURE THEY’LL SOON CATCH UP. LOL
Idk if murder was the answer considering they were both old enough to leave and do as they please. They could have left and never looked back. However what they are saying has to be true. They seem they are genuine in telling their story. Like they are 100% going off memory. Nothing rehearsed.
I disagree. In a previous trial, Erik had explained that he had attempted to go to Brown university to live on campus but was forced to go into the California university where he had to live at home. It is hard disobeying your parents especially when they’re abusive and threaten killing you if you run away so that would’ve made it extremely difficult for them to get away. Lyle could get away, however since he’s an amazing brother, he did not want to leave Erik
The “father” was the master of all the problems. But the so called mum should have put her kids first. She was selfish,cold,crazy. When your parents are bullying you,you should ghost them and leave. I left at 16 and not looking back
Ignorance. Male jurors refused to believe a father could rape his sons . Back in the 90s . People did not talk about abuse. It was still a "dirty little secret" People had an unrealitistic view of rich families. Some believed that wealthy families don't have problems. Thank God society had woken up from that B.S
lyle cant express his feelings & imotions like erik ,, this is sad ,, he could’ve stay out of it , bug erik telling him his father was abusing him boiled him ,,, big mistake ,, killing was not a solution but nobody knows what went through those young brothers at that time ,,but i believe they really regretted & they are now way more mature , 34 yrs in jail i think they can let them out of jail now
Aw poor thing 😢. I kept wondering why he was coughing. Great job judge. Forcing people to testify when they are sick. Exposing a full court of people to it as well 🤬😡 I cannot stand this judge. He should've NEVER been allowed to preside over both trials. He's clearly very pro prosecution .
Free the menendez brother the reason why they killed their parent is they wanted their father stop abusing but their didnt care still abusing but the mom keeps drinking alcoholic stiff
Their maturity was stunted. So brainwashed & controlled that they had to ask their father for everything even as young adults. 21 & you have to do all of that to have 1 friend
This man is beautiful educated classy sexy and has finesse more than his control obsessed father ever could have been hes also able to smile above everything hes been through! Id marry him love to this handsome beautiful guy free them they have been tbrough hell let thrm out lyle hit me up
They got a hold of their old attorney Leslie Abramson and she does not want anything to do with Eric or Lyle or anything about the case what does that tell you.. we're talking about 35 years later😅😅😅😅
Do you hear his throat sounds? That boy is in physical pain talking about these things, it seems like he wants to start crying out loud. Each word takes a hell of a lot to articulate.
Watching Lyle talk abour everything that happened the week leading up to the murders . You can almost visualuze it. . You can visualize the arguments. Erik falling apart. Lyle running o. Empty hardly skeeping . He had so much on his shoulders .. he felt guity for everything escalating after he threateed to expose jose ... He was trying so hard to protect Erik while trying to keep his own anger in check. ⁶ You can see his anxiety consume him when he starts to talk about sunday night ... Its all so hard to watch . To see him so vunerable and in so much pain.
i totally understand how they came to that point and i do believe that IN THAT MOMENT they felt threatened BUT what i do not understand is how they arranged their parents funeral and went on a spending spree and it took them 7 months until arrested ….
I gotta tell you I haven’t had long or even moderate phone conversations with a family member in forever. Maybe too much communication was the problem 🤔
OMG I can only imagine how nightmarish Kitty became once she knew the power was in her hands. Hell on wheels. I wouldn’t have been able to deal with it either. I finally and completely understand how they could both have shot their parents the way they did. I don’t recommend it, as it cost them dearly, but i get it. In their minds, they were killing a female demon and the man that crowned her. I went through something very similar so I get it.
They both have great skills in helping society helping ..Erik helps the sick and does fantastic artwork have you seen some of his work (both of theirs) achievements and helping people whom have gone through similar situations to theirs including mine 💜😊 Lyle achieved his degree in fact in June/July 2024 😊😊 I am So proud of them even though I have never write or met them 😊😊
Dam smh. Give them a foot they take a mile, they gave them life it could’ve been worse like the death penalty. So what about all the other unstable murders with life sentences, what make these thugs so special?
