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  • Robert Rand, a journalist who wrote the book “The Menendez Murders,” joins Megyn Kelly TODAY with new evidence that could potentially lead to another trial for Erik and Lyle Menendez.
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    Could New Evidence Lead To Another Trial For The Menendez Brothers? | Megyn Kelly TODAY

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  • @MumStuff
    @MumStuff 6 лет назад +1193

    It's tragic at the time the media in the US publicly mocked these two men - refusing to consider that boys could be abused by their father. There was and is a clear gender bias to sexual abuse. Let's hope there is a retrial.

    • @lilydang9604
      @lilydang9604 5 лет назад +47

      Ikr!! There was so much proof! The judge was biased! The boys dads company was caught for child pornography and even their cousin came to defend the two!!

    • @abbycross90210
      @abbycross90210 5 лет назад +9

      Actually, I remember the media seemingly believe them, because that's the impression I was left with (I was in middle school at the time, so my opinions were almost entirely formed by the media itself). What I do recall though, was whether that was viewed as justification for murder or not. The spending spree after the murders really sank them, because it made it seem like, yeah, the abuse was probably bad, but it wasn't bad enough until greed came into play as well.

    • @ZhangtheGreat
      @ZhangtheGreat 5 лет назад +6

      It's not so much gender bias, but that people form their own conclusions and will stubbornly defend those conclusions to the death. Every time someone gets busted for a crime, we immediately take sides despite no exposure to evidence. It's the same with these brothers: in one camp are those who feel they're guilty of manslaughter, and in the other camp are those who only see rich spoiled brats who wanted money. Trying to convince one camp to change their minds is almost impossible.

    • @saffronblu71
      @saffronblu71 5 лет назад +1

      Please see my comment above about paternity.

    • @krystalbishop8188
      @krystalbishop8188 5 лет назад +5

      How does any of that excuse murder? There are millions of more severely abused children in this world and they don’t commit murder!!

  • @danimotherofchickens479
    @danimotherofchickens479 5 лет назад +364

    Megan is such a bad interviewer, it's like she's accusing him of lying.

    • @sasukeuchiha4814
      @sasukeuchiha4814 3 года назад +5

      They r

    • @naomibee8881
      @naomibee8881 3 года назад +1

      💯💯💯

    • @naomibee8881
      @naomibee8881 3 года назад +1

      @@sasukeuchiha4814 I mean, you could be ignorant enough to not think. 🤔

    • @sasukeuchiha4814
      @sasukeuchiha4814 3 года назад +4

      @@naomibee8881 I mean they could have went to the police instead of committing a murder🤔🤔

    • @naomibee8881
      @naomibee8881 3 года назад +19

      @@sasukeuchiha4814 It’s the system that allows these abuses in the first place. Why would ANY abuse victim trust this system to keep them safe?! That’s just ridiculous. And ignorant to treat the murders like a one night incident when a lifetime of torture beginning as early as two years old preceded it? Please. What a disgusting display of injustice. And what about politics?; OJ Simpson?; Media portrayals?. Disgusting. That kind of abuse on children would not fall on the victims today. This case is SO SEXIST.

  • @gemmadalmas
    @gemmadalmas 3 года назад +229

    they should be free, I said what I said.

    • @wazemo2764
      @wazemo2764 3 года назад +13

      I think they should've gotten 20 years at most.

    • @Mnavarrooo
      @Mnavarrooo 3 года назад +11

      I agree what they did was wrong but can you really blame them and I think they done enough time for there action because there parents weren’t innocent and idc what anyone has to say they deserve better

    • @amandanegrete1306
      @amandanegrete1306 3 года назад +5

      Keep saying it bc a LOT of people agree.

    • @tagulahaz
      @tagulahaz 3 года назад +6

      Everybody is saying it....

    • @Roy-w2o3f
      @Roy-w2o3f 3 года назад +4

      I agree...They should be freed...There have been cases of repeated molesters Raping and killing kids..They got in and out of jail...
      These men should get justice and be free..I believe their story...I believe they was molested by the father...
      Today we hear so many cases of stepfathers or even mothers allowing their baby’s to be sexual abused...
      We didn’t want to believe that 30/40/50 years ago that this things was happening?...
      All people have to do is look up the history of the black Americans and how sexually and brutally many of them..Especially kids was abused and killed...
      It’s time to free these men!

