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I’m so glad you have spoken up for these guys. I knew of the trial back then, heard vaguely about the abuse but had no real opinion as in hindsight it was only media opinions shown- it was salacious and I’m so sorry for these young men as they were and now that they have spent their whole lives in jail. They were punished after experiencing trauma- that’s horrific. I couldn’t bring myself to listen to their testimony- just too horrible. I can only imagine it was prob too shocking back then to be believable yet - now listening to them it seems easy to see they could not have imagined their stories. They could not have pretended - it was too awful and they came across as traumatised, innocently speaking of the events in immature ways- just awful. Prayers for them
But you have fallen for a scam yourself. This sex abuse story is their ONLY TICKET out of prison. The brothers claim that they feared their parents were about to kill them to prevent the disclosure of the father's long-term sexual molestation of Erik. Really? Well if they thought that their parents were going to kill them, then why didn't they go to the police first? What sex abuse victim in the history of the world would tell their abuser that they were going to report them to the police? None is how many. Especially if they believed that the sex abuser was going to kill them before they did.
The 'new evidence' for a retrial is that Eric apparently wrote a letter to his cousin some months before the killings in which he alluded to the abuse. So you really believe that it took his cousin over 30 years to find that letter? The other new evidence is that some failed ex boy band member has come forward to claim that the Menendez dad molested him over 30 ago too. And you believe this???
Becket Cook …. My goodness what a difference you’ve made in my life. I’ve been listening to you for several years and I’ve been through a ton of counseling. I’m 59 years old and I’ve been broken sexually all of my life. when I was nine, I was molested by my father‘s best friend on the Mission Field. That abuse continued into boarding school. Thank God I never had to deal with the same sex attraction. But hypersexuality has been a challenge for me in pornography addiction. When I came clean, I wasn’t believed by anyone, and it’s only been in the past eight years that I found forgiveness for myself. A lot of my healing is come through your ministry and I am grateful for you and I pray for you every day. The Lord put this episode in my path so thank you for allowing the Lord to use you in this way.
“Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past ….. I am doing a new thing! I am making a new way .” Isaiah 43:18-20 I’ve got this verse on my refrigerator so I’m can see and read it every day …. Because I need to. Blessings❤
It grieves me to know how common sexual abuse of children is! I'm sorry for your abuse - it wasn't your fault! Thank the Lord that He can heal the evil done by others! And even - if abusers repent - can be forgiven! My goodness! The pain of it!
I can’t help but wonder more about your story. Most of my incidents were in missionary training (I was 4-8 while my mom was in the training.). Thankfully, not much happened once we were on the field.
My sons did not understand when I told them no sleepovers as children. Now, they understand. Nowadays, there are lot a people addicted to pornography and they are just waiting for an unsupervised child to act out their degeneracy. The consequences are too devastating to be careless about where your children spend the night.
I grew up in a safe home with loving parents, but because I’ve heard/read about many stories of such sort, I’ve never let any of my (nine) children go to sleepovers at all! I’ve educated my kids to tell me THE MINUTE someone touches their private parts or anything like that. Not only that, I’ve taught older siblings to look after the younger ones if I’m not there. We talked about everything with our children. Im not sharing this to say that I’m a wonderful parent and others are not. Im soooo hurt and upset for all those children who’ve been taken advantage of, instead of having a safe and happy childhood! Parents, don’t be naive! Educate yourselves on such matters and keep your children safe! And, yes! those two brothers need to be out asap! I’ve seen God change people and give them new life and hope! Thank you, Becket!
@@georgewagner7787 I've known many families with 10+ people in the household. Two washing machines, two dryers, but most dishes are washed by hand as dishwasher machines are slow and wear out faster. Schedules are vital, for cooking chores, cleaning chores, meal prep, dish washing, etc. The good part is it can be days before your "turn" for something comes around.
I fully AGREE with you! And well done you’ve done a great job of educating your children and keeping them in the best possible position for later on in life with their own children 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@@idlenook A lot of us have grown up with abusive parents of all forms. And not all of us chose to commit murder and repay evil with evil at the end of the day. They still chose to murder their parents instead of looking for justice in a godly manner. Therefore they still should be held accountable.
President Trump who signed prison reform should be alerted about this case. Perhaps he can pardon these men. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻May Jesus save and heal these brothers.
@@Bonnieuxful A lot of us have grown up with abusive parents of all forms. And not all of us chose to commit murder and repay evil with evil at the end of the day. They still chose to murder their parents instead of looking for justice in a godly manner. Therefore they still should be held accountable for their crime.
Some are unjustly held accountable for their "ungodly" actions against the unjust. Some are never held accountable for their "ungodly" opinions that perpetuate this travesty.
It is not realistic to expect a non christian to hold godly values. They were likely more afraid of the ramifications of defying their father than the law. Not only that, the sheer emotional pain of their father’s abuse is a life long prison sentence in itself, even after the death of their parents.
This is the most disgusting, heart-wrenching story, and to know it went on for so long. It is beyond me why they have been in prison for so long. Thank you Becket for your heartfelt and sympathetic response for the Melendez brothers! Excellent podcast! God bless you and them.
My thoughts: Hollywood is filled with pedophiles, and if those young men were found “not guilty”, my guess is there would’ve been a lot of dead powerful people in Pedowood. The Grooming that has gone on for decades in that hellhole is beyond comprehension.
@@Kelly-ks1om A lot of us have grown up with abusive parents of all forms. And not all of us chose to commit murder and repay evil with evil at the end of the day. They still chose to murder their parents instead of looking for justice in a godly manner. Therefore they still should be held accountable.
The double killing was very brutal. José was shot six times and "Kitty" ten times. The mother, after having been shot 9 times, was still alive and trying to crawl away when the brothers had to reload, and they then shot her one final time in the cheek. The corpses were unrecognisable, with flesh and brain matter scattered and the father's head partially decapitated.
Very good review of the case. I grew up in SoCal and am the same age as the boys (roughly) this case was part of my youth(along with oj and the riots, Rodney king etc) and it’s heartbreaking. Praying for their release-it’s long enough. Thanks for a thoughtful review
@@Romans6_23 They were not “kids” when they murdered their parents. They were young adults. A lot of us have grown up with abusive parents of all forms, and not all of us chose to commit murder and repay evil with evil at the end of the day.
@@sassysandie2865 But we do know what we would do. We would go to the police and get the parents arrested. What we wouldn't do is tell the abusers that they we were going to report them to the police, especially if we believed that our abuser would kill us to try and stop the story from getting out.
Watching this made me want to give that 9-year-old Beckett a big hug! So sorry that happened to you. Thank you for raising our awareness about this important issue that affects the most vulnerable.
Horrid. Just unthinkable. I remember this trial. I was in high school. It's very hard, I think impossible, to comprehend how parents could do this to their own children. And how they were tried again without being able to have the abuse in the testimony. ?!? Insane is correct. My heart breaks for them.
“Why don’t they get help?” When I was an 8 year old kid I worked up the courage to phone one of my mother’s friends to ask for help. When she answered, I freaked out and hung up. Over the span of about an hour I tried again two more times and hung up each time. I was too scared. The consequences for revealing my mother’s abuse if the person couldn’t help me, or worse… if they went straight to my mother… my life wouldn’t be worth living. Eventually in my 30’s I found the strength to go through the legal process of getting a restraining order, but the conditioning that children go through in families like that often leads to a phenomenon known as “learned helplessness” or a deeply ingrained mistrust of authority. The sense of being alone and only having yourself to rely on is automatic.
I completely identify with your story. I, too, was conditioned by fear to not get help for my abuse. As an adult, I still struggle with fear and distrust of the world in general.
Yes but you were an 8 year old child when you first tried to speak out. But these guys were adults. They could easily have gone to the police and reported their parents for the sex abuse and tell the police they were in fear for their life. There was plenty of help for issues like this 30 years ago, but did the brothers speak out? No, they lied, went on a celebratory spending and gambling spree and only came up with this sex abuse story because no other defence could keep them out of prison.
These boys were abused mentally, physically and emotionally. They were groomed from a very young age by this evil man, and their mother who turned a blind eye. Very sad situation.
