Why call it sex? it was rape. This is so hard to listen to. It’s beyond me why they were given life sentences for such horrific acts done by their parents. The system failed these men so badly. I hope they are finally released.
Because back then, rape was legally defined as happening to women only. I believe they werenny allowed to call it rape in court. Also, I'm sure it would have been even worse for Eric to have to say rape repeatedly or even hear it.
@Miriam-s6c It looks like you keep asking everyone the same questions in the comments. Google is absolutely free. Why don’t you go see if you can find something out for yourself.
@Miriam-s6c words alone are nothing when someone is telling you they have been raped? So women must have physical evidence and corroborating witness testimony if they make rape claims?
The Menedez brothers are some of the first men to publicly discuss the incestual sexual abuse they endured. This was a different time, boys and men were afraid to come forward because they were often made fun of (like the brothers were). They have served enough time. They need to be let out of prison.
They were the first because it was their only defence to get off for murdering their parents. So far as having to go outside to their vehicle and reload their shotguns for a second round. Hmmm
How can a parent do this to their own child? This is just beyond grotesque. 18 years of abuse, and 35 years in prison. Free these guys, they deserve freedom for once in their lives.
@Miriam-s6cthey confessed lol to their therapist and friends why they really killed them. Never brought that they were being raped until they were caught
@Miriam-s6c signs of sexual abuse- health reports saying like gastrointestinal issues, a certain development of muscle or tissue around the butt area. and throat issue or smth like it. there are many relatives also talking about the lemon and there was a cinnamon issue too. more evidence in letters and relatives testimony’s!
Of course people who have never experienced sexual abuse wouldn't believe them. They're survivors not criminals. Free the Menendez brothers. Let them finally heal from their traumatic life.
There is so much information I haven’t digested yet. Anal at 10 and then to get STDs from his dad? Unfathomable, unthinkable. And why the justice system decides to punish them is beyond me.
These two brothers were tortured and abused in the most horrific ways until they reacted and couldn't take it anymore . Mother and father were monsters
Yaa they are the survivors. These was the reactions of their parents criminals activities. they murdered their parents for a good reason, their father even threatening Lyel and he has a power to get rid of someone back in that time without involve him in to it
So true. It warps your mind into thinking you have to have sex all the time and that your genitals are the only thing that matters about you. It SUCKS!
I am an Indian. For all these years , I am kept on thinking that the Menendez brothers were monsters. They were not monsters in reality. They were victims of sexual abuse. They were inflicted upon abuse by their own parents. They endured abuse from their childhood. Free them now. They committed the murders as an act of self defence. They spent 35 years in jail. They must be acquiitted because the evidences were in favour of them. Even their relatives claimed that they were abused .
@@Annalove1955she’s saying she’s not American so she didn’t know the intricacies of the case but she’s still moved by the brothers, you guys are morons
@@Annalove1955she’s saying she’s not American so she didn’t know the intricacies of the case but she’s still moved by the brothers, you guys are morons
insane, you can tell right away he’s feeling the physical pain of what he experienced. the slow, but squeamish-like behaviour. poor brothers, the sheer torture they endured is sickening. horrific, just horrific.
He also seems so boyish too when recounting it, like he's transported back to those times. It's so sad and sick what they endured and how they've been punished.
I can't comprehend how a parent does this to their child. It's completely demonic. I hope that they are released and can experience true love and human interaction. I hope they will be released and have time away before any T.V. interviews. They just need peace and tranquility.
I don't know about shocking considering this appears to have been prevalent within these wealthy families unfortunately. My guess if they were acquitted, it would have opened a fire storm and scandal into abuse and harassment from these top executives. So it makes you wonder why the Judge didn't allow their testimony. They thought the first trial was open and shut, then everyone else could move on with their lifestyles. Look how far back Weinstein's allegations go.........Epstein and the powerful around him, now Diddy, offering the judge/court $50 mil TWICE to keep from staying in jail. J. Menendez was hailed as a powerful executive but the boys murderous, selfish, monsters.
They were wrong for killing their parents but their parents were the evil ones, they should have been given shorter sentence, definitely not life imprisonment.
@@sagitababe far too long!! And the fact that they were incarcerated separately for 22 year, that was just fuck up and inhumane, they’re not serial killer, or psychopath killer like Joel guy Jr who cooked his mom head in a stew pot.
They weren’t wrong, if they didn’t do it, it would’ve continued or their father definitely would’ve had them killed. Whats so hard about not understanding this? A powerful executive who was s*xually assaulting his kids AND his clients on his record label who were also kids. People didn’t even believe them back then when they said it. They told plenty family. No one helped, and it didn’t stop. You don’t get to decide if they were wrong for that and they weren’t. Imagine YOU were in that position, stop acting like you wouldn’t do it either.
Both of them violated these boys severely in every way. Makes me so angry they were in jail this long and nothing done for them. This is injustice and so unreal
It's all the little random details that make me say they can't be lying. Like him admitting that he had something STD, why would you add that if it's fake? Also, the time when Lyle admitted to molesting Eric! That's another thing that if they're lying, why would they even add that?? It definitely makes Lyle look terrible, I'm sure they didn't even know that was a side effect back then. We now know kids hurt kids when they are abused. One last thing that kills me to is that lyle, even up until recently, had questions about whether or not Eric liked it or was a bit of a willing participant. His response to Eric was "what are you gay? why didn't you stop it?" Back before the murders. These are all awful details that I don't think someone would just make up to make their story more believable on the fly. Also I feel like if someone coached them on what to say, they would protest saying some of these awful things, making them look terrible! I've always believed the boys but it's these details that I feel most people can't deny
i completely agree. not to mention the fact that they would need to be the most sophisticated actors in order to conjure up the sadness and turmoil they do in the courtroom
So true! I just want to add that his Dad has told Lyle that men do this with each other, that men would do this before going to war in Greece to bond with each other and that it was a normal thing to do with your sons and that one day he would be doing it with his sons! So it wasn't just Lyle passing on his trauma, he actually thought it was normal. This is also a vers crucial thing that people don't think about when the comes to SA of children, they are being groomed, they know exactly what to say to make them comply and also break them psychologically. It's sad how much the boys are still in denial themselves...