  • @Amarmi579
    @Amarmi579 6 лет назад +1257

    I believe them, I really hope they get out of jail soon. Of course they committed a crime but they've in jail for 30 yrs, let them live their lives now.

    • @Milkdudpuff
      @Milkdudpuff 6 лет назад +80

      Self-defense isn't a crime.

    • @kevinearp2008
      @kevinearp2008 5 лет назад +50

      I don't believe they committed a crime. The system committed the crime in not getting to the bottom of this case. The victims are in prison.

    • @jacobandersen6075
      @jacobandersen6075 5 лет назад +22

      Let them out and live in peace and have fun and go find Jesus.

    • @ninjabluewings
      @ninjabluewings 5 лет назад +15

      @@kevinearp2008 Yes i agree 100% the judge in the second "Trial" if you can possibly call it that disallowed the crucial testimonies relating to the wicked, evil and monstrous atrocities carried out on them by the father and their pathetic mother that should have protected her sons from that monster, it occurs to me that the only victims here are the 2 Menendez brothers that have been crucified by a proven corrupt and twisted judicial system that has violated their every human right by changing the rules to secure the conviction they wanted, that is not justice in my eyes it is corruption & lies and they deserve a final trial were they should be released and the judge from the second trial should be put in prison for going against everything regarding real justice, i personally think the parents deserved what they got for what they did to their children

    • @robind700
      @robind700 5 лет назад +13

      Let them go, they are not a danger to the public.

  • @cynthiabrooks9031
    @cynthiabrooks9031 6 лет назад +166

    Unless you are a survivor of incest or sexual assault you have no clue. I was abused buy my grandfather and 2 uncles. I was afraid to speak up because I was afraid of who would take care of my grandmother, and that my 18 aunts and uncles and 25+ cousins at the time would hate me. So I suffered for years. Had horrible relationships. You just can't understand until you have been there.

    • @MilaB1111
      @MilaB1111 3 года назад +14

      I’m so sorry, that you went through that. Sending love ❤️ 💕❤️

    • @taraokin1982
      @taraokin1982 3 года назад +7

      I am so sorry that happened to you.

    • @NeverBelieveALie
      @NeverBelieveALie 3 года назад +5

      sending love. i hope you are alright + your light has shone through such darkness x

    • @rajs7876
      @rajs7876 2 года назад

      Sorry you went through that but you should be offended these two are lying about it. They were spoiled greedy killers.

    • @theguyinchains7777
      @theguyinchains7777 2 года назад

      Is it all true tho? Think about something like that before you accuse someone of that.... you will ruin lives forever!

  • @marzo-san
    @marzo-san 5 лет назад +1306

    Why didn’t they come forward? For the same reason most women dont come forward right away when they are abused. Double standard much?

    • @lauramarie8485
      @lauramarie8485 5 лет назад +122

      Its hard for both men and women to come forward about abuse especially men when it is done by their twisted father

    • @rw3592
      @rw3592 5 лет назад +9

      They didn't come forward because they committed cold blooded murder!

    • @checoPH
      @checoPH 5 лет назад +6

      Marcus Waters Amen my brother, you said ir right.

    • @checoPH
      @checoPH 5 лет назад +12

      R W Shut up!!

    • @mgmassey174
      @mgmassey174 5 лет назад +11

      Bless you.Even if you come forward..as I did..if your parent is an elite pedophile..the survivor gets labeled.
      My dad got away with abusing three year olds for over thirty years.
      My heart aches to know if their are victims..the dead..among the survivors

  • @gaiasclea6115
    @gaiasclea6115 3 года назад +98

    Their childhood was enough of a sentence for them!!

  • @lorriechacon2731
    @lorriechacon2731 6 лет назад +648

    They lived a hard life, they were in survival mode to where people really don't understand, they deserve to be free

    • @freddiegrace3770
      @freddiegrace3770 5 лет назад +7

      They were adults and living in wealth their whole life! A hard life would be a child who has nothing such as food and shelter! These murderers wanted money and didn't want to work for it! They were not molested! They lied! Wake up!! Privileged little white boys still have people trying to get them out!

    • @self_proclaimedbitch5326
      @self_proclaimedbitch5326 5 лет назад +16

      @@freddiegrace3770 here we go with people bringing up race for everything

    • @Muirmaiden
      @Muirmaiden 3 года назад +6

      @@freddiegrace3770 They didn't choose the life they were born into. No amount of wealth and privilege can take the place of unconditional love.