@@Joyfullyspeaking A lot of us have grown up with abusive parents of all forms. And not all of us chose to commit murder and repay evil with evil at the end of the day. They still chose to murder their parents instead of looking for justice in a godly manner. Therefore they still should be held accountable for their crime.
@@bkl0290good for those that were able to let go and let God, these young men were obviously not brought up to know God and if you don’t know God ur likely to take matters in your own hands. Yes they took two lives but I also believe they did their time especially for them to have been victims all their lives.
How humans deal with s-abuse is very individual but there are tell tale signs. It destroys your ability to reason, to have hope and to process the future. Therapy and real love are the only ways out of the fog of abuse. Judging how someone acts is almost impossible. My nephew passed away at 15 yrs from cancer. Many of her church members said she did NOT react to losing her son the right way. ?????????? Wth!!! I reminded them that NONE of the accusers had lost any family members! Oh holier than God, people irk me to no end.
The boys ‘idolized’ their dad because they were trauma bonded to him. That happened to my mother and her siblings. My grandfather was a child molester. His sons and daughters. She got away from him but never freed her mind from the trauma bonding. It ruined my relationship with her. I look forward to meeting her in heaven
My mom was molested by her dad and she's never been mentally well (my sister and I have a complicated relationship with her but the two of us are very close). He died before I was born and am glad to have never met him.
@@jo6731 yes I’m glad for you. I never met mine either and I’m Glad too. I know he was abused also and feel bad for him but I’m Glad he was gone before I was born.
Right at this moment children all around the community are being molested. This is happening in the present. One thing that must be learned from this case is that we must act when there are signs of abuse and rescue children.
@@sarajohnson9464There is something called innocent until proven guilty. I agree children need to be protected from this horror, but people can be falsely accused and convicted, which would be very, very bad as well. We need to elect good, fair judges, a true love for children and human beings, not putting our own pride and convenience before defenseless children. We need Jesus!
Couldn't hold my tears. I think there was no other way out of their tyranical situation. Brothers were too young, their prefrontal cortex wasn't fully developed (driven by emotions than reason). They made mistakes, they lied, but I fully understand why...
People who have not been sexually abused don’t understand how traumatic it is. My first “incident” was my kindergarten year. I used to say I was 5, but I think it was after I had turned 6. I think there are even pictures that were taken that evening. The abuse was done in a lighted room with others present - the man’s wife and baby and my mom and sister - but no one realized what was going on. This was at a Bible school where he and my mom were students. The next year, first grade, it was a high school boy. Two incidents and an attempted third one, which I essentially lied my way out of. The next year, I told my mom the lesser of the incidents, but due to her reaction, I didn’t dare tell her the worse one. Besides, like you said, it was too shameful, too humiliating, too awful. And on it goes. I still have a hard time trusting people. That’s for more reasons than just the abuse, but although I like men as friends, I have a distrust of them as more. I’m 57 and never married - too fearful of being cheated on or a man turning into a different person. It’s all very complicated. Years ago, I warned a friend about protecting her daughters. She flippantly said if they got abused, God would use it in their lives. Those are words from someone who had no clue about how abuse affects a young person’s heart and mind. It makes me angry that these men have been mistreated their whole lives. I hope they are at least together in prison. I can hardly bear the thought of the humiliation they were forced to go through - having to admit that such horrific things happened to you in front of all those strangers that are judging you, in that formal setting of a courtroom, with no understanding or sympathy. All so cold. That is abuse. I agree with you … I would drive to let them out tonight. I am crying for these men. You asked what mother would allow such a thing to happen. I have a relative who knew that her four daughters were being molested by their father, over many years, and she did nothing. The third daughter reported it somehow and they let him off, I guess if he promised not to do it again. This would have been in the 70s. Well, he DID do it again, to the youngest. She has had the most messed up life of any of the girls. So much pain and sadness and evil. How much more will God allow before He can’t take any more and He comes to bring His righteous kingdom to earth?
What horrible mothers. I've been abused too but even if I didn't I would never allow such a despicable act to happen to my daughters. Not even from their own father. They'll have to answer to God for their depraved indifference.
Sister, thank you for having outrage & righteous wrath. You are a hero to me for having feelings & articulating that even this court room treatment was abuse. We are the voices of the unheard & there are billions of us. You are not alone. I don’t know you but I love you!
Thats a shame your friend was so casual about your warning. The most ridiculous thing to say. Woman like her shouldn’t have children. God will make up for your pain and no one ever gets away with their sin. God will hold all accountable. And that is a scary thing…
I should add that my mom was sympathetic and I knew she was very sorry about what had happened. I don’t know what my 7-year-old mind was thinking, exactly, but I guess I didn’t feel like she could handle the worse thing he had done to me. It seemed like she felt there wasn’t much she could do about it. I know it was hard for her to hear.
Becket, thank you for shedding light on the trauma that the Menendez brothers went through. Everything you’re saying about the molestation and its long-lasting effects is so true and even worse than what many in our society, including our political leaders, can fully comprehend. I’m grateful that you’re raising awareness on this issue. More than anything, I hope we can see policy changes that allow survivors of child sexual abuse to take legal action, even if the statute of limitations has already passed. This is such an important topic, and I’m glad you’re bringing attention to it.
Many people, including politicians, do know exactly what damage is done. They simply don't care. It's a very us versus them mentally. "If you're not one of us, you're usable and disposable."
Very good episode, Beckett! The story of these two brothers and your own story just goes to show that sexualizing minor children in any way (through molestation, showing them porn or explicit movies, etc) is PURE EVIL, because they’re young minds are not ready to handle and process those acts and images. Exposing children to sexual experiences is CRUEL, VIOLENT AND CRIMINAL.
And to think some people view child grooming/molestation as a victimless crime!! Want it decriminalized! Do i need to say who. Think of what those trafficked children are going through right now.
I am glad your dad gave his response...and a lot of kids do not tell because they do not realize this is likely happening to other kids..... I HATE that abusers see little kids as safe.
I am only a 6 minutes in so far- I just watched the documentary - hung jury initial trial - then Gil Garcetti was hell bent on getting a verdict against the mendedez because he lost OJ trail - so horrible- he should feel guilty about what he did to these kids
What a powerful video. Heart breaking. Unless someone has experienced this as a child it is indescribable how to describe the way this messes with a persons mind and how they develop as a person.
Dear God...horrific. Help them Lord please help all those who have suffered such abuse beyond belief. Thank you for showing this Becket, I had no idea.
Let’s not forget that even today the media & much of society still thinks it’s funny or a dream come true when boys are molested by a female teacher, etc. As a society, we don’t have the same empathy for boy victims that we do for female victims. It’s indefensible the way many victims are treated.
Pray for the Mendez brothers that they find the Lord Jesus Christ and truly be made new. I could not imagine all the things they have gone through and yes they killed their parents but the Bible does say fathers not to provoke your child to wrath.
Oh, Becket!!! Thank you thank you thank you for doing this video today. I am in 100% agreement that these boys should be set free well now men. I was sexually abused by both of my parents, a stepdad and a step grandfather from diapers until I was 19 years old. I’m a girl by the way, when I was 15 years old, I had had enough of the torture and everything that these boys went through. What I see is the same devil doing the same things in different bodies. It’s the same kind of torture. It’s the same kind of horrific abuse mentally physically in every way. So like I said, I was 15 years old and I snapped we were in a car that was doing 65 miles an hour and I had been accused of doing something with my mother’s hairspray which I hadn’t even touched and as trivial as that sounds, that was the straw that broke the camels back for me, and I tried to kill myself and my stepdad and my mother in this car that was doing 65 miles an hour down the highway by slamming my fist into the stepdad who was driving and grabbing the wheel from behind him because I was in the backseat and the wheel as hard as I could to the right, and I kept hitting him over and over and yanking the wheel over and over I wanted every single one of us dead. That’s how horrific sexual abuse is. I have often thought about the day that I snapped and if we had all died that day I’d be gone, but if I had survived and they had died, would I have been able to live with that. We did all survive that accident That could’ve happened all we did was fly off into a ditch and then I got the living daylights beaten out of me by the stepdad afterwards. And the can of hairspray that my mother accused me of taking was sitting in the trunk of the car where she had put it. if you would ever like to interview me, I would love it. I’ve written a book called “free will sucketh” it is for sale on Amazon as an e-book. I think all of us who have been horrifically abused, sexually physically verbally emotionally have quite a story to tell and I’m telling you it’s the same demons over and over again that are doing these things to us trying to destroy our lives, so we won’t be voices for Christ. Thank you for allowing me to leave this kind of a comment under that video Becket. I truly love you for everything that you do for the kingdom.
thank you, Becket for raising awareness to Sexual child abuse, you have courage to share about your story and so do these two men is a tragedy. They should be let go people really don’t understand about Trauma and there are people who have also been abused and they just bury it and they act like nothing has happened because they don’t want to admit how utterly painful and shameful and horrific experience has been. We need to uncover more about this, so that people can be free and not have to suffer from this type of abuse or any kind of abuse any longer!