@@Dani-lc9hqthey were really young so his dad molded and broke/corrupted their mentality with no one to do course correction. So they arent going to fully understand themselves why they feel, act or think in a way.. that’s why they always feel confused. Their body was assaulted while their mind was trained to deny that and believe something else
My heart breaks for these boys. The father not only molested them but used mind control and finally used money to control them. Boys abused this horrifically believe the only way to be free is if the abuser is dead. I think they spent the money rapidly once they were dead as a way to unburden themselves from the control of the money! The mother was a real piece of work.
I have two teenaged sons. I cry every time I see the brother’s testimonials. Am a US citizen living in India. I was born there, studied there, and am now an author living in Mumbai. I don’t want to lose faith in America. I will give up my US citizenship if the Menendez brothers are not released from jail. PLEASE, for God’s sake, release them. 🙏
Keep in mind that Kitty's sister, and the sister's daughter, both testified at the first trial that Eric had told them about explicit oral sex where Eric was desperate to wash his mouth out afterwards. Their testimony was excluded by the judge in the 2nd trial.
Two different cases, they cant be compared. She was granted parole and didnt brutaly murder someone and get sentenced to life without parole. She isnt any better but different cases here
@@minnie.winter They should have never been put in there for life. They should have had a chance for parole. She orchestrated the murder of her mother and had a autistic boy do it. He's doing life. He'll never see the light of day again. He should be in a mental facility. Meanwhile, she's out here about to have a baby. Don't even have her driver's license and worth millions. Sickening
People mostly talk about the physical or sexual abuse, but from the stories they share you can tell that the emotional and psychological abuse was perhaps just as horrific.
This is the most horrific story I've ever heard in my life. These "parents" were beyond monsters! Totally outrageous! Erik suffered the worst part from both parents his whole life, and then the guilt he feels on his shoulders for what he did in reaction of years of torture, plus 34 years in prison, but despite all that he can still smile from the bottom of his heart ❤️❤️ with his beautiful soul, ooh God! I'm speechless 💔😥
HORRIBLE. Those evil 'so- called' parents didn't deserve them for kids. Those 2 brothers were failed by their parents and the justice system. Pure EVIL. Breaks my heart. They need to be freed.
Right, but the jurors are who have the say in conviction. They've been in there for 35 years for taking the lives of true monsters. Enough us enough ! Let them live freely already !
@coreencasey5109 Judge gives the sentence, yes. Jurors convicted. If I was on that jury and listened and saw all that evidence pointing to the monsters for parents, hands down I would've voted not guilty ! Which is why I said "who the hell were these jurors ?!"
There’s too much detail that I wouldn’t even think could ever happen for me to think they could possibly be lying. It’s like impossible to make up unless they went through it
Free Erik & Lyle !!! The Menendez brothers have suffered long enough… Kitty was one sick ass woman along with her Husband Jose. Both Monsters 👿 I can’t begin to imagine the horrors that were happening behind closed doors. For Erik & Lyle to have to re-live these traumatic events on the stand was just heartbreaking 💔 & horrific. As a Sexual Abuse/Physical Abuse Survivor my heart totally breaks n aches for the Menendez brothers . Sexual abuse/Rape/Molestation Forever changes the trajectory of your life & who you become . Abuse is Abuse & I hate to say this but I’m glad those are 2 less ppl in the world who could harm another child … Kitty & Jose damn sure got what they deserved. Even at 34 years old I’m still healing ❤️🩹/ recovering from things I can’t speak on. Healing isn’t linear & We can’t HEAL what we won’t REVEAL. Society & The Justice System failed these young men.
Could you imagine going through this and then having to tell an entire courtroom full of people. And then have it broadcast on UA-cam for the world to see? These poor brothers have been through more than enough.
The most sadistic horrible abuse imaginable. Their lives were a living hell. All along appearing to ge the perfect happy family. The parents are demons from hell..these men need to be free.
No man on earth can make this up. It feels real. I can feel his pain. It's so heartbreaking to see them reliving their traumas during the trials. They are the victims. Not every parent deserve a child.
You are off your rocker...it's an award winning script...and first class looking actors. I hate to be devil's advocate, but people are such push overs. If it was on big screen you would be buying your soft drinks and popcorn.
These men have transmuted terrible suffering into lives of light. Eric is an earth angel and Lyle a Wounded Warrior. Chosen Ones. Millions are following their story. This was the purpose of it all- to raise awareness about sexual abuse of the male child within the family unit .
I’m horrified at what these boys went through. She popped herpes blisters ?! That’s so painful! These parents were monsters and I’m glad they aren’t among us anymore . These brothers were let down by everyone. They need to be paroled . This is insanely tragic holy crap
God forgive us for punishing these young men; for withholding evidence at the second trial. There must be a reckoning. Erik and Lyle deserve compensation and a National apology for being sentenced to life for attempting to escape their tormentors. FREE THEM!!!
the fact that they flat out told us and noone listened, noone gave them any slack due to this. being assaulted once is traumatic, having it go on for years and years from your parents, is mind bending. they did deserve to be punished but my god, we demonized them. while we let gypsy rose become a star.