    • @deerheart87
      @deerheart87 6 дней назад

      😂😂😂😂😂

    • @deerheart87
      @deerheart87 6 дней назад

      ​@@freddiegrace3770amen 🙏

  • @stephthompson6161
    @stephthompson6161 5 лет назад +91

    They have done their time let them out.

  • @v.e.-772
    @v.e.-772 5 лет назад +341

    Megyn Kelly is so passive aggressive towards her guest and almost accuses him of lying. bad interview

    • @hello2jello4mellow34
      @hello2jello4mellow34 5 лет назад +9

      I agree!

    • @mackhomie6
      @mackhomie6 5 лет назад +6

      What? Did we watch the same interview? There is some CYA taking place with the "we haven't yet listened to the tapes" and use it the word "alleged", but that's par for the course with something like this, not evidence of her personal bias..
      Jeez.

    • @flamingpieherman9822
      @flamingpieherman9822 5 лет назад +1

      She has to ask in such a way so that he is able to give his facts and opinions...shes old school not the new type where they don't know what to ask

    • @20alphabet
      @20alphabet 4 года назад

      Megyn Kelly is a total POS.

    • @deazy6453
      @deazy6453 4 года назад

      @@mackhomie6 It's her tone.

  • @stephelizabeth
    @stephelizabeth 6 лет назад +394

    Megyn is such a biased interviewer, it's infuriating.

    • @CDN_Bookmouse
      @CDN_Bookmouse 5 лет назад +16

      I think you need to gain a better understanding about types of interviews and their purpose. She didn't set out to cross-examine this guy--the point of the piece is to say "this is what this guy has to say about this case." While I believe she often demonstrates problematic bias, that wasn't the case here. What exactly were you expecting her to do here? She did a surprisingly good job, as I see it.

    • @berenicem9910
      @berenicem9910 5 лет назад +2

      Right she is !!

    • @josephduplaga7342
      @josephduplaga7342 5 лет назад +7

      I think she's a good interviewer what's wrong with asking tough questions?.

    • @InshasChoice
      @InshasChoice 5 лет назад +4

      She seems aggressive.

    • @grandmalovesmebest
      @grandmalovesmebest 5 лет назад +3

      The problem is shes asking questions to create controversy about a subject she obviously never researched and doesn't understand.

  • @user-DeDub
    @user-DeDub 5 лет назад +86

    I played tennis with Erik at the same club, at that time his dad was tough on him, Eric was good enough to make it in the big league, What a shame for everyone.

  • @jersieyDono
    @jersieyDono 5 лет назад +127

    I don't like the way Megan Kelly treats guests in such condescending manners. Like this dude has more education, works with more real people than you, is trying to get the story out, yet you act like this?

    • @flamingpieherman9822
      @flamingpieherman9822 5 лет назад

      Shes asking in such a way so that he is aboe to give all the details necessary...

    • @20alphabet
      @20alphabet 4 года назад

      Megyn Kelly is a total POS.

    • @nflixnchillz3189
      @nflixnchillz3189 3 года назад +3

      I don’t understand whats with some basic TV hosts thinking their knowledge would be above those who spent years of their life studying and researching like that guy.

    • @nflixnchillz3189
      @nflixnchillz3189 3 года назад +1

      Unlike her

  • @CassieArapakis
    @CassieArapakis 6 лет назад +354

    Greed is a powerful motivator. But honestly I believe these brothers were abused. Killing both parents in the prime of there life for an insurance payout seems far fetched. They have served almost 30 years. It's time to let them go free.

    • @m.castel9219
      @m.castel9219 6 лет назад +1

      poonusmarrr absolutely not a few months earlier sending letters to cousins or mentoring to roommates. That’s call premeditated!

    • @lissam956
      @lissam956 5 лет назад +1

      There has been a few cases where a parent killed their kid for insurance, so it’s not far fetched.

    • @goodmorningsundaymorning4533
      @goodmorningsundaymorning4533 3 года назад

      Agree with all that you said, but my question is,,, they were 18 and 21. Why didn't they both just move out and get their own cribs? They certainly had enough money.

    • @jayyjacksonn4654
      @jayyjacksonn4654 3 года назад +5

      @@goodmorningsundaymorning4533 When you go through abuse of that level, you don't think clearly. Your abuser has a very strong power over you and make you feel like you can't do anything. Additionally, that money was not their own. It was their father's money. Their father was extremely rich and powerful, and that probably led to fears of their father finding them.