I am praying for these men, this is so very sad. I remember this very well, they are the same age as me. This needs to be reopened, they need to be set free, and the state of California needs to give them restitution.
@@sandychristianson587 pray and maybe we can write to the authorities in charge of helping to let them know go or write to DA Gascon, just some ideas 😊
@@time2pray777 and we must pray that it never happens again and know the reason why it happens - COS NO ONE BELIEVES A VICTIM. In my country for domestic violence they put in jail overnight married couples, both of them, cos "victim status" is something that if exist it exists only on paper. Please pray for me in the name Jesus Christ, tomorrow I must go on police to give statements how husband left me hungry and pregnant... And I'm basically forced to say it's ok, poor him. My only hope is that I'm suing in the name of child not mine but still. Disgusting world.
This was a great video. I would never let any of our 9 kids stay overnight at anyone’s house except very close family. I was exposed to, shall we say, indecent magazines, at a friend’s house when I was 12. And I just was very cautious with our kids. That and, of course, I prayed for protection for them - even now when they are all grown up.
Sadly limiting your children to only spending overnights with family may not protect them from sexual abuse. As you see in Becket's story. What could possibly help is very frank conversations with them. Reassuring them that you need to know if ANYONE tries to touch their privates or asks them to touch theirs. And also that you know how to correctly deal with it.
WOW! This is powerful! I was turning 30 when this happened and I was married, getting my career going, and didn't really pay attention. I agree with you completely. They need to be set FREE!
I watched the Netflix series. There is so much to unpack. It showed Jay Leno and other comedians making fun of the Menendez brothers on late-night TV. It goes to show how no one believed victims back then. Horrible.
Horrific with those young men went through…. May God touch their lives and a way that they know that they are loved. And may just be served in whatever’s fair.
They were involved in rituals . . . what was never revealed was the extent of the involvement in SRA - most, if not all, rich and famous cannot become such unless they are in the cult. In the 1970s a high level member discussed the depth of this in the music, movie, entertainment realms - I don't know if you can still find him - his name was John Todd - alias Lance Collins: witchcraft, satanism, etc. He was a multiple. He did become a Christian, but was eventually discredited and murdered. No one knew much about SRA back then. Those boys were victims - and undoubtedly farmed out as well - the evil runs deep.
He tortured them. It makes sense that their father who was extremely powerful and wealthy in Hollywierd would be connected and active with Freemasons, luciferiians. and or the Illuminati. They absolutely cracked and believed he would hunt them down and kill them. I don’t endorse murder, but I genuinely don’t believe they are a threat to society.
Thank you, Becket. People who havent experienced it, don't seem to understand the control the abuser has and the fear of telling. We don't tell because we are afraid we wont be believed or we fear someone may be violent. So, we stay quiet to protect everyone else.
Thank you for visiting this Becket. I have wondered about this over the years, even recently. Being the same age as you, my remembrance of the media coverage of this case, was that it did not present it as you have shown today. The music industry is dark, dark. Usual court politics. This is exactly what the prophets spoke against. Save, heal and deliver these men.
Thank you for sharing and speaking out on this case. I was around the same age as the brothers and their case was so unsettling. Thank you for bringing us understanding.
I remember this case and how disgusted I was with the outcome. Lord, give them mercy and set them free, those boys have suffered enough 🙏 Trying to rid themselves of a monster.
🤢 I couldn't finish this. Now I need to do what Paul wrote: 8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable-if anything is excellent or praiseworthy-think about such things. (Phil 4:8)
Becket, a lot of us have grown up with abusive parents, and not all of us chose to commit murder at the end of the day. No matter how vile their parents were, they still chose to repay evil with evil instead of looking for justice and punishment in a godly manner.
If only it was that simple! Like battered wife syndrome the complexity of abuse/truama bonding, the absolute terror wee can only thank God We have not experienced this. Victims like this requires empathy not judgement. In 2024 these cases they are charges but usually as manslaughter or self defence. Some victims are charged then spend no jail time as judges acknowledge that there lives where literally torture already. Some victims are happy to go to jail to be away from their lives of horror. To say ‘godly justice and punishment’ just shows you are blessed enough to not have experienced the horror these boys and others have experienced. Praise God for that. May God give us all grace for those who experience evil personified. I hope you were able to listen to Beckett, he shows wisdom. Maybe listen to the boys interviews too. They explained the complexity of it all.
A life sentence isn't justice either. These men should have already served some time and been released to build back their lives. Also, consider that they had told people close to them, and no one was able to help. Their own mother accused them of exaggerating. Given the time, what reason did they have to believe that the police would be on their side?
@@TheAllyathomeHow do you know what I have experienced? I was molested at a young age! Shame on you!!! You’re so unbelievably ignorant. And it’s also pathetic how you bow down to Becket and his “wisdom” as if he were God himself. How dare you!
True. BUT. In my country's law it says "citizens must report criminal acts because if not than EVIL grows bigger and anyone can become it's victim". So, when you can't report because no one believes you because you are a child - you suffer in silence. But then because you're 18 you don't have right to report rape at home because you should be fruitful citizen, working, moving out. Nobody cares about your mental invalidity you got from the childhood abuse, unless you kill. Then suddenly your mind gets magically cleared, they consider you mentally sane and lock for life. Double standards. Have you ever met double standars? Outside Jesus the double standards are all that is out there and killing is the only way out of violence without Jesus, for mentally tortured victims. I guess only God knows our hearts and when something is needed or not needed. I don't approve murder but I don't approve crying about them being locked up. This way Eric became a stepdad, a husband, and he avoided "knees and 3 types of seggs" until 25 years old and until his brain is still developing, so he avoided many bad things he would do growing into a pervert or God knows what.
I was sexually abused as a child by an older cousin. He tried again when I was a teenager, but I resisted. When the first incident occurred I thought it was my fault. Only when I was an adult I told my mother and, of course, she was very upset. My dad had already died when I told my mom. If I had told my dad, I think he would have half killed my cousin. So sad for all the abuse these brothers suffered.
If the judge heard their testimonies and still convicted them, considering the fact that the father was high profile, and the high possibility that the children were trafficked in the same circles, there needs to be a serious investigation in that judge's possible involvement.
Heart Wrenching!!!!! Like you said, the testimony of both brothers was very disturbing to watch. I pray that they will find freedom and receive justice for their past ordeal. I can’t even fathom what they have endured. I’m sure that, if the incident happened today, it would have been dealt with differently.