I am so sorry that these boys suffered abuse from their parents and then the public. So evil and cruel. They deserve support and to know healthy love. May they know peace and freedom. They have remained stoic and kind and that says so much about their hearts and character. They deserve a good and safe life. Set them free.
I can only hope that these very disturbing videos can be re evaluated in a new trail where people realise the added trauma that these trials have caused these boys. How can modern society not be so blind, deaf and extremely cruel?
I'm shocked!! I thought the only abuser was the father, but the mother too??!! Instead of stopping the abuse, she taught Erik how to appear as if he wasn't crying??? WTF!! The more I listen to this case, the more appalled I am. These parents were some perverted, psychopathic pedophiles with extremely twisted minds!!! I wonder what kind of life they had to end up like this?? How come the jury didn't see all this??? These brothers have always sounded sincere to me; you can tell! If I were the judge, I would have given them 10 years in prison and that's it!! There are a LOT of MITIGATING factors in this case. They already went through a lot!!
Im so angry, sad, disgusted that theses boys now men are still in jail!! Please set them free.. The system totally failed Eric and Lyle This is one of the worst injustice i have heard of they both deserve some happiness after the torture the indured by there parents. God help please intervene on there behalf 🙏
These dear boys have lived a life of such deep trauma and no one jumped into help them and when they couldn’t take this evil abuse from the two people who were meant to protect them and keep them from harm, they did what they did. The mental, physical and sexual abuse they suffered for years and years could not be suffered any longer. And they keep suffering…give them their deserved freedom!
These poor kids. This is all shocking beyond comprehension. How on earth did this jury and this judge put these boys in prison for life. I'm so affected by all of this it is tough to think of anything else. They need to be released. Period.
They had a hung jury on the first trial and the judge picked new jury to get a conviction and prohibiting half of the witnesses to testify about the abuse.
I'm wondering if the judge during the trial felt any compassion at all, knowing that sentencing these boys to life in prison would mean making them suffer even more. It was heartbreaking to watch Erik describe his emotions while being abused, and yet the questioning from the woman seemed so casual, almost indifferent. She didn't seem to care how much pain her questions brought him, nor did she consider how humiliating it was for him to relive those moments. I wonder if the judge, the jury, or even the prosecutor had ever experienced repeated sexual abuse themselves. I'm not saying I wish they or their children would, but I can't help but wonder if they would have approached the case differently-maybe with more sensitivity and understanding. The way she questioned him felt so harsh, and the lack of empathy from everyone involved, from the judge to those who handed down the life sentence, was truly unsettling.
I get enraged listening to his testimony. How can any adult, especially a parent, putva child through this? And how could a jury not believe his testimony? It's so genuine.
I don't want to watch any of these videos anymore. It is so profoundly disturbing and traumatizing to hear these accounts. The fact they endured the unfathomable and then sent to life in prison is equally unfathomable. The US is entirely depraved.
Mindblowing how someone like Gypsy Rose is out living her best life while these two actual survivors are still locked up as if they havent endured enough in their life. My heart breaks for them still ❤❤
They have been through so much abuse. This is insane. They didn’t know how to escape it that’s why they did that to their parents. They should have been given a shorter sentence.
I just don't understand how the jury could hear all of this and decide on a guilty verdict. It was also televised. It really goes to show that the average member of the general public is stupid
I believe this is from the first trial where the result was a hung jury. The trial where they were convicted guilty, they didn't allow all of this testimony about the abuse.
This is so tragic in devastating to hear totally gruesome when I was 8 years old I was molested by the mother and the sister I'm from Bogota Colombia and I've been raped molested beaten I'm been sexually assaulted 😢😢 it sucks that people do s*** like this to us and these boys need to be released out of prison immediately
I wish i hadn't clicked on this immediately after eating, it made me feel to vomit! IF this stuff is true, these were some extraordinarily sick creatures who should have been locked away without access to children. An IF it is true, (which it feels genuine to me but who knows), these two guys should be FREE. Did they ever take a polygraph? That menudo member coming forward, a bit late! Why didn't he speak up back when these brothers were on trail? Maybe he wasn't ready and i dont want to pass judgement on someone let alone a supposed abuse /assault victim, but i definitely would have come forward to coorbirate their testimony. It would have helped their creditability!!! This sick deranged details are very hard to listen to & hear, the STD's all in the family. The media definitely painted these two to be spoiled brat weasels out for greed & rid of the hassle and burden of parents. I believed the abuse, we were all abused back then. But the sexual stuff? I thought it was a defense mechanism, a tactic to gain sympathy for them as "victims". But they also didn't air this grotesque stuff on tv back then. Not that id be allowed to watch it at my age. I know they've been trying to get out all these years too. Unless more people come forward, the truth is hard to say but going by his body language and discomfort in discussing it, he's either a very skilled actor with his life depending on it, or legit. I wish they'd gone to someone? Gotten people involved, told more people while it was happening. Rich folks have power but you've got to try doing more, not just resorting to murder without pursuing criminal action first. Maybe they did, but im not aware. I admit i only know from bits I recall as a young girl when this occured & a tv movie which isn't always the most accurate source. Abuse victims shouldn't be in prison. Our court and justice system is broken and heinously corrupt!!!
Apparently they did say to everyone , a lot of their relatives knew about it and always supported them and still do . Back then nobody was ready to listen , just remember Harvey Weinstein and the likes like him , it did catch up with him eventually.
The courts wouldn’t allow the sexual abuse into testimony. The brothers were terribly mistreated. They were young late teens very early 20s when they killed their parents and were still being raped by their dad.
