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Represented by lead defense lawyers, Leslie Abramson (for Erik) and Jill Lansing (for Lyle), the brothers stated that they killed their parents out of fear for their lives after a lifetime of abuse at the hands of their parents, especially sexual abuse at the hands of their father, who was described as a cruel perfectionist and pedophile.
The Menendez brothers murdered their parents, José and Kitty, on the evening of Aug. 20, 1989, in their Beverly Hills home. Each armed with a 12-gauge shotgun, Lyle, then 21, and Erik, then 18 ...
The Menendez brothers, born into a life of wealth and privilege, testified that they killed their mother and father in self-defense after a lifetime of emotional, physical and sexual abuse. At the ...
The brothers, who were convicted of murder with special circumstances for the 1989 killings of Jose and Kitty Menendez, are serving life terms without the possibility of parole.
The Menendez brothers, who were 21 and 18 at the time, murdered their parents, Kitty and José Menendez, on Aug. 20, 1989. Lyle was arrested first, on March 8, 1990, followed by his brother, who ...
The brothers’ defenses admitted they killed their parents but argued that they acted out of self-defense after years of emotional, psychological and sexual abuse by their father.
The day after the Freeman brothers and Birdwell were captured, on March 2, 1995, 17-year-old Jeffrey Howorth shot and killed both of his parents, George and Susan Howorth, with a hunting rifle. Howorth waited at his Lower Macungie Township family home for his parents to return and then murdered them separately. He then fled the area and was ...
Erik and Lyle Menendez are speaking out about the 1989 murders of their parents — and what has happened in the 35 years since the brothers killed them — in a new Netflix documentary.