That is absolutely horrific. Thank you for exposing this great injustice Becket. First by both their parents & then by the very system that is supposed to protect them. I’ll be praying for not only their release but that they will find salvation - forgiveness, cleansing & a renewing of their hearts & minds in Christ 🙏🙌
Is that judge still living? He needs to be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law. I moved from SF to Southern California in 1991 and remember the trial, but I didn’t follow it so I just thought these boys were guilty of a heinous crime without any extenuating circumstances-that they were just monsters. I pray in Jesus’ name that these two men will come to know Jesus as their Lord and Savior. Only God has the power to heal and restore them after the hell on earth they’ve survived. 💟✝️💜
As many here have already said: this was difficult to watch. However, what they lived through was a million times harder. I went through 35 years of talk therapy to get over similar background in my family. I did not retaliate physically, but I had many years of struggling with murderous anger. So I understand. Also, the juxtaposition of the older brother hearing from the younger brother that it also happened to him: that can bring both rage and protective instincts out in the older brother to a point that is difficult even for an adult to control. No, murder is never right. But these guys were not free from their parents yet, and as far as they knew, with a child's locked up mind, they would never get free. I pray for the brothers, that they might find the most important freedom, and it is that which is found only in Christ. And I pray for Becket, that through this he is finding healing in Christ as he walks with Him. A friend of mine have a saying about this sort of thing overall, usually said with a fake saccharin smile: "Ah yes. Abuse: the gift that keeps on giving."
Will be praying for them . They were not granted a fair trial. I pray that have received help to work through their abuse and then their actions that followed. They were not/are not lying. Anyone who has been abused can tell.
This was heavy. Watching both testimonies, your own abuse, and reading other’s abuse stories in the comments is heartbreaking. I don’t know of anything more disturbing than sexual abuse and abortion. Yes, the brothers should def be released. I think abuse is worse than prison. It takes the most intimate/sacred part of us. Trauma changes our brain.
I knew of a case where the father raped his toddler . I met the mom . The mom told me the guy was given less than a year in prison . Had Jose Menedes been caught and out in jail he would have served way less than 35 years . Had the Menéndez been the Menéndez sister the outcome would have been different . The abuse that those kids went thru was for years and years . That totally screws with their brain. It is said that people who are abused stay at a mental age from when the abuse started . In their mind they had no way out .
@@Marilynschannel I didn’t know that sa victims lack the ability to mentally mature. My mother was sa for years beginning at age 9. I still struggle to communicate with her because of her lack of maturity and inability to emphasize. I love her very much. I know that the damage that was done to her left many scars.
No, you CANNOT. Nor can Becket. An insidious thing about the media-saturated world we live in is that it makes us feel like we know people we have never met. We can watch, we can make judgments and draw conclusions if we like, but we must do it understanding that without having any personal connection to the people depicted, it's always possible that those conclusions are COMPLETELY wrong. It may be that every word of this testimony is true. It is also entirely possible that it's not. The idea that "no one can act that" is absurd.
This is so heart breaking... I wasn't even born when this happen but can't imagine the things they had to go through 😭😭😭😭 Their testimony is so sad and so hard to watch really... So heartbreaking
Horrifying.😢 If one instance of sexual abuse of a child can have devastating results, what results can be imagined after 12 years of it?? The murder of their parents - I'm at a loss for words at this point. And the judge...impossible to fathom such abuse of power for his own satisfaction. Thank you, Becket for your courage to expose your feelings. You're a special man.❤
Becket, God bless you. God has used you and your life to bless others. Thank you for sharing with us your pain because so many of us have been through those experiences, and this sharing is a source of healing for us all.❤
Thank you for using your platform to shed light on this!! I’ve hoped for so long that Erik and Lyle would finally be released! It’s a travesty that they have served time in prison for defending themselves against their evil parents. So thank you thank you Becket!!
Thank you for speaking about this case. I’m Erik’s age. I watched the trial live back when it happened. I believed them then, and I believe them now. I understand the mental hold an abusive parent has on you. I went through it, and it always stays with you. I believe they’ll be released. There are legal grounds for resentencing them to essentially “time served” because the exclusion of the abuse evidence from the second trial was an injustice. Also, there are two pieces of new evidence (Erik’s letter to his cousin and Roy Rosello coming about how Jose abused him). They are not getting off scott free. They are essentially getting the sentence they could have/ should have gotten. I pray that the transition to the outside world is kind to them. They’ve never had freedom, even before prison. They’ve been model prisoners and have accomplished good things in prison, things that have helped other inmates. Lyle got a college degree and is working on a Masters degree. Some of their prison guards have even written to the District Attorney advocating for their release. It’s time.
As someone who suffered severe childhood trauma, I agree with Becket. They need to be set free. My prayer is that they will encounter Christ and be made whole, as happened to me; this is ultimate freedom. My heart was greatly stirred as I watched the clips of the brothers sharing their story of abuse. Their dad has his little kingdom, and he ruled in tyranny, helping himself as he saw fit, and this ultimately cost him his life. These vulnerable boys grew up to become strong young men who could defend themselves, and that's what they did. God is the judge, and He will have the final say in all of this, but it is my sense that they have more than served their time, and it's now the right thing to give them their last years in freedom.
Claiming to be a sex/emotional abuse victim is the brothers only ticket out of prison and onto a lucrative new life. It is the only argument they have, and it is a powerful one. But it also relies 99.9% on what they say, and people are beginning to believe them. So how they have convinced people that despite slaughtering their parents, lying about it, and going on a celebratory spending spree of expensive shopping, gambling and partying, that they would never lie about the sex abuse, God only knows.
I think it must be said that, living in LA (Hollywood, basically) the culture at the time would have ensured the brothers demise had they gone to the authorities with abuse allegations. Their behavior after they killed their parents is consistent with that of children with their past. They must have looked so happy, when the reality of what they’d faced all those years was anything *but.*
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This is so heartbreaking 💔
As the mom of five boys, this is unfathomable…praying for those beautiful boys. 🙏
I’m so glad you have spoken up for these guys. I knew of the trial back then, heard vaguely about the abuse but had no real opinion as in hindsight it was only media opinions shown- it was salacious and I’m so sorry for these young men as they were and now that they have spent their whole lives in jail. They were punished after experiencing trauma- that’s horrific. I couldn’t bring myself to listen to their testimony- just too horrible. I can only imagine it was prob too shocking back then to be believable yet - now listening to them it seems easy to see they could not have imagined their stories. They could not have pretended - it was too awful and they came across as traumatised, innocently speaking of the events in immature ways- just awful. Prayers for them
But you have fallen for a scam yourself. This sex abuse story is their ONLY TICKET out of prison. The brothers claim that they feared their parents were about to kill them to prevent the disclosure of the father's long-term sexual molestation of Erik. Really? Well if they thought that their parents were going to kill them, then why didn't they go to the police first? What sex abuse victim in the history of the world would tell their abuser that they were going to report them to the police? None is how many. Especially if they believed that the sex abuser was going to kill them before they did.
The 'new evidence' for a retrial is that Eric apparently wrote a letter to his cousin some months before the killings in which he alluded to the abuse. So you really believe that it took his cousin over 30 years to find that letter? The other new evidence is that some failed ex boy band member has come forward to claim that the Menendez dad molested him over 30 ago too. And you believe this???
Becket Cook …. My goodness what a difference you’ve made in my life. I’ve been listening to you for several years and I’ve been through a ton of counseling. I’m 59 years old and I’ve been broken sexually all of my life. when I was nine, I was molested by my father‘s best friend on the Mission Field. That abuse continued into boarding school. Thank God I never had to deal with the same sex attraction. But hypersexuality has been a challenge for me in pornography addiction. When I came clean, I wasn’t believed by anyone, and it’s only been in the past eight years that I found forgiveness for myself. A lot of my healing is come through your ministry and I am grateful for you and I pray for you every day. The Lord put this episode in my path so thank you for allowing the Lord to use you in this way.
“Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past ….. I am doing a new thing! I am making a new way .” Isaiah 43:18-20
I’ve got this verse on my refrigerator so I’m can see and read it every day …. Because I need to. Blessings❤
It grieves me to know how common sexual abuse of children is! I'm sorry for your abuse - it wasn't your fault! Thank the Lord that He can heal the evil done by others! And even - if abusers repent - can be forgiven!
My goodness!
The pain of it!
Much love and care in the name of our sweet savior sending your way. ❤️🙏
I can’t help but wonder more about your story. Most of my incidents were in missionary training (I was 4-8 while my mom was in the training.). Thankfully, not much happened once we were on the field.
God Bless
I pray both Lyle and Erik find Jesus.
I'm praying too.
I’ve seen on a television interview with the younger brother, Erik, a few years ago that he is a Christian that led a Bible study at his prison.