@melissahouse3488 Well you have seen yourself that these two young men didn't get any sympathy from anyone back then , they were a laughing stock on TV ! Abused as children especially by your own parents , it's such a betrayal that for the young brain hard to process and such a psychological damage that coming out it's not an easy thing to do. They did come out but by that time they were young adults , imagine the anger they had felt but also fear , that fear that they had all their lives. I do believe the brothers and it was no acting. With regards to Menudo victim , he was going through his own trauma and looking at what happened to Menendez brothers and how publicly they were crucified do you really think it would motivate anyone to come out with such shocking truth besides he was still in the industry and clearly didn't want to be out as he worked hard for his career. Why do you think so many victims are coming now not then? Because the society then was not ready to listen and understand . Look at Nickelodeon kids, Weinstein, Epstein and many other cases and not then but now ! So blaming the brothers and Menudo for not coming out is just not right and these victims need to be listened to and understood. Free the Menendez brothers, it's about time !
They could never have make it up in so much detail (apart from the pain in their voices and even breath). They were abused their whole lives and this is so sad. Freedom for the Menendez brothers.
Its disgusting that these young men are still in prison after all they went through at the hands of their parents. It's just sick!! There was NO empathy from the lawyer conducting the questioning! Justice system is broken!! Set the Menedez brothers free!!!
Why call it sex? it was rape. This is so hard to listen to. It’s beyond me why they were given life sentences for such horrific acts done by their parents. The system failed these men so badly. I hope they are finally released.
Because back then, rape was legally defined as happening to women only. I believe they werenny allowed to call it rape in court. Also, I'm sure it would have been even worse for Eric to have to say rape repeatedly or even hear it.
@Miriam-s6c It looks like you keep asking everyone the same questions in the comments. Google is absolutely free. Why don’t you go see if you can find something out for yourself.
There’s a dr or dentists testimony about a certain throat injury that was consistent with oral sex abuse
@Miriam-s6c words alone are nothing when someone is telling you they have been raped? So women must have physical evidence and corroborating witness testimony if they make rape claims?
The word rape was a trigger for both of them.
The Menedez brothers are some of the first men to publicly discuss the incestual sexual abuse they endured. This was a different time, boys and men were afraid to come forward because they were often made fun of (like the brothers were). They have served enough time. They need to be let out of prison.
Free them!
Yes. I used to be a John Malkovic fan until I saw that hideous SNL thing.
Agree! Free them! They have been punished enough!
I agree
They were the first because it was their only defence to get off for murdering their parents. So far as having to go outside to their vehicle and reload their shotguns for a second round. Hmmm
How can a parent do this to their own child? This is just beyond grotesque.
18 years of abuse, and 35 years in prison. Free these guys, they deserve freedom for once in their lives.
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Demons! They also did it to other minors! They drugged minors and raped them! They had DRUGS!
It seems like it's been more than 35 yrs, or almost
@Miriam-s6cthey confessed lol to their therapist and friends why they really killed them. Never brought that they were being raped until they were caught
@Miriam-s6c signs of sexual abuse- health reports saying like gastrointestinal issues, a certain development of muscle or tissue around the butt area. and throat issue or smth like it. there are many relatives also talking about the lemon and there was a cinnamon issue too. more evidence in letters and relatives testimony’s!
He tried to keep it together physically and mentally in this examination, it is so obvious how much he was suffering talking about it.
Imagine having to discuss this publicly, esp with being asked if they ever asked the dad to stop!
Eric was really mentally damaged as well as his brother. This had nothing to do with money. These brothers were doomed at birth
Just nightmarish!
@@PatriciaMarie100 i have cptsd from childhood abuse, and it is so obvious in Erik especially.
at one point the court took a recess because he was about to throw up, it was so awful ☹️
Of course people who have never experienced sexual abuse wouldn't believe them. They're survivors not criminals. Free the Menendez brothers. Let them finally heal from their traumatic life.
I was thinking that that’s the only way all these ppl can be against them! 😒
I'm certainly not buying this BS but I compliment them on the acting as they sure are fooling alot of people. Not all people though
@@donguess4332Can't believe what kind of cold blooded BS you write. You are like their parents. 🤮
What makes you so sure?@@donguess4332
@@donguess4332why don’t you believe them?
So his own dad physically gave him an STD's when he was under the age of 12. Absolutely horrific!! And mom did nothing to protect him.
There is so much information I haven’t digested yet. Anal at 10 and then to get STDs from his dad? Unfathomable, unthinkable. And why the justice system decides to punish them is beyond me.
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She popped those blisters out of guilt probably.
These two brothers were tortured and abused in the most horrific ways until they reacted and couldn't take it anymore . Mother and father were monsters
I’m surprised Eric didn’t snap closer to 14 or 15, the fact he made it to 18 is mind boggling, I am shocked he didn’t retaliate much sooner.
Yaa they are the survivors. These was the reactions of their parents criminals activities. they murdered their parents for a good reason, their father even threatening Lyel and he has a power to get rid of someone back in that time without involve him in to it
@@erikkasepiphany85 fear.
Could not report this?
As a child the things that sexual abuse does to the brain is insane . Like if you were never abused you wouldn’t understand .
True
Agreed
You may bet.😢
So true. It warps your mind into thinking you have to have sex all the time and that your genitals are the only thing that matters about you. It SUCKS!
this is something that when I talk about my childhood people don't really get, its our normal.
So the mother was inspecting Erik's genitals to see if he had gotten any STD from Jose because she was using Erik, too. That is totally sick.
Maybe she was afraid of an injury or something that might reveal what was going on.
I thought the same thing. Did the dad have herpes or something, I wonder??
No, she was checking him for both of them because by then he had a boyfriend.
That is what I think. She was afraid of being found out
@@TheLoveweaverThe dad had a boyfriend?