    • @AMTSL
      @AMTSL 2 года назад +3

      @@goodmorningsundaymorning4533 their psychological maturity was of 8 to 10 year olds as the psychologists testified. Moreover one of the brothers actually tried running away prior but was hunted down by the father who threatened him. Plus I feel people asking them if they could've ran or moved out is just as insensitive as it sounds like victim blaming. If there has been a female survivor,no one would dare to ask her such things. That should apply to make victims too I guess.

  • @cristynlane6366
    @cristynlane6366 6 лет назад +48

    I believe that they were abused and horribly controlled to the point that they just wanted their parents dead.

  • @gina333
    @gina333 6 лет назад +40

    My heart breaks for them. I hope they get out soon.

  • @carrietaylor3457
    @carrietaylor3457 5 лет назад +84

    Terrible interviewer. Does not know how to ask questions without sounding biased.

  • @thetimeisnow760
    @thetimeisnow760 6 лет назад +35

    I agree, they need to be free.

  • @goldenskillet7155
    @goldenskillet7155 6 лет назад +43

    if what they are saying is true I think that they served their time.

  • @sig9girl
    @sig9girl 6 лет назад +174

    I don’t think they should have been sent to prison. The parents were the guilty ones.

    • @lolalopez7657
      @lolalopez7657 6 лет назад +7

      Right, they killed their parents to ensure they wouldnt get kicked out of a will. They lied about what happened, went on a shopping spree and they should have been left alone after murdering their parents. Wow so they should be judge and jury oh and benefactors too!

    • @annawarner1078
      @annawarner1078 6 лет назад +5

      Lola - I fully agree with you. They did not want to loose life style they loved, they needed their parents money so they murdered them and then went for a shopping spree.

    • @darlinspaces
      @darlinspaces 6 лет назад +2

      get an education honey. Lose is not the same as loose.

    • @Muirmaiden
      @Muirmaiden 6 лет назад +3

      Lola Lopez, they were already cut from the will prior to the killings and they knew that. Their uncle, who was the executor of the estate, confirmed this at both trials. They had accounts that their father had set up for them that had money deposited into them each month. Spending money was not new to them and they did not buy anything without their uncle's approval.

    • @jimb1453
      @jimb1453 6 лет назад +3

      They had to at least do a sentence for manslaughter (20 yeasr) you can't just let people get away with murder, no matter what the circumstances.

  • @nononooo1
    @nononooo1 5 лет назад +22

    The family denies their abuse? At their first trial Erik's lawyer called 51 family and friends to testify about the abuse. They all now say they're lying? I really cannot stand so-called "journalist" that so blatantly disrespectfully to people opposing their views. Even if you don't agree, you should give your audience a sliver of a chance to form their own opinion.

    • @Muirmaiden
      @Muirmaiden 4 года назад +5

      I think the uncles (their mother's brothers) were the only ones who denied the abuse. They wanted money from the estate, since Kitty died after Jose, they thought they should get what was left of the estate if the brothers were convicted.

    • @infiniLor
      @infiniLor 2 года назад

      @@Muirmaiden correct - everyone else said something that corroborated that there was severe dysfunction in the family

  • @HiBye-ec8ts
    @HiBye-ec8ts 5 лет назад +28

    wow it is crazy to think how different the outcome would have been if this happened in 2018. No way they get 1st degree with no chance of parole

