Menendez brothers reveal why they killed their parents in Netflix documentary

The Case of the Menendez Brothersa new Netflix documentary, provides answers about the case of Lyle and Erik Menendezresponsible for the murders of their own parents in the 1980s, including the duo’s motivation for committing the shocking crime.

In one of the most impactful sequences of the production, Lyle and Erik detail the sexual abuse committed by their father, José Menendez. Second Lylehe was abused by his father from the age of six to eight. With Erikthe situation lasted longer, extending from the age of six to 18, when the brothers decided to resolve the situation.

At the time, Erik He was considering taking his own life because he could no longer take his father’s abuse. He even considered that by going to college the situation would improve, but Joseph He insisted that he not change cities and remain in Beverly Hills, living at home and studying at a local institution.

“The belief that I would go to college to escape what was going on with my father was the most important thing in my life. It guided all my attitudes. So, when that was taken away from me, (…) it was the most devastating experience of my life up until then. I remember wandering around like a zombie, not knowing what to think, until I went and vented to him. Lyle. It was the last hope I had”account Erik.

After the outburst, Lyle he even confronted his father: “My father was in the office. He had a lit cigarette. I told him he was a sick fuck, that I knew what was going on between him and Erik, and that he would never touch my brother again. I said I would to the police and that he would tell his family”remembers.

They allegedly got into a heated argument, which ended up revealing that Kitty Menendezmother of Lyle and Erikalways knew about the abuse, but never did anything. “In part, the fateful weekend occurred because I was naive and thought that somehow I could protect Erik without consequences. That I could stand up to my father, that my mother for the first time in her life would react like a mother. Totally expectations irrational”continues Lyle.

After the discussion, Lyle started to believe that their parents could kill them, which led them to think of the crime as a way to avoid a tragic fate: “I think I was the one who said that we weren’t going to wait for death. We had to find ways to defend ourselves“, he states. The brothers then decided to buy weapons and, on the same day, killed their country.

“My father left and went to the TV room. I thought they were going to carry out the plan to kill us. I ran upstairs to warn my brother what was about to happen”details Lyle. “We had the ammunition and we loaded it as quickly as possible. We opened the door with everything and I started shooting.”

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