I am an Indian. For all these years , I am kept on thinking that the Menendez brothers were monsters. They were not monsters in reality. They were victims of sexual abuse. They were inflicted upon abuse by their own parents. They endured abuse from their childhood. Free them now. They committed the murders as an act of self defence. They spent 35 years in jail. They must be acquiitted because the evidences were in favour of them. Even their relatives claimed that they were abused .
What’s the relevance of being Indian?
@@moominmayI was wondering that too, what does it matter about being Indian… so strange
@@Annalove1955she’s saying she’s not American so she didn’t know the intricacies of the case but she’s still moved by the brothers, you guys are morons
@@Annalove1955she’s saying she’s not American so she didn’t know the intricacies of the case but she’s still moved by the brothers, you guys are morons
Their dad also drugged and raped other children!
how can they hear this and not have any type of compassion for these men
They are heartless and only thinking about themselves, I guess.
Y mother and father wanted to do something to the son
Because as the prosecutor said: “Men can’t be raped”
Because they lied about a million other things.
because in court you need actual evidence , but it’s clear they had that but it wasn’t enough . the court was wrong here
insane, you can tell right away he’s feeling the physical pain of what he experienced. the slow, but squeamish-like behaviour. poor brothers, the sheer torture they endured is sickening. horrific, just horrific.
He also seems so boyish too when recounting it, like he's transported back to those times. It's so sad and sick what they endured and how they've been punished.
Your lawyers teach you to do that at trial
@@VincentJenkins-ni3jvnot at this level. Only abuse survivers know the extent of such situations
Oh god- how humiliating to have to recall this in front of everyone.
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This is so uncomfortable to watch. I can feel how difficult it is for him to talk about this 😢
Good LORD every time I think I’ve heard the worst of it, there’s more. These two went through hell.
my thoughts exactly. I keep learning new things about this case, truly sickening.
What they went through as children was torture. Mt heart breaks watching him and his body language. Just want to tell him how much he is loved.
Princessbuttercup5928… ikr? It pains me to listen to it. I can’t imagine what it would have been like to live through it
They Certainly did, my Heart Truly breaks for them 😢💔 May they allow Jesus to Finally Heal their Souls
I can't comprehend how a parent does this to their child. It's completely demonic. I hope that they are released and can experience true love and human interaction. I hope they will be released and have time away before any T.V. interviews. They just need peace and tranquility.
Shocking that this evidence was not allowed at the final trial. Truly shocking.
I don't know about shocking considering this appears to have been prevalent within these wealthy families unfortunately. My guess if they were acquitted, it would have opened a fire storm and scandal into abuse and harassment from these top executives. So it makes you wonder why the Judge didn't allow their testimony. They thought the first trial was open and shut, then everyone else could move on with their lifestyles. Look how far back Weinstein's allegations go.........Epstein and the powerful around him, now Diddy, offering the judge/court $50 mil TWICE to keep from staying in jail. J. Menendez was hailed as a powerful executive but the boys murderous, selfish, monsters.
😢 He looks completely broken
They were wrong for killing their parents but their parents were the evil ones, they should have been given shorter sentence, definitely not life imprisonment.
I agree. And I really think that 35 years is ENOUGH
@@sagitababe far too long!! And the fact that they were incarcerated separately for 22 year, that was just fuck up and inhumane, they’re not serial killer, or psychopath killer like Joel guy Jr who cooked his mom head in a stew pot.
@@rtjahyadi7868 Couldn't agree more!
They weren’t wrong, if they didn’t do it, it would’ve continued or their father definitely would’ve had them killed. Whats so hard about not understanding this? A powerful executive who was s*xually assaulting his kids AND his clients on his record label who were also kids. People didn’t even believe them back then when they said it. They told plenty family. No one helped, and it didn’t stop. You don’t get to decide if they were wrong for that and they weren’t. Imagine YOU were in that position, stop acting like you wouldn’t do it either.
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These two boys rid the world of two monsters
I think this is exactly how the boys felt as well.
Those parents were monsters
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Both of them violated these boys severely in every way. Makes me so angry they were in jail this long and nothing done for them. This is injustice and so unreal
It's all the little random details that make me say they can't be lying. Like him admitting that he had something STD, why would you add that if it's fake? Also, the time when Lyle admitted to molesting Eric! That's another thing that if they're lying, why would they even add that?? It definitely makes Lyle look terrible, I'm sure they didn't even know that was a side effect back then. We now know kids hurt kids when they are abused. One last thing that kills me to is that lyle, even up until recently, had questions about whether or not Eric liked it or was a bit of a willing participant. His response to Eric was "what are you gay? why didn't you stop it?" Back before the murders. These are all awful details that I don't think someone would just make up to make their story more believable on the fly. Also I feel like if someone coached them on what to say, they would protest saying some of these awful things, making them look terrible! I've always believed the boys but it's these details that I feel most people can't deny
i completely agree. not to mention the fact that they would need to be the most sophisticated actors in order to conjure up the sadness and turmoil they do in the courtroom
exactly how do a great number of people don’t agree , why is it so hard for people to comprehend this
Exactly
So true! I just want to add that his Dad has told Lyle that men do this with each other, that men would do this before going to war in Greece to bond with each other and that it was a normal thing to do with your sons and that one day he would be doing it with his sons!
So it wasn't just Lyle passing on his trauma, he actually thought it was normal.
This is also a vers crucial thing that people don't think about when the comes to SA of children, they are being groomed, they know exactly what to say to make them comply and also break them psychologically.
It's sad how much the boys are still in denial themselves...
@@Dani-lc9hqthey were really young so his dad molded and broke/corrupted their mentality with no one to do course correction. So they arent going to fully understand themselves why they feel, act or think in a way.. that’s why they always feel confused. Their body was assaulted while their mind was trained to deny that and believe something else
I feel so bad for him having to say what happened.