  • @sovereignchild8802
    @sovereignchild8802 6 лет назад +27

    Sexual abuse in children damages them on so many levels. It is like a bomb going off deep underground. They are changed forever. The trauma is so horrific caused deliberately and sadistically by a dependent parent whom their survival depends upon, in this case 'Jose Menendez - their Father. Eric the younger of the two brothers described his father as "brutal, painful and torturous'. He was a dominant man who expected perfection. He had a powerful presence and they were afraid of him. What has happened in this case is 'the money' piece (their wealth) has got in the way of the truth and motive and the labels such as 'spoilt rich kids' has stuck. The focus on rolex watches and fast cars is irrelevant and distracted too many truths behind it. Money buys the toys in this world over, they had it , it was not new to them, they had grown up with it, it's very different and was not motive. When you strip away the money and look at the facts we see it clear. When these men spoke in Court they were like 'children' boys who were still stuck in the terror of what their father did to them, the outrage, the injustice of it and the pain and damage that had done. They were still stuck inside 'frozen in trauma' and the betrayal. They were unable to articulate because 'like younger boys' they once were being abused with no protection from those who should have protected them. They had been sexually exploited when young onwards, their outside appearance did not match their inside appearance. Inside they were those young boys in pain and shock. Their mother - Kitty Menendez they describe as a 'woman in pain who was an alcoholic and suicidal' and how she was an 'enabler'., she did not protect these men as boys when they were children and she knew it was said their whole lives what he was doing to them but would not let 'anything ruin the family'. Many powerful people have a public personality and a private personality (even poor people money aside) their father - Jose Menendez did. Sexual abuse is done in secret, where no one sees so no one tells all over the world. Who was going to believe them? They had to live up to such high ideals for their father and the appearance of the family mattered greatly to all - including Kitty Menendez who denied her two son's reality and that her husband was physically, emotionally and sexually abusing them. She has been described by Lyle Menendez as being 'emotionally battered' by him herself. Deception was at the heart of this family.

  • @trinityduquette7418
    @trinityduquette7418 3 года назад +4

    LET. Them. Out.

  • @elizabethshaw734
    @elizabethshaw734 3 года назад +13

    My mother was a horrible mother but on the outside was perfect and charming. Once my mother passed away I called each of her sisters that was still alive and told them how abused I was and nobody believed me! Not even her own family my own family. Thankfully they are all dead now on both sides. we were told within an inch of our lives to never speak of what happens inside the house outside the house so we didn't. In 2004 my brother committed suicide but I was too tough and I outlived my mother! I had more balls than all the men in my family! She came close but I was not going to allow her to break me however she did take every ounce of self-esteem I ever could have had and I ran away to marry at 23 a shredded human being. You don't recover well from that any kind of abuse and my brother was 10 years older than me and he molested me. My dad was my hero and he wasn't treated very well by my mother either but he stayed because of me I was his princess daughter!

  • @Kimbururu
    @Kimbururu 5 лет назад +29

    Did they put that black woman behind the man on purpose? Man, she is super beautiful

    • @lakeishag76
      @lakeishag76 5 лет назад +1

      Msangi Champ I’m sayingg ☺️👌🏾

    • @vgcvvgsxtufzg837
      @vgcvvgsxtufzg837 4 года назад +2

      Box Shaped Beauty Wag1 what’s you’re insta g🤔🤔

    • @bethm2025
      @bethm2025 3 года назад

      Hihihihu some wrong with your eyes lmao

    • @louorlando3198
      @louorlando3198 3 года назад

      Get glasses quick

    • @sugarant3898
      @sugarant3898 3 года назад +1

      @@louorlando3198 gain some respect quick

  • @CheyennefromTaos
    @CheyennefromTaos 3 года назад +8

    THIS JOURNALIST IS OBJECTIVE AND NOBEL 👍🏽
    💜 Bless this man 💜

  • @iceblue1457
    @iceblue1457 3 года назад +9

    When Lyle said he doesn't know when it's going to happen, that is also how Tyler Perry described his sexual abuse as a child. Like the same way Joyce Meyer described it.

  • @ahmadsezayesh9519
    @ahmadsezayesh9519 5 лет назад +13

    Relies the poor guys I believe them and 30 years is enough for punishment 😭🙏

  • @lynneeify
    @lynneeify 5 лет назад +9

    The retrial had the same judge who changed rules and gutted the defence removed a bunch of family witnesses and told the jury they couldn't consider fear as a motive

  • @carm2296
    @carm2296 4 года назад +6

    I absolutely believe them!!! They deserve to get out. They’ve been in 30 years!! If this was women, there wouldn’t have been a trial like this. So sad

  • @valeriasalinas9223
    @valeriasalinas9223 5 лет назад +17

    They deserve to be free

  • @deborahdobbie
    @deborahdobbie 3 года назад +9

    People don’t know or remember the times. Those women on the jury that saw this for what it was, are very smart and technically ahead of their time *knowing* these testimonies were/are truth. Smart women. Sexual abuse was the testimony of almost everyone that knew them! Very unfair trials.

  • @commeunouragan
    @commeunouragan Год назад +2

    The documentary Menendez + Menudo Boys betrayed shows how much justice has failed these brothers and the menudo boys. It's sickening and heartbreaking at the same time.