If if wasn’t for their parents doing the horrific acts they did to them in the first place, they would NOT be in this situation that they are in right now xx
@@angelarock5272EXACTLY! Netflix made them both look awful. I remember this trial going on, and when I was watching “Monsters” I couldn’t believe just how bad they made them look! It was all wrong. Just my opinion.
They killed their parents they had plenty of resources to get help instead they murdered maybe 31yrs is enough time if they are telling the truth but we will never know because the parents are not here to hear their side
@@RitaLemus-w1g they did enough to Let the rest of the world speak for them. Even then, during this trial, there was no ONE person who could say there were good people. And now we know for sure Menendez was a f*** pedophile.
I know for a fact there was a doc where their attorney told these boys the only way out was playing the sexual card .. they were taken off the will and these boys were upset about that.
Lyle lost hair due to stress, was peeing his bed in his teens and was still playing with plushies when he was quite old for them. Do you really think no type of abuse was going on?
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I lament that this beautiful, empathic , promising young man had to spend most of his life behind bars after dealing with a huge amount of trauma inflicted since early childhood. I hope that he and his brother get soon the chance to experience life as free and happy individuals.
I empathise with what they endured, but they killed their parent’s. Many grow up under far more brutal circumstances & don’t take that route. Sentimentalising the brothers doesn’t alter the reality & horror of what they did.
@@michelleb3698 It's not sentimentalizing, it's being compassionate, merciful and understanding. I doubt that there is more brutal circumstances than being so*domised by your own father at age 7 and being denied maternal love .
😢🇦🇩
Not only they were sexually abused they were tortured.wake up and smell the roses.
im mean really!
im mean really!
Praying they are released!! 🙏✝️🙏
Me too ❤
AMEN TO THAT!
Amen
And live victorious & peacefully in Jesus name
❤❤❤❤❤
So are their wives.
🙏🙏🙏🙏
Lyle’s voice is so relaxing I could cry! 😭
"When he whispered about water"!
He was sick here
I can’t take the pain what he is saying and feeling in this moment of his life it’s just agony I feel love for him ❤
Me too❤️💔😭
😢
Lyle was the only adult in that house.only one protecting his brother.
He was sexually assaulting Eric too.
@javayna2353 first of all... it happened a couple of times ....he did it as a TRAUMA RESPONSE When they were both little. That is VERY common for abused children .
I don't think these boys should have ever went to prison, after what both their parents kept doing to those boys sexually abusing them, emotionally and physically abusing them. I think they should have probably did a year in a psychiatric hospital got a lot of counseling and then they should have been freed
Look at Gypsy Rose . But she was a girl and poor, so a few years in jail instead of first degree murder without parole was enough in her case….🙄
These young men were definitely very afraid of their parents. Especially their father. Lyle was an adult already and had to obey hes father at all times. Shame this is so sad. I pray they walk free and they deserve it. Their made their life very difficult
Le au distrus viețile! Uitați va pe internet cum arată fața tatălui ,privirea,ochii! Nu mi se pare o privire de om sănătos mintal. Consider că a fost un scelerat !!! Psihopat! Și desigur că familia extinsă in totalitate a avut ceva probleme moștenite genetic. Și cred că abuzurile inimaginabile au fost reale! Și mama indisponibila emoțional Intr o relație toxica de codependenta cu soțul 😢🇦🇩
@monicadragan6837 i dont understand 🙉😊
i hope to god they both get justice and free released
I do too 😊
Lyle's attorney was so calm and patience. I mean, I know Leslie put quite a fight but she was so annoying interrogating Erik, It made him more nervous than the prosecutor.
The only thing they are guilty of is loving there parents that made them suffer, in pain they didn’t ask for.