My heart breaks for these boys. The father not only molested them but used mind control and finally used money to control them. Boys abused this horrifically believe the only way to be free is if the abuser is dead. I think they spent the money rapidly once they were dead as a way to unburden themselves from the control of the money! The mother was a real piece of work.
give me a break- they arent boys! they werent 12!
@@stephengarrison8027 in years maybe, but with the sexual and mental abuse they went through I still believe they were boys
@@stephengarrison8027You are obviously utterly and profoundly ignorant as to the dynamics of sexual abuse. Listen and learn or move on. Or just stfu.
@@stephengarrison8027shut up
@stephengarrison8027 but the abuse started when they were young obviously.
I have two teenaged sons. I cry every time I see the brother’s testimonials. Am a US citizen living in India. I was born there, studied there, and am now an author living in Mumbai. I don’t want to lose faith in America. I will give up my US citizenship if the Menendez brothers are not released from jail. PLEASE, for God’s sake, release them. 🙏
Keep in mind that Kitty's sister, and the sister's daughter, both testified at the first trial that Eric had told them about explicit oral sex where Eric was desperate to wash his mouth out afterwards. Their testimony was excluded by the judge in the 2nd trial.
That and so much more was excluded from the second trial.😡
He use to ask for lemons
The judge and the jury the worst
Judge needs to be put in jail for what he did
The judge and the jury? Unbelievable, I'm so tired of the corrupt judges!!!!
Look at his body language he is so uncomfortable talking a bout thi s
Anyone would be 😢😢😢
Gypsy Rose is FREE but these men have been in prison since in 1990 Make it make sense
Two different cases, they cant be compared. She was granted parole and didnt brutaly murder someone and get sentenced to life without parole. She isnt any better but different cases here
gypsy never actually did the killing it was her ex boyfriend her ex bf is still in prision
good point
@@minnie.winter They should have never been put in there for life. They should have had a chance for parole. She orchestrated the murder of her mother and had a autistic boy do it. He's doing life. He'll never see the light of day again. He should be in a mental facility. Meanwhile, she's out here about to have a baby. Don't even have her driver's license and worth millions. Sickening
This is NOT sex, it's rape. Call it by its name. Those are the monsters. 😢😢
People mostly talk about the physical or sexual abuse, but from the stories they share you can tell that the emotional and psychological abuse was perhaps just as horrific.
This case would have been seen complete different if its in 2024. Back then, people don't wanna admit boys can be abused too its horrible
Free The Menendez Brothers! enough suffering since childhood!
Disgusting abuse by the so called father and I can't even call that woman a mother! Absolutely horrifying!!!
At the end, the mother looked like a mess as well. Sad.
Unimaginable horror they endured. They should be freed.
How can i help them? Can we do a petition to free them??
There’s MANY petitions. I feel like they’ll be free in the next decade or less
I want to help with the petition
Seriously I want them free NOW 😢
@@mmmarleneee Me too, here in the Philippines it was in the news and TV a long time ago. They should be set free to finally heal.
@@fv6125 I remember when it happened. Saw somewhere it's in the works of them being released. I feel they should be.
This is the most horrific story I've ever heard in my life. These "parents" were beyond monsters! Totally outrageous! Erik suffered the worst part from both parents his whole life, and then the guilt he feels on his shoulders for what he did in reaction of years of torture, plus 34 years in prison, but despite all that he can still smile from the bottom of his heart ❤️❤️ with his beautiful soul, ooh God! I'm speechless 💔😥
HORRIBLE. Those evil 'so- called' parents didn't deserve them for kids. Those 2 brothers were failed by their parents and the justice system. Pure EVIL. Breaks my heart. They need to be freed.
How did these boys get 35 years ?!?!?! 😢😢😢😢😢💔💔 who on earth were these jurors ?! 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
And Gypsy Rose, Is free. Makes no sense to me.
No sense at all ! They better free these men ! This is horrendous that they've had to endure so much misery their entire lives 💔
They were guilty of murder but its the judge who gives the sentence. 25 years is plenty😮
Right, but the jurors are who have the say in conviction. They've been in there for 35 years for taking the lives of true monsters. Enough us enough ! Let them live freely already !
@coreencasey5109 Judge gives the sentence, yes. Jurors convicted. If I was on that jury and listened and saw all that evidence pointing to the monsters for parents, hands down I would've voted not guilty ! Which is why I said "who the hell were these jurors ?!"
There’s too much detail that I wouldn’t even think could ever happen for me to think they could possibly be lying. It’s like impossible to make up unless they went through it
I know right
Free Erik & Lyle !!! The Menendez brothers have suffered long enough… Kitty was one sick ass woman along with her Husband Jose. Both Monsters 👿 I can’t begin to imagine the horrors that were happening behind closed doors. For Erik & Lyle to have to re-live these traumatic events on the stand was just heartbreaking 💔 & horrific. As a Sexual Abuse/Physical Abuse Survivor my heart totally breaks n aches for the Menendez brothers . Sexual abuse/Rape/Molestation Forever changes the trajectory of your life & who you become . Abuse is Abuse & I hate to say this but I’m glad those are 2 less ppl in the world who could harm another child … Kitty & Jose damn sure got what they deserved. Even at 34 years old I’m still healing ❤️🩹/ recovering from things I can’t speak on. Healing isn’t linear & We can’t HEAL what we won’t REVEAL. Society & The Justice System failed these young men.
And yet, it doesn't seem that these were the only two boys Jose abused. There were victims from the Menudo group as well.
Absolutely!!!
BOTH PARENTS WERE EQUALLY GUILTY!!! PLEASE FREE THESE BROTHERS.
That look of anger and sadness… I feel it. No one protected me and my family said don’t say anything. I get it.