@@mymindseyesees2002 I'm very glad to hear that. Thank you! I pray both young men belong to Jesus Christ.
I thought they were both saved during their time in penitentiary.
@@mymindseyesees2002 this is lovely to hear, thank-you for sharing that.
Kids often don't tell.
Sleepovers are a bad idea.
If I ever have kids, I will never allow sleepovers
Nope! We never do it. That a rule in our home.
My sons did not understand when I told them no sleepovers as children. Now, they understand. Nowadays, there are lot a people addicted to pornography and they are just waiting for an unsupervised child to act out their degeneracy. The consequences are too devastating to be careless about where your children spend the night.
I was molested three different times at three separate sleepovers! VERY BAD IDEA!
Absolutely
I grew up in a safe home with loving parents, but because I’ve heard/read about many stories of such sort, I’ve never let any of my (nine) children go to sleepovers at all! I’ve educated my kids to tell me THE MINUTE someone touches their private parts or anything like that. Not only that, I’ve taught older siblings to look after the younger ones if I’m not there. We talked about everything with our children.
Im not sharing this to say that I’m a wonderful parent and others are not. Im soooo hurt and upset for all those children who’ve been taken advantage of, instead of having a safe and happy childhood!
Parents, don’t be naive! Educate yourselves on such matters and keep your children safe!
And, yes! those two brothers need to be out asap! I’ve seen God change people and give them new life and hope!
Thank you, Becket!
Nine kids! That's great but I sure hope you have a dishwasher.
@@georgewagner7787 Probably the kids, on rotating shifts. 😂
@@georgewagner7787 I've known many families with 10+ people in the household. Two washing machines, two dryers, but most dishes are washed by hand as dishwasher machines are slow and wear out faster.
Schedules are vital, for cooking chores, cleaning chores, meal prep, dish washing, etc. The good part is it can be days before your "turn" for something comes around.
I fully AGREE with you! And well done you’ve done a great job of educating your children and keeping them in the best possible position for later on in life with their own children 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Praying for the boys’ salvation.
This is so awful. Can not bear to think of the cruelties these boys endured. What injustice they received from the court
@@idlenook A lot of us have grown up with abusive parents of all forms. And not all of us chose to commit murder and repay evil with evil at the end of the day. They still chose to murder their parents instead of looking for justice in a godly manner. Therefore they still should be held accountable.
President Trump who signed prison reform should be alerted about this case. Perhaps he can pardon these men. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻May Jesus save and heal these brothers.
@@Bonnieuxful A lot of us have grown up with abusive parents of all forms. And not all of us chose to commit murder and repay evil with evil at the end of the day. They still chose to murder their parents instead of looking for justice in a godly manner. Therefore they still should be held accountable for their crime.
Bur life without parole? If Erik had been one year younger he'd still have been a juvenile.
Some are unjustly held accountable for their "ungodly" actions against the unjust.
Some are never held accountable for their "ungodly" opinions that perpetuate this travesty.
It is not realistic to expect a non christian to hold godly values. They were likely more afraid of the ramifications of defying their father than the law. Not only that, the sheer emotional pain of their father’s abuse is a life long prison sentence in itself, even after the death of their parents.
This is the most disgusting, heart-wrenching story, and to know it went on for so long. It is beyond me why they have been in prison for so long. Thank you Becket for your heartfelt and sympathetic response for the Melendez brothers! Excellent podcast! God bless you and them.
My thoughts: Hollywood is filled with pedophiles, and if those young men were found “not guilty”, my guess is there would’ve been a lot of dead powerful people in Pedowood. The Grooming that has gone on for decades in that hellhole is beyond comprehension.
@@Kelly-ks1om A lot of us have grown up with abusive parents of all forms. And not all of us chose to commit murder and repay evil with evil at the end of the day. They still chose to murder their parents instead of looking for justice in a godly manner. Therefore they still should be held accountable.
The double killing was very brutal. José was shot six times and "Kitty" ten times. The mother, after having been shot 9 times, was still alive and trying to crawl away when the brothers had to reload, and they then shot her one final time in the cheek.
The corpses were unrecognisable, with flesh and brain matter scattered and the father's head partially decapitated.
I agree.
Thank you Beckett. I had no idea of the depth of injustice of this case, wow.
Why cuz Beckett said so?? Unbelieveable!!!
Didn't you watch the testimony? I could only watch half
Very good review of the case. I grew up in SoCal and am the same age as the boys (roughly) this case was part of my youth(along with oj and the riots, Rodney king etc) and it’s heartbreaking. Praying for their release-it’s long enough. Thanks for a thoughtful review
Kids were not seen as real people back then. Today babies are still not seen as real people. This world is just twisted!
Tragically, you are correct. This world is broken.
@@Romans6_23 They were not “kids” when they murdered their parents. They were young adults. A lot of us have grown up with abusive parents of all forms, and not all of us chose to commit murder and repay evil with evil at the end of the day.
@@bkl0290you didn’t go through what they did. You don’t know what you would do.
Victims victimized twice, by their sick parents and by the justice system. These men have paid the price and should be released.
@@sassysandie2865 But we do know what we would do. We would go to the police and get the parents arrested. What we wouldn't do is tell the abusers that they we were going to report them to the police, especially if we believed that our abuser would kill us to try and stop the story from getting out.
Watching this made me want to give that 9-year-old Beckett a big hug! So sorry that happened to you. Thank you for raising our awareness about this important issue that affects the most vulnerable.
Horrid. Just unthinkable. I remember this trial. I was in high school.
It's very hard, I think impossible, to comprehend how parents could do this to their own children. And how they were tried again without being able to have the abuse in the testimony. ?!? Insane is correct. My heart breaks for them.
“Why don’t they get help?”
When I was an 8 year old kid I worked up the courage to phone one of my mother’s friends to ask for help. When she answered, I freaked out and hung up. Over the span of about an hour I tried again two more times and hung up each time. I was too scared. The consequences for revealing my mother’s abuse if the person couldn’t help me, or worse… if they went straight to my mother… my life wouldn’t be worth living. Eventually in my 30’s I found the strength to go through the legal process of getting a restraining order, but the conditioning that children go through in families like that often leads to a phenomenon known as “learned helplessness” or a deeply ingrained mistrust of authority. The sense of being alone and only having yourself to rely on is automatic.
I completely identify with your story. I, too, was conditioned by fear to not get help for my abuse. As an adult, I still struggle with fear and distrust of the world in general.
Yes but you were an 8 year old child when you first tried to speak out. But these guys were adults. They could easily have gone to the police and reported their parents for the sex abuse and tell the police they were in fear for their life. There was plenty of help for issues like this 30 years ago, but did the brothers speak out? No, they lied, went on a celebratory spending and gambling spree and only came up with this sex abuse story because no other defence could keep them out of prison.
@@rl7012the male jurors on their case could not believe that they had suffered sexual abuse from their father.
These boys were abused mentally, physically and emotionally. They were groomed from a very young age by this evil man, and their mother who turned a blind eye. Very sad situation.
@@Joyfullyspeaking A lot of us have grown up with abusive parents of all forms. And not all of us chose to commit murder and repay evil with evil at the end of the day. They still chose to murder their parents instead of looking for justice in a godly manner. Therefore they still should be held accountable for their crime.
@@bkl0290good for those that were able to let go and let God, these young men were obviously not brought up to know God and if you don’t know God ur likely to take matters in your own hands. Yes they took two lives but I also believe they did their time especially for them to have been victims all their lives.
How humans deal with s-abuse is very individual but there are tell tale signs. It destroys your ability to reason, to have hope and to process the future. Therapy and real love are the only ways out of the fog of abuse. Judging how someone acts is almost impossible. My nephew passed away at 15 yrs from cancer. Many of her church members said she did NOT react to losing her son the right way.
?????????? Wth!!! I reminded them that NONE of the accusers had lost any family members! Oh holier than God, people irk me to no end.
The boys ‘idolized’ their dad because they were trauma bonded to him. That happened to my mother and her siblings. My grandfather was a child molester. His sons and daughters. She got away from him but never freed her mind from the trauma bonding. It ruined my relationship with her. I look forward to meeting her in heaven
My mom was molested by her dad and she's never been mentally well (my sister and I have a complicated relationship with her but the two of us are very close). He died before I was born and am glad to have never met him.
