They were able to speak their truth again. On October 7, Netflix released the documentary The Menendez Brothers, in which Eric and Lyle unravel the thread of their lives that led them to the murder of their parents in August 1989. If they stick to the same version of the facts 35 years later, this new statement allows those who did not know the case and who watched the TV series Monsters to hear their defense.
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The documentary, which clearly pleads in their favor and which talks about the abuse they allegedly suffered at the hands of their father, is not lacking in emotion. Especially when Eric and Lyle talk about their relationship and how they were there for each other. Three decades after the fact, Menendez’s successors are as close as ever.
During a telephone interview with the documentary teams, they explained that even if they regretted the death of their parents, nothing could change the course of events, because they were afraid of their lives:
“Dad loved us, but he thought he had to earn love.” says the younger sibling on the phone, who is presented as the most sensitive. “You have to earn your love and it shows that you often had to suffer. People wrongly think that we didn’t love our parents. That’s not true. I miss my mother so much. I want to go back and hold her. Comfort her and tell her I love her. , I wish he loved me, that he was happy with me, that he was proud of my son, and that I felt this love and this connection with my father was more difficult.
The Menendez brothers did not seem to hold any grudges against their mother, who nevertheless admitted to knowing about Jose Menendez’s abuse. According to their testimony in the documentary, Kitty told them it was probably because she wanted to punish them for their behavior.
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The release of the monster series and this documentary, along with the testimony of a victim of sexual assault by Jose Menendez, may tip the legal scales in Eric and Lyle’s favor. The two brothers are expected to appear in a Los Angeles court at the end of November in light of the new evidence.
After 35 years behind bars, the Menendez brothers have a good chance of leaving their cells for good before the end of the year. In any case, that’s the theory of Ryan Murphy, co-creator of Monsters.
The Menendez Brothers, watch on Netflix.
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