Could you imagine going through this and then having to tell an entire courtroom full of people.
And then have it broadcast on UA-cam for the world to see? These poor brothers have been through more than enough.
The most sadistic horrible abuse imaginable. Their lives were a living hell. All along appearing to ge the perfect happy family. The parents are demons from hell..these men need to be free.
No man on earth can make this up. It feels real. I can feel his pain. It's so heartbreaking to see them reliving their traumas during the trials. They are the victims. Not every parent deserve a child.
💯
Agree.
You are off your rocker...it's an award winning script...and first class looking actors.
I hate to be devil's advocate, but people are such push overs.
If it was on big screen you would be buying your soft drinks and popcorn.
These men have transmuted terrible suffering into lives of light. Eric is an earth angel and Lyle a Wounded Warrior. Chosen Ones. Millions are following their story. This was the purpose of it all- to raise awareness about sexual abuse of the male child within the family unit .
You nailed it
Free those victims!!!
Yes, please, dear God, let them begin to heal!
The Way he tried to hide himself after aswer the questions. Omg WHY we failed with these two
You can clearly see the pain he is in .
Looks very painful for him to talk about
These boys were fearful for their lives. Their Father was Capable of that and they knew it!
How TF do you do this to your own kids?????
This is HORRIBLE 😭😭
Menéndez brothers didn’t deserve those parents.
I’m horrified at what these boys went through. She popped herpes blisters ?! That’s so painful! These parents were monsters and I’m glad they aren’t among us anymore . These brothers were let down by everyone. They need to be paroled . This is insanely tragic holy crap
God forgive us for punishing these young men; for withholding evidence at the second trial. There must be a reckoning. Erik and Lyle deserve compensation and a National apology for being sentenced to life for attempting to escape their tormentors. FREE THEM!!!
#freethemenendezbrothersnow
the second trial was a mess with an unable incompetent judge!
Bout that... As someone who survived nazi conc..camps once exclaimed "God.will need to ask my forgiveness for allowing all this to happen"
the fact that they flat out told us and noone listened, noone gave them any slack due to this. being assaulted once is traumatic, having it go on for years and years from your parents, is mind bending. they did deserve to be punished but my god, we demonized them. while we let gypsy rose become a star.
These poor boys. It is a tragedy that they are still imprisoned.
This poor man. They should never have been convicted
I am so sorry that these boys suffered abuse from their parents and then the public. So evil and cruel. They deserve support and to know healthy love. May they know peace and freedom. They have remained stoic and kind and that says so much about their hearts and character. They deserve a good and safe life. Set them free.
I can only hope that these very disturbing videos can be re evaluated in a new trail where people realise the added trauma that these trials have caused these boys. How can modern society not be so blind, deaf and extremely cruel?
Plus consider the other victim that has also come forward.
How anyone could do this to a child let alone your own child-- i cant comprehend. They had every right to defend themselves!!
I can't believe they just completely ignored the sexual abuse, particularly in the 2nd court case.
Predators that have children so sick but this type of abuse happens everyday what a sick world we live in.
I'm shocked!! I thought the only abuser was the father, but the mother too??!! Instead of stopping the abuse, she taught Erik how to appear as if he wasn't crying??? WTF!! The more I listen to this case, the more appalled I am. These parents were some perverted, psychopathic pedophiles with extremely twisted minds!!! I wonder what kind of life they had to end up like this?? How come the jury didn't see all this??? These brothers have always sounded sincere to me; you can tell! If I were the judge, I would have given them 10 years in prison and that's it!! There are a LOT of MITIGATING factors in this case. They already went through a lot!!
Im so sorry they had to go through this!!
Im so angry, sad, disgusted that theses boys now men are still in jail!! Please set them free.. The system totally failed Eric and Lyle This is one of the worst injustice i have heard of they both deserve some happiness after the torture the indured by there parents. God help please intervene on there behalf 🙏
its hard listening to his testimony. dear God have mercy
These dear boys have lived a life of such deep trauma and no one jumped into help them and when they couldn’t take this evil abuse from the two people who were meant to protect them and keep them from harm, they did what they did. The mental, physical and sexual abuse they suffered for years and years could not be suffered any longer. And they keep suffering…give them their deserved freedom!
Evil parents
He looks so guilty, it’s sad, when he has no reason to feel guilt and shame. He was an innocent babe when his abuse began. 🥺
These poor kids. This is all shocking beyond comprehension. How on earth did this jury and this judge put these boys in prison for life. I'm so affected by all of this it is tough to think of anything else. They need to be released. Period.
I agree how could any jury listen to this and then go on the convict them
They had a hung jury on the first trial and the judge picked new jury to get a conviction and prohibiting half of the witnesses to testify about the abuse.
This is BEYOND horrifying. These two sons endured unimaginable abuse at the hands of their diabolical parents.
I'm wondering if the judge during the trial felt any compassion at all, knowing that sentencing these boys to life in prison would mean making them suffer even more. It was heartbreaking to watch Erik describe his emotions while being abused, and yet the questioning from the woman seemed so casual, almost indifferent. She didn't seem to care how much pain her questions brought him, nor did she consider how humiliating it was for him to relive those moments. I wonder if the judge, the jury, or even the prosecutor had ever experienced repeated sexual abuse themselves. I'm not saying I wish they or their children would, but I can't help but wonder if they would have approached the case differently-maybe with more sensitivity and understanding. The way she questioned him felt so harsh, and the lack of empathy from everyone involved, from the judge to those who handed down the life sentence, was truly unsettling.
Some people are Totally dead inside 😢
Jose, was a sick man.
Release those men.
He also drugged and raped other children
That judge, stanley weisberg should be disbarred for life. He is not fit to be a judge
He gave his son's herpes! My god!
