The Case of the Menendez Brothers brings new details about the case of Lyle and Erik Menendez, who killed their own parents in the 1980s
The Case of the Menendez Brothersa new Netflix documentary, brings shocking new revelations about the case of Lyle and Erik Menendezresponsible for the murders of their own parents in the 1980s. In one of the most shocking sequences, the brothers detail the sexual abuse committed by their father, José Menendez.
Second Lyle Menendezthe abuse occurred between the ages of six and eight: “We had conversations where he would show me… He would caress me and ask me to do the same to him, so I would touch him and then we would undress. He would put me on my knees and guide my movements. Then I would give him oral sex “remembers.
Asked about other forms of abuse, Lyle admits to having been raped by his father, which left him in tears, scared and bleeding. He further stated that he told his mother, who refused to take him at his word: “She said I was exaggerating, that my father had to punish me when I messed up”complete.
In another shocking moment, Lyle states that, due to the influence of abuses committed by José Menendezended up molesting his brother, Erik: “I took him to the woods and played with him Erik in that same way. Sorry. Sorry”he says, excited.
Erik Menendez also reported the abuse committed by his father, which lasted much longer than with Lylestarting at the age of six and lasting until the age of 18, when the young people would have decided to kill their parents to, supposedly, end the situation.
“He used to come into my room and make me take off my underwear. He massaged my genitals.”he details, confessing that he did not want the abuse to stop “because it was the only time I could spend just with my father, (…) and he treated me with love and affection”.
He then says that, on certain occasions, his father used to insert objects into his anus and even ejaculated into his mouth: “He told me he wanted me to massage his penis with my mouth. I had to massage him on my knees until he started to have an orgasm.”account.“I was going to move away, because I didn’t know what was going to happen, since I was on my knees and not on a bed. And he said, ‘No, swallow’. And he held my head.”
In the documentary, Erik also reveals that, by denying having relations with his father at some point, José Menendez he became furious, grabbed a knife and threatened to kill him: “He put his hand on my head and the knife on my neck.”he recalls, saying he believed it when his father said he was going to kill him.
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