The parents especially the dad were supposed to protect them and make them feel safe but they denied Both Erik&Lyle any form of childhood/teenage feelings 💜💜
Free the boys immediately.if they were the Menendez girls they would not be in jail.Release them immediately.
Exactly 💯 💯 💯 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
I need them to get a retrial, these poor boys deserve another chance at life
If this were just a cover-up for vicious heartless killers and Lyle and Eric weren't abused, then give this guy an oscar, because he is one hell of an actor. THEY NEED TO BE RELEASED NOW. They've paid their dues. Even long before they went to prison.
Not even Oscar awarded actor can act like this, with such emotion, not if they don t do a research, not without acting coaches. It s obvious that they are telling The truth. Aparently IT s hard for some ppl to accept IT. It s easier for The ones that lived similar things.
@@Nic-b9lthey were having an incestuous relationship with each other and conspired to kill their parents for the money.
They never ever should have been locked 😢up
look whos talking abt harming children god stfu
you got that right!
They killed two persons regardless who evil these parents were. The brothers should be punished for their crimes but not life prison without parole.34-35 years is a long time.
I agree!
Lyle has a very soothing voice. Peaceful ♥️
yes, and deed!🥰
How could people not believe him ?
This is a LIFETIME of PAIN
That he did not deserve
That Erik did not deserve
No one deserves to live in such pain ! 😢😭💔
Estamos torcendo aqui do Brasil para que eles saiam da prisão, estes rapazes não tiveram outra escolha, não viveram a própria vida, esperam que façam em breve, liberdade para os irmãos Menendez ❤️🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
Free the menendez brothers
Watching these boys i cant believe how truthfull they were.even though they were abused they still cared for their parents.the boys were the adultsvin that household.
When you are abused, you build trauma bond and the more you are abused the worse your trauma gets and you feel you can not live withut them so you feel you love them. You dont actually love them you love the idea of them. It's all psychology.
Pls free them already 🙏
If they were abused as kids then surely they aren't guilty of murder ? If its proved they were abused then they should be released.
There's no "if"
They WERE SEVERELY abused 💔
PLEASE FREE THESE MEN!! THEY SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN SENT TO PRISON!!! THEY DIDN'T DO IT FOR THE MONEY!! LYLE HAD HAD ENOUGH OF THE ABUSE AND DIDN'T WANT ERIK TO GO THROUGH ANYMORE PAIN!! SHAM ON THIS JURISDICTION FOR NOT LETTING THEIR TRUE STORY COME IN ON THE 3RD TRIAL!!!
He had sinusitis and a fever this day and woke up dizzy and with pyrexia but they made him speak anyway 😢
Free them now🙏🏻
AMEN TO THAT!
I realised that Lyle kept reffering to Jose as "my dad" and "his (Eriks) dad" at the same time like they were 2 different ppl which makes sense.
No, Jose was not successful. Being ruthless, sacking a whole lot of people just so a company makes more profits is not success. I hope this case highlights that we have a dysfunctional definition of success and we step back and ask, what truly is success?
Please release these brothers. Omg just unbelievable. Feel so much hurt for them they should be free!
💯
How sad that as a young man Lyle wasn’t able to just choose his own friends, they needed to pass a Jose interview test! 😢
They were controlled in Every wsy.
Thry couldnt choose their own friends
They couldn't choose their own activities
They ccoukf not choose their own sports
They coukf not choose their own colleges
They could not choose their own girlfriends
They could not career paths
I cannot get over how some of the jurors could not see what that indicates about the level of abuse those boys went through. & then when a person cannot ‘purge’ that upset or anger, there comes an explosion point.