This is so hard to watch.. IMAGINE LIVING IT??!! 😳🤬 And then going to prison for snapping... 🤯
He has been so courageous to speak
I get enraged listening to his testimony. How can any adult, especially a parent, putva child through this? And how could a jury not believe his testimony? It's so genuine.
I have cried listening..
I 1000% believe these brothers . They deserve to be paroled immediately.
I don't want to watch any of these videos anymore. It is so profoundly disturbing and traumatizing to hear these accounts. The fact they endured the unfathomable and then sent to life in prison is equally unfathomable. The US is entirely depraved.
This is one of the worst cases of child abuse I’ve ever heard… 😢
Can’t believe all this…..the pain they have gone through….
This is more horrific than I imagined. They should have given these boys medals instead of prison.😢
what a controlling freak that father was....
I'm very suspious by nature but I believe these brothers
Mindblowing how someone like Gypsy Rose is out living her best life while these two actual survivors are still locked up as if they havent endured enough in their life. My heart breaks for them still ❤❤
They have been through so much abuse. This is insane. They didn’t know how to escape it that’s why they did that to their parents. They should have been given a shorter sentence.
A much shorter sentence.!!
Indeed!@@peewee7530
This is absolutely horrendous
They should sue the government! These stories are so horrific! God bless and guide these man through the darkness!
These people were monsters😢
I just don't understand how the jury could hear all of this and decide on a guilty verdict. It was also televised. It really goes to show that the average member of the general public is stupid
That's because they had 8 men and 4 women As jurors. Men look at sexual abuse differently than women do.
I believe this is from the first trial where the result was a hung jury. The trial where they were convicted guilty, they didn't allow all of this testimony about the abuse.
They didnt hear it all
The judge looks like he is doing a cross word puzzle
This is so tragic in devastating to hear totally gruesome when I was 8 years old I was molested by the mother and the sister I'm from Bogota Colombia and I've been raped molested beaten I'm been sexually assaulted 😢😢 it sucks that people do s*** like this to us and these boys need to be released out of prison immediately
I wish i hadn't clicked on this immediately after eating, it made me feel to vomit! IF this stuff is true, these were some extraordinarily sick creatures who should have been locked away without access to children. An IF it is true, (which it feels genuine to me but who knows), these two guys should be FREE. Did they ever take a polygraph? That menudo member coming forward, a bit late! Why didn't he speak up back when these brothers were on trail? Maybe he wasn't ready and i dont want to pass judgement on someone let alone a supposed abuse /assault victim, but i definitely would have come forward to coorbirate their testimony. It would have helped their creditability!!! This sick deranged details are very hard to listen to & hear, the STD's all in the family. The media definitely painted these two to be spoiled brat weasels out for greed & rid of the hassle and burden of parents. I believed the abuse, we were all abused back then. But the sexual stuff? I thought it was a defense mechanism, a tactic to gain sympathy for them as "victims". But they also didn't air this grotesque stuff on tv back then. Not that id be allowed to watch it at my age. I know they've been trying to get out all these years too. Unless more people come forward, the truth is hard to say but going by his body language and discomfort in discussing it, he's either a very skilled actor with his life depending on it, or legit. I wish they'd gone to someone? Gotten people involved, told more people while it was happening. Rich folks have power but you've got to try doing more, not just resorting to murder without pursuing criminal action first. Maybe they did, but im not aware. I admit i only know from bits I recall as a young girl when this occured & a tv movie which isn't always the most accurate source. Abuse victims shouldn't be in prison. Our court and justice system is broken and heinously corrupt!!!
Because the polygraph test is not admissible as court evidence, I do not think they ever took one. But you are right! This case is horrifying!
Apparently they did say to everyone , a lot of their relatives knew about it and always supported them and still do . Back then nobody was ready to listen , just remember Harvey Weinstein and the likes like him , it did catch up with him eventually.
The courts wouldn’t allow the sexual abuse into testimony. The brothers were terribly mistreated. They were young late teens very early 20s when they killed their parents and were still being raped by their dad.
@melissahouse3488 Well you have seen yourself that these two young men didn't get any sympathy from anyone back then , they were a laughing stock on TV ! Abused as children especially by your own parents , it's such a betrayal that for the young brain hard to process and such a psychological damage that coming out it's not an easy thing to do. They did come out but by that time they were young adults , imagine the anger they had felt but also fear , that fear that they had all their lives. I do believe the brothers and it was no acting. With regards to Menudo victim , he was going through his own trauma and looking at what happened to Menendez brothers and how publicly they were crucified do you really think it would motivate anyone to come out with such shocking truth besides he was still in the industry and clearly didn't want to be out as he worked hard for his career. Why do you think so many victims are coming now not then? Because the society then was not ready to listen and understand . Look at Nickelodeon kids, Weinstein, Epstein and many other cases and not then but now ! So blaming the brothers and Menudo for not coming out is just not right and these victims need to be listened to and understood. Free the Menendez brothers, it's about time !
It makes me sick too
They could never have make it up in so much detail (apart from the pain in their voices and even breath). They were abused their whole lives and this is so sad. Freedom for the Menendez brothers.
Its disgusting that these young men are still in prison after all they went through at the hands of their parents. It's just sick!! There was NO empathy from the lawyer conducting the questioning! Justice system is broken!!
Set the Menedez brothers free!!!
That lawyer was on the brother's side...she had to ask those questions to help with the strengthening of their case
In today’s world… this sentence NEVER would have been imposed! These boys were victims! Victims of violent, evil monsters!!!
I'm outraged, the mother was an equal monster as his father was. First I didn't why they killed both, now I understand. All that's so unfair
These men need to be released immediately