@@jo6731 yes I’m glad for you. I never met mine either and I’m
Glad too. I know he was abused also and feel bad for him but I’m
Glad he was gone before I was born.
Right at this moment children all around the community are being molested. This is happening in the present. One thing that must be learned from this case is that we must act when there are signs of abuse and rescue children.
@@sarajohnson9464There is something called innocent until proven guilty. I agree children need to be protected from this horror, but people can be falsely accused and convicted, which would be very, very bad as well.
We need to elect good, fair judges, a true love for children and human beings, not putting our own pride and convenience before defenseless children. We need Jesus!
I can’t bear to think of this…watching the court system re-traumatize these young men was awful. I think it should be called self-defense, not murder.
The “justice system” is frightening.
Couldn't hold my tears. I think there was no other way out of their tyranical situation. Brothers were too young, their prefrontal cortex wasn't fully developed (driven by emotions than reason). They made mistakes, they lied, but I fully understand why...
So terribly painful to watch them being forced to relive the horror and shame of abuse. As a surviver, I'm devastated.
People who have not been sexually abused don’t understand how traumatic it is. My first “incident” was my kindergarten year. I used to say I was 5, but I think it was after I had turned 6. I think there are even pictures that were taken that evening. The abuse was done in a lighted room with others present - the man’s wife and baby and my mom and sister - but no one realized what was going on. This was at a Bible school where he and my mom were students.
The next year, first grade, it was a high school boy. Two incidents and an attempted third one, which I essentially lied my way out of.
The next year, I told my mom the lesser of the incidents, but due to her reaction, I didn’t dare tell her the worse one. Besides, like you said, it was too shameful, too humiliating, too awful.
And on it goes.
I still have a hard time trusting people. That’s for more reasons than just the abuse, but although I like men as friends, I have a distrust of them as more.
I’m 57 and never married - too fearful of being cheated on or a man turning into a different person. It’s all very complicated.
Years ago, I warned a friend about protecting her daughters. She flippantly said if they got abused, God would use it in their lives. Those are words from someone who had no clue about how abuse affects a young person’s heart and mind.
It makes me angry that these men have been mistreated their whole lives. I hope they are at least together in prison. I can hardly bear the thought of the humiliation they were forced to go through - having to admit that such horrific things happened to you in front of all those strangers that are judging you, in that formal setting of a courtroom, with no understanding or sympathy. All so cold. That is abuse.
I agree with you … I would drive to let them out tonight. I am crying for these men.
You asked what mother would allow such a thing to happen. I have a relative who knew that her four daughters were being molested by their father, over many years, and she did nothing. The third daughter reported it somehow and they let him off, I guess if he promised not to do it again. This would have been in the 70s. Well, he DID do it again, to the youngest. She has had the most messed up life of any of the girls.
So much pain and sadness and evil. How much more will God allow before He can’t take any more and He comes to bring His righteous kingdom to earth?
What horrible mothers.
I've been abused too but even if I didn't I would never allow such a despicable act to happen to my daughters.
Not even from their own father.
They'll have to answer to God for their depraved indifference.
Sister, thank you for having outrage & righteous wrath. You are a hero to me for having feelings & articulating that even this court room treatment was abuse. We are the voices of the unheard & there are billions of us. You are not alone. I don’t know you but I love you!
Thats a shame your friend was so casual about your warning. The most ridiculous thing to say. Woman like her shouldn’t have children.
God will make up for your pain and no one ever gets away with their sin. God will hold all accountable. And that is a scary thing…
I agree. And no I don't think the brother are together. Saw that on tv.
I should add that my mom was sympathetic and I knew she was very sorry about what had happened. I don’t know what my 7-year-old mind was thinking, exactly, but I guess I didn’t feel like she could handle the worse thing he had done to me. It seemed like she felt there wasn’t much she could do about it. I know it was hard for her to hear.
Hi becket!! Love ya! You speak very powerfully on this topic. I can see you care deeply
That documentary was heart-wrenching
Thank you for your commentary on this case, I was unable to watch the clips, to upsetting, but I did appreciate your thoughts ❤
Becket, thank you for shedding light on the trauma that the Menendez brothers went through. Everything you’re saying about the molestation and its long-lasting effects is so true and even worse than what many in our society, including our political leaders, can fully comprehend. I’m grateful that you’re raising awareness on this issue. More than anything, I hope we can see policy changes that allow survivors of child sexual abuse to take legal action, even if the statute of limitations has already passed. This is such an important topic, and I’m glad you’re bringing attention to it.
Many people, including politicians, do know exactly what damage is done. They simply don't care.
It's a very us versus them mentally. "If you're not one of us, you're usable and disposable."
I really do hope that Erik and Lyle get out. And most importantly I pray that they hear the gospel and are saved 🙏
I believe Lyle has headed up Bible studies in prison. It’s one of the many things he’s done.
Very good episode, Beckett! The story of these two brothers and your own story just goes to show that sexualizing minor children in any way (through molestation, showing them porn or explicit movies, etc) is PURE EVIL, because they’re young minds are not ready to handle and process those acts and images. Exposing children to sexual experiences is CRUEL, VIOLENT AND CRIMINAL.
And to think some people view child grooming/molestation as a victimless crime!! Want it decriminalized! Do i need to say who. Think of what those trafficked children are going through right now.
I am glad your dad gave his response...and a lot of kids do not tell because they do not realize this is likely happening to other kids..... I HATE that abusers see little kids as safe.
Thank you for shedding light on this horrific injustice. God bless you Becket. We must fight for their release.
Loved that Beckets mother prayed for him the Lord never left him because of his mother's prayer intersession 😊
People who have never experienced this kind of trauma have no idea how powerfully manipulative grooming is.
Amen Beckett! I've been watching the case recently and I'm so glad you spoke on this. I completely agree about them being set free.❤
I am only a 6 minutes in so far- I just watched the documentary - hung jury initial trial - then Gil Garcetti was hell bent on getting a verdict against the mendedez because he lost OJ trail - so horrible- he should feel guilty about what he did to these kids
What a powerful video. Heart breaking. Unless someone has experienced this as a child it is indescribable how to describe the way this messes with a persons mind and how they develop as a person.
Dear God...horrific. Help them Lord please help all those who have suffered such abuse beyond belief. Thank you for showing this Becket, I had no idea.
This was so very sad and tragic- I agree, they should be released immediately and recompensed for all the time they’ve served in prison!
Let’s not forget that even today the media & much of society still thinks it’s funny or a dream come true when boys are molested by a female teacher, etc. As a society, we don’t have the same empathy for boy victims that we do for female victims. It’s indefensible the way many victims are treated.
I’m so sorry this happened to you dear Becket ad well as all the other boys and girls who had to go through this horrendous abuse.
Pray for the Mendez brothers that they find the Lord Jesus Christ and truly be made new. I could not imagine all the things they have gone through and yes they killed their parents but the Bible does say fathers not to provoke your child to wrath.
Two very broken young men. So so hard to watch. May God have mercy and heal what men can not heal.
Oh, Becket!!! Thank you thank you thank you for doing this video today. I am in 100% agreement that these boys should be set free well now men. I was sexually abused by both of my parents, a stepdad and a step grandfather from diapers until I was 19 years old. I’m a girl by the way, when I was 15 years old, I had had enough of the torture and everything that these boys went through. What I see is the same devil doing the same things in different bodies. It’s the same kind of torture. It’s the same kind of horrific abuse mentally physically in every way. So like I said, I was 15 years old and I snapped we were in a car that was doing 65 miles an hour and I had been accused of doing something with my mother’s hairspray which I hadn’t even touched and as trivial as that sounds, that was the straw that broke the camels back for me, and I tried to kill myself and my stepdad and my mother in this car that was doing 65 miles an hour down the highway by slamming my fist into the stepdad who was driving and grabbing the wheel from behind him because I was in the backseat and the wheel as hard as I could to the right, and I kept hitting him over and over and yanking the wheel over and over I wanted every single one of us dead. That’s how horrific sexual abuse is. I have often thought about the day that I snapped and if we had all died that day I’d be gone, but if I had survived and they had died, would I have been able to live with that. We did all survive that accident That could’ve happened all we did was fly off into a ditch and then I got the living daylights beaten out of me by the stepdad afterwards. And the can of hairspray that my mother accused me of taking was sitting in the trunk of the car where she had put it. if you would ever like to interview me, I would love it. I’ve written a book called “free will sucketh” it is for sale on Amazon as an e-book. I think all of us who have been horrifically abused, sexually physically verbally emotionally have quite a story to tell and I’m telling you it’s the same demons over and over again that are doing these things to us trying to destroy our lives, so we won’t be voices for Christ. Thank you for allowing me to leave this kind of a comment under that video Becket. I truly love you for everything that you do for the kingdom.