@dimitrabouzalas3090 💯💯💯💯
Exactly
They won’t even know how to operate like real people after they get out. It’s very sad
They'll learn
OF COURSE THEY WILL, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LOCKED UP A HELL OF A LOT LONGER THAN THESE TWO AND THEY’RE DOING VERY WELL. IT MAY TKE SOME TIME BUT I’M SURE THEY’LL SOON CATCH UP. LOL
Doesn’t bare thinking about how those boys have survived 35 years in prison. The fact they were separated for the first 22 years is disgraceful
Hi there love ❤️ from Uk 🇬🇧
Idk if murder was the answer considering they were both old enough to leave and do as they please. They could have left and never looked back. However what they are saying has to be true. They seem they are genuine in telling their story. Like they are 100% going off memory. Nothing rehearsed.
I think so too.
I disagree. In a previous trial, Erik had explained that he had attempted to go to Brown university to live on campus but was forced to go into the California university where he had to live at home. It is hard disobeying your parents especially when they’re abusive and threaten killing you if you run away so that would’ve made it extremely difficult for them to get away. Lyle could get away, however since he’s an amazing brother, he did not want to leave Erik
The “father” was the master of all the problems. But the so called mum should have put her kids first. She was selfish,cold,crazy. When your parents are bullying you,you should ghost them and leave. I left at 16 and not looking back
How on earth could those male jurors not see that what they did was self defence!!!! FFS!!!! 🤬😡😡😡🤬😡🤬
Ignorance. Male jurors refused to believe a father could rape his sons .
Back in the 90s .
People did not talk about abuse. It was still a "dirty little secret"
People had an unrealitistic view of rich families.
Some believed that wealthy families don't have problems.
Thank God society had woken up from that B.S
lyle cant express his feelings & imotions like erik ,, this is sad ,, he could’ve stay out of it , bug erik telling him his father was abusing him boiled him ,,, big mistake ,, killing was not a solution but nobody knows what went through those young brothers at that time ,,but i believe they really regretted & they are now way more mature , 34 yrs in jail i think they can let them out of jail now
Please let them go🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️
Why?
@@deborahdebcourtharcourt3159 They’ve served their time
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No they did not
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Life without parole was the time they were sentenced to, so they have not served their time
The judge trying to pressure him to testify in his own murder case while he’s sick. SMH
Sad that he had Fever here 💔
Aw poor thing 😢. I kept wondering why he was coughing.
Great job judge. Forcing people to testify when they are sick. Exposing a full court of people to it as well 🤬😡
I cannot stand this judge. He should've NEVER been allowed to preside over both trials. He's clearly very pro prosecution .
02:41:32 Never say they didn't consider "just leaving"
Free the menendez brother the reason why they killed their parent is they wanted their father stop abusing but their didnt care still abusing but the mom keeps drinking alcoholic stiff
Not to mention, she molested Lyle. She had him get in bed with her and touch her all over.
Yes!!!! Set those Brothers free!!!
🇺🇸❤🇺🇸
was this when Lyle was feeling ill and didn't want to testify, but the judge made him anyways?
just, wow. 😢
Lyle
I love you ❤❤❤
Their maturity was stunted. So brainwashed & controlled that they had to ask their father for everything even as young adults. 21 & you have to do all of that to have 1 friend
When he read the letter he wrote to his mom i teared up
This man is beautiful educated classy sexy and has finesse more than his control obsessed father ever could have been hes also able to smile above everything hes been through! Id marry him love to this handsome beautiful guy free them they have been tbrough hell let thrm out lyle hit me up
I wanna kiss thst rock hard body of yours
no one protected these boys its heartbreaking, and look what they are doing to them...some sick people
They got a hold of their old attorney Leslie Abramson and she does not want anything to do with Eric or Lyle or anything about the case what does that tell you.. we're talking about 35 years later😅😅😅😅
FREE THEM
Do you hear his throat sounds? That boy is in physical pain talking about these things, it seems like he wants to start crying out loud. Each word takes a hell of a lot to articulate.