With love and prayers!!❤🙏
@@AnaSipling thank you!
@@TheHapiCamper Happy to pray for you, Becket and the entire world. Lord knows we all need His Help! Again, with love and prayers always!❤️🙏🏼
thank you, Becket for raising awareness to Sexual child abuse, you have courage to share about your story and so do these two men is a tragedy. They should be let go people really don’t understand about Trauma and there are people who have also been abused and they just bury it and they act like nothing has happened because they don’t want to admit how utterly painful and shameful and horrific experience has been. We need to uncover more about this, so that people can be free and not have to suffer from this type of abuse or any kind of abuse any longer!
I am praying for these men, this is so very sad. I remember this very well, they are the same age as me. This needs to be reopened, they need to be set free, and the state of California needs to give them restitution.
I love your sweet spirit Becket, and how you reflect Christ with humor, compassion and boldness. How can we help the Menendez brothers?
@@sandychristianson587 pray and maybe we can write to the authorities in charge of helping to let them know go or write to DA Gascon, just some ideas 😊
@@time2pray777 and we must pray that it never happens again and know the reason why it happens - COS NO ONE BELIEVES A VICTIM. In my country for domestic violence they put in jail overnight married couples, both of them, cos "victim status" is something that if exist it exists only on paper.
Please pray for me in the name Jesus Christ, tomorrow I must go on police to give statements how husband left me hungry and pregnant...
And I'm basically forced to say it's ok, poor him. My only hope is that I'm suing in the name of child not mine but still.
Disgusting world.
This was a great video. I would never let any of our 9 kids stay overnight at anyone’s house except very close family. I was exposed to, shall we say, indecent magazines, at a friend’s house when I was 12. And I just was very cautious with our kids. That and, of course, I prayed for protection for them - even now when they are all grown up.
Sadly limiting your children to only spending overnights with family may not protect them from sexual abuse. As you see in Becket's story. What could possibly help is very frank conversations with them. Reassuring them that you need to know if ANYONE tries to touch their privates or asks them to touch theirs. And also that you know how to correctly deal with it.
WOW! This is powerful! I was turning 30 when this happened and I was married, getting my career going, and didn't really pay attention.
I agree with you completely. They need to be set FREE!
I watched the Netflix series. There is so much to unpack. It showed Jay Leno and other comedians making fun of the Menendez brothers on late-night TV. It goes to show how no one believed victims back then. Horrible.
So happy for christian episode on this topic, it's needed.
Thank you Beckett! I am praying these men get set free!
Horrific with those young men went through…. May God touch their lives and a way that they know that they are loved. And may just be served in whatever’s fair.
Thank you for sharing, Becket🙏🏽❤
So very sad. Amazing how ambition and pride can blind people so they have no care for the abused and victimized. That judge should be in jail.
They were involved in rituals . . . what was never revealed was the extent of the involvement in SRA - most, if not all, rich and famous cannot become such unless they are in the cult. In the 1970s a high level member discussed the depth of this in the music, movie, entertainment realms - I don't know if you can still find him - his name was John Todd - alias Lance Collins: witchcraft, satanism, etc. He was a multiple. He did become a Christian, but was eventually discredited and murdered. No one knew much about SRA back then. Those boys were victims - and undoubtedly farmed out as well - the evil runs deep.
Things are getting out now.
He tortured them. It makes sense that their father who was extremely powerful and wealthy in Hollywierd would be connected and active with Freemasons, luciferiians. and or the Illuminati. They absolutely cracked and believed he would hunt them down and kill them. I don’t endorse murder, but I genuinely don’t believe they are a threat to society.
What is SRA?
@@reneemcgowan5684 Satanic Ritual Abuse. Occults members and satanists practice evil rituals to Satan.
@@reneemcgowan5684 sata__nic ritual abuse (sorry, have to code or censors might delete)
Thank you, Becket. People who havent experienced it, don't seem to understand the control the abuser has and the fear of telling. We don't tell because we are afraid we wont be believed or we fear someone may be violent. So, we stay quiet to protect everyone else.
Thank you for visiting this Becket. I have wondered about this over the years, even recently. Being the same age as you, my remembrance of the media coverage of this case, was that it did not present it as you have shown today.
The music industry is dark, dark.
Usual court politics. This is exactly what the prophets spoke against. Save, heal and deliver these men.
It only takes ONE TIME to break one’s life into pieces 😢😢😢😢…. BUT GOD CAN HEAL if we ALLOW HIM ❤
Thank you for sharing and speaking out on this case. I was around the same age as the brothers and their case was so unsettling. Thank you for bringing us understanding.
I remember this case and how disgusted I was with the outcome. Lord, give them mercy and set them free, those boys have suffered enough 🙏 Trying to rid themselves of a monster.
🤢 I couldn't finish this. Now I need to do what Paul wrote: 8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable-if anything is excellent or praiseworthy-think about such things. (Phil 4:8)
I’m Only 7 minutes in and this is heartbreaking…
I never knew about all this with this case. So sad. Thank you for sharing all of this.
Becket, a lot of us have grown up with abusive parents, and not all of us chose to commit murder at the end of the day. No matter how vile their parents were, they still chose to repay evil with evil instead of looking for justice and punishment in a godly manner.
It's disturbing how many people think double premeditated murder is justified.
If only it was that simple! Like battered wife syndrome the complexity of abuse/truama bonding, the absolute terror wee can only thank God We have not experienced this. Victims like this requires empathy not judgement.
In 2024 these cases they are charges but usually as manslaughter or self defence. Some victims are charged then spend no jail time as judges acknowledge that there lives where literally torture already.
Some victims are happy to go to jail to be away from their lives of horror.
To say ‘godly justice and punishment’ just shows you are blessed enough to not have experienced the horror these boys and others have experienced. Praise God for that.
May God give us all grace for those who experience evil personified.
I hope you were able to listen to Beckett, he shows wisdom.
Maybe listen to the boys interviews too. They explained the complexity of it all.
A life sentence isn't justice either. These men should have already served some time and been released to build back their lives. Also, consider that they had told people close to them, and no one was able to help. Their own mother accused them of exaggerating. Given the time, what reason did they have to believe that the police would be on their side?
@@TheAllyathomeHow do you know what I have experienced? I was molested at a young age! Shame on you!!! You’re so unbelievably ignorant. And it’s also pathetic how you bow down to Becket and his “wisdom” as if he were God himself. How dare you!
True. BUT. In my country's law it says "citizens must report criminal acts because if not than EVIL grows bigger and anyone can become it's victim".
So, when you can't report because no one believes you because you are a child - you suffer in silence.
But then because you're 18 you don't have right to report rape at home because you should be fruitful citizen, working, moving out.
Nobody cares about your mental invalidity you got from the childhood abuse, unless you kill.
Then suddenly your mind gets magically cleared, they consider you mentally sane and lock for life.
Double standards. Have you ever met double standars? Outside Jesus the double standards are all that is out there and killing is the only way out of violence without Jesus, for mentally tortured victims.
I guess only God knows our hearts and when something is needed or not needed.
I don't approve murder but I don't approve crying about them being locked up.
This way Eric became a stepdad, a husband, and he avoided "knees and 3 types of seggs" until 25 years old and until his brain is still developing, so he avoided many bad things he would do growing into a pervert or God knows what.