😢😢
Watching Lyle talk abour everything that happened the week leading up to the murders . You can almost visualuze it. . You can visualize the arguments. Erik falling apart. Lyle running o. Empty hardly skeeping . He had so much on his shoulders .. he felt guity for everything escalating after he threateed to expose jose ...
He was trying so hard to protect Erik while trying to keep his own anger in check. ⁶
You can see his anxiety consume him when he starts to talk about sunday night ...
Its all so hard to watch . To see him so vunerable and in so much pain.
i totally understand how they came to that point and i do believe that IN THAT MOMENT they felt threatened BUT what i do not understand is how they arranged their parents funeral and went on a spending spree and it took them 7 months until arrested ….
I gotta tell you I haven’t had long or even moderate phone conversations with a family member in forever. Maybe too much communication was the problem 🤔
Is this real
Yesss lovely it is VERY REAL 💜🫶
🙄
@@INTJ91 ??
OMG I can only imagine how nightmarish Kitty became once she knew the power was in her hands. Hell on wheels. I wouldn’t have been able to deal with it either. I finally and completely understand how they could both have shot their parents the way they did. I don’t recommend it, as it cost them dearly, but i get it. In their minds, they were killing a female demon and the man that crowned her. I went through something very similar so I get it.
Why didn’t his brother and him leave? I did. My mother was controlling over my life. His father was about money money money.
They literally explain why, they considered it
Who is this Aunt Terry. Why was he always there. Why didn’t she see how weird his father was talking to him?
I believe he means his aunt Teresita, his fathers sister. Her house was next to his apartment.
I believe he means his aunt Teresita, his fathers sister. Her house was next to his apartment.
His father older sister, she is his godmother, he loved being in her house because she had such a happy family ( Lyle’s words )
Of course he was suicidal 😢
Who will give them a job???
Me
I would. What a question..
Me
A lot of people would give them a job.
They both have great skills in helping society helping ..Erik helps the sick and does fantastic artwork have you seen some of his work (both of theirs) achievements and helping people whom have gone through similar situations to theirs including mine 💜😊
Lyle achieved his degree in fact in June/July 2024 😊😊
I am So proud of them even though I have never write or met them 😊😊
Dam smh. Give them a foot they take a mile, they gave them life it could’ve been worse like the death penalty. So what about all the other unstable murders with life sentences, what make these thugs so special?
Watch the trial... That will answer your question
If if wasn’t for their parents doing the horrific acts they did to them in the first place, they would NOT be in this situation that they are in right now xx
@@barbaraayarza5352🫶
@@angelarock5272EXACTLY! Netflix made them both look awful. I remember this trial going on, and when I was watching “Monsters” I couldn’t believe just how bad they made them look! It was all wrong. Just my opinion.
@@gwen08gI’m sure their parents looked a lot worse after they face was blown off
Lesgo
28 years or 35? 🤔
They killed their parents they had plenty of resources to get help instead they murdered maybe 31yrs is enough time if they are telling the truth but we will never know because the parents are not here to hear their side
@@RitaLemus-w1g they did enough to Let the rest of the world speak for them. Even then, during this trial, there was no ONE person who could say there were good people. And now we know for sure Menendez was a f*** pedophile.
Keep em locked up
NO!
Not happening 😊
Keep your mouth locked please
Lmfao groupies
They are not getting out any time soon
This is NOT the way you go about it when sexually abused. I'm not buying what they're selling.
Same.
what do you mean you"re not buying what they"re selling?
I know for a fact there was a doc where their attorney told these boys the only way out was playing the sexual card .. they were taken off the will and these boys were upset about that.
@@lyncressler2608 They were in the will
@@lyncressler2608 Their attorney never said that. The prosecutor did.
Liesss
?
Lyle lost hair due to stress, was peeing his bed in his teens and was still playing with plushies when he was quite old for them. Do you really think no type of abuse was going on?
First I want to see a date on that letter that was written
some where back in that 1989.
It was 8 months before it all went down. So it was December of ‘88.