Thank you Becket. Facinating episode.
I really appreciated your shedding light on this case.
WOW. 😢 Lord set them free in more ways than one. I pray also for full healing for Becket.
I was sexually abused as a child by an older cousin. He tried again when I was a teenager, but I resisted. When the first incident occurred I thought it was my fault. Only when I was an adult I told my mother and, of course, she was very upset. My dad had already died when I told my mom. If I had told my dad, I think he would have half killed my cousin.
So sad for all the abuse these brothers suffered.
Thank you for highlighting the dynamics of this trial, the degree of child abuse and neglect, and the total miscarriage of justice.
Unbelievable. Horrible
Thank you Beckett for sharing more of what happened to you . . . .
If the judge heard their testimonies and still convicted them, considering the fact that the father was high profile, and the high possibility that the children were trafficked in the same circles, there needs to be a serious investigation in that judge's possible involvement.
Thank you for this episode, Becket.
Thank you, Becket for sharing your heart ♥️
Heart Wrenching!!!!! Like you said, the testimony of both brothers was very disturbing to watch. I pray that they will find freedom and receive justice for their past ordeal. I can’t even fathom what they have endured. I’m sure that, if the incident happened today, it would have been dealt with differently.
That is absolutely horrific. Thank you for exposing this great injustice Becket. First by both their parents & then by the very system that is supposed to protect them. I’ll be praying for not only their release but that they will find salvation - forgiveness, cleansing & a renewing of their hearts & minds in Christ 🙏🙌
I'm with you Becket Cook ❤
Is that judge still living? He needs to be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law. I moved from SF to Southern California in 1991 and remember the trial, but I didn’t follow it so I just thought these boys were guilty of a heinous crime without any extenuating circumstances-that they were just monsters. I pray in Jesus’ name that these two men will come to know Jesus as their Lord and Savior. Only God has the power to heal and restore them after the hell on earth they’ve survived. 💟✝️💜
I Pray that they will be set free🙏 Lord open the gates❤️
A judge should realize that he will be judged by the Most High at the end.
As many here have already said: this was difficult to watch.
However, what they lived through was a million times harder.
I went through 35 years of talk therapy to get over similar background in my family. I did not retaliate physically, but I had many years of struggling with murderous anger. So I understand. Also, the juxtaposition of the older brother hearing from the younger brother that it also happened to him: that can bring both rage and protective instincts out in the older brother to a point that is difficult even for an adult to control.
No, murder is never right. But these guys were not free from their parents yet, and as far as they knew, with a child's locked up mind, they would never get free.
I pray for the brothers, that they might find the most important freedom, and it is that which is found only in Christ.
And I pray for Becket, that through this he is finding healing in Christ as he walks with Him.
A friend of mine have a saying about this sort of thing overall, usually said with a fake saccharin smile: "Ah yes. Abuse: the gift that keeps on giving."
This is completely heartbreaking…….
Will be praying for them . They were not granted a fair trial. I pray that have received help to work through their abuse and then their actions that followed. They were not/are not lying. Anyone who has been abused can tell.
Abuse is a terrible evil thing they should be released
Thank you for this clarity on the case . My heart breaks for these boys
Jim Clemente (former FBI profiler and prosecutor who was molested as a boy) believes the brothers and what they went through.
This was heavy. Watching both testimonies, your own abuse, and reading other’s abuse stories in the comments is heartbreaking. I don’t know of anything more disturbing than sexual abuse and abortion. Yes, the brothers should def be released. I think abuse is worse than prison. It takes the most intimate/sacred part of us. Trauma changes our brain.
I agree they need to be released from jail. Praying for them.
I knew of a case where the father raped his toddler . I met the mom . The mom told me the guy was given less than a year in prison . Had Jose Menedes been caught and out in jail he would have served way less than 35 years . Had the Menéndez been the Menéndez sister the outcome would have been different . The abuse that those kids went thru was for years and years . That totally screws with their brain. It is said that people who are abused stay at a mental age from when the abuse started . In their mind they had no way out .
@@Marilynschannel I didn’t know that sa victims lack the ability to mentally mature. My mother was sa for years beginning at age 9. I still struggle to communicate with her because of her lack of maturity and inability to emphasize. I love her very much. I know that the damage that was done to her left many scars.
A man I worked with was caught at work and only got 18 months.
I swear, how is our legal system so messed up?
Look at Casey Anthony! Good grief!
I can’t even watch… the emotions are so raw..😭😭😭😭😭
I was on jury selection for the first trial. I made it down to jury questioning.
Oh my goodness I can tell Lyle wasn’t telling a lie
No, you CANNOT. Nor can Becket. An insidious thing about the media-saturated world we live in is that it makes us feel like we know people we have never met. We can watch, we can make judgments and draw conclusions if we like, but we must do it understanding that without having any personal connection to the people depicted, it's always possible that those conclusions are COMPLETELY wrong.
It may be that every word of this testimony is true. It is also entirely possible that it's not. The idea that "no one can act that" is absurd.
It wasn't just that the testimony was disallowed in the second trial.
This is so heart breaking... I wasn't even born when this happen but can't imagine the things they had to go through 😭😭😭😭 Their testimony is so sad and so hard to watch really... So heartbreaking
These boys need to be freed and the judge needs to be investigated.
Horrifying.😢 If one instance of sexual abuse of a child can have devastating results, what results can be imagined after 12 years of it?? The murder of their parents - I'm at a loss for words at this point. And the judge...impossible to fathom such abuse of power for his own satisfaction.
Thank you, Becket for your courage to expose your feelings. You're a special man.❤
Thanks for talk about this… only the ones that live something like that can understand, let’s pray for them 🙏🏻
Becket, God bless you. God has used you and your life to bless others. Thank you for sharing with us your pain because so many of us have been through those experiences, and this sharing is a source of healing for us all.❤
Thank you for using your platform to shed light on this!! I’ve hoped for so long that Erik and Lyle would finally be released! It’s a travesty that they have served time in prison for defending themselves against their evil parents. So thank you thank you Becket!!
Thank you for speaking about this case. I’m Erik’s age. I watched the trial live back when it happened. I believed them then, and I believe them now. I understand the mental hold an abusive parent has on you. I went through it, and it always stays with you. I believe they’ll be released. There are legal grounds for resentencing them to essentially “time served” because the exclusion of the abuse evidence from the second trial was an injustice. Also, there are two pieces of new evidence (Erik’s letter to his cousin and Roy Rosello coming about how Jose abused him). They are not getting off scott free. They are essentially getting the sentence they could have/ should have gotten. I pray that the transition to the outside world is kind to them. They’ve never had freedom, even before prison. They’ve been model prisoners and have accomplished good things in prison, things that have helped other inmates. Lyle got a college degree and is working on a Masters degree. Some of their prison guards have even written to the District Attorney advocating for their release. It’s time.
As someone who suffered severe childhood trauma, I agree with Becket. They need to be set free. My prayer is that they will encounter Christ and be made whole, as happened to me; this is ultimate freedom. My heart was greatly stirred as I watched the clips of the brothers sharing their story of abuse. Their dad has his little kingdom, and he ruled in tyranny, helping himself as he saw fit, and this ultimately cost him his life. These vulnerable boys grew up to become strong young men who could defend themselves, and that's what they did. God is the judge, and He will have the final say in all of this, but it is my sense that they have more than served their time, and it's now the right thing to give them their last years in freedom.
Claiming to be a sex/emotional abuse victim is the brothers only ticket out of prison and onto a lucrative new life. It is the only argument they have, and it is a powerful one. But it also relies 99.9% on what they say, and people are beginning to believe them. So how they have convinced people that despite slaughtering their parents, lying about it, and going on a celebratory spending spree of expensive shopping, gambling and partying, that they would never lie about the sex abuse, God only knows.
I think it must be said that, living in LA (Hollywood, basically) the culture at the time would have ensured the brothers demise had they gone to the authorities with abuse allegations. Their behavior after they killed their parents is consistent with that of children with their past. They must have looked so happy, when the reality of what they’d faced all those years was anything *but.*
The judge committed obstruction of justice. Disgusting.