  • @aria6326
    @aria6326 6 лет назад +45

    Erik’s Letter to Andy has been around for years and years. It was in the Elm Drive House but was not allowed in court to support their case. Whilst what they did was outrageous and clearly wrong I believe them!

    • @Milkdudpuff
      @Milkdudpuff 6 лет назад +7

      How was it "clearly wrong"? Self-defense isn't a crime.

    • @Milkdudpuff
      @Milkdudpuff 6 лет назад +6

      In most states there's no duty to retreat from your own home. If you're kidnapped you can wait until the kidnapper falls asleep to use lethal force. Being born into it is worse.

    • @90069justin
      @90069justin 6 лет назад +12

      The letter from Erik to Andy Cano was never introduced during either trial or at any evidence hearing. A few sentences were shown in a TV special a couple years ago but the show incorrectly said the judge would not allow the letter into court. The entire letter gives you a much deeper picture of this troubled family including a section about the brothers' mother, Kitty Menendez.

    • @ricardzubimendi7152
      @ricardzubimendi7152 2 года назад

      It was in the Elm Drive House? It was from Erik to Andy, not the other way around... There was never such letter, it was just a fake strategy to find new evidence which is probably the only way for the brothers to have a chance to get an appeal.

    • @Muirmaiden
      @Muirmaiden Год назад

      @@ricardzubimendi7152 Since the letter waa never introduced at either trial, how could it be used as part of the defense strategy? And it was found among Andy's possessions

  • @firasguesmi305
    @firasguesmi305 4 года назад +15

    Another trial yes !! after all a life sentence was an exaggerated decision !! I mean they were molested come on !!

    • @elenaflores7687
      @elenaflores7687 3 года назад

      Eriks filing for appeal this year !

    • @kyanna3652
      @kyanna3652 3 года назад

      @@elenaflores7687 really? where did u hear this

  • @VB-dp1vs
    @VB-dp1vs 6 лет назад +27

    Free the bothers!!

  • @philipcollin3843
    @philipcollin3843 5 лет назад +12

    Imagine if it was two sisters doing this!!

    • @justamistymanic
      @justamistymanic 5 лет назад +1

      Philip Collin that’s interesting to think about

    • @kdvn1
      @kdvn1 5 лет назад +4

      They would not still be in jail

  • @tinavanbockel3173
    @tinavanbockel3173 5 лет назад +10

    It's time to let them out!! They have paid for what they did and they understand that it was wrong. But they have not changed their story once in 28 years!! They endured horrific abuse and should be let out!! #letthebrothersout

  • @desmeisme
    @desmeisme 6 лет назад +12

    This has put a very deep dent on my heart. If this was only brought up again to be shamed and discredited and pushed away, that’s truly screwed. #mentoo to give hope and shed light on a topic that just might be put down by another judge is ridiculous these men were the victims they were supposed to be the survivors and yes they did murder their parents but there are far worse people in this world who have gotten away with so much more! They have served almost 30 years in prison some people might say that’s not enough and some people might say that was most of their lifetime. This topic of the Menendez brothers always makes me so emotional it is unfair to not be able to do anything about it Destroys my heart.

  • @therealnikrich
    @therealnikrich 2 года назад +5

    I hope they get a new trial .. the evidence is clear in their face smh

  • @xiomanaxoxoxo3212
    @xiomanaxoxoxo3212 5 лет назад +5

    When is comes to testifying people get scared I just went through something at work . They chicken out if they only knew their testimony is so so important.

  • @jasminetovar350
    @jasminetovar350 5 лет назад +15

    Her audience looks dead 😂

  • @madisonmelton4871
    @madisonmelton4871 5 лет назад +14

    I wasnt even born when this trial happened but this is awful for someone to have to go through. No one should have to experience that from their parents.

  • @anatureperson5551
    @anatureperson5551 3 года назад +7

    Megyn : "Well, uh, we don't know what the truth is in this case." Well, uh, yes we do Megyn.

    • @kaylinwhite6584
      @kaylinwhite6584 3 года назад

      The abuse wasn’t proven in the second trial which convicted the brothers.

    • @horrorhistory7342
      @horrorhistory7342 2 года назад

      The evidence wasn’t allowed to be shown in the second trial and some of the jurors said later after they got the information that if they heard that during the trial they wouldn’t have convicted them of first degree murder.

  • @tillyct8937
    @tillyct8937 3 года назад +6

    Hang on so they have proof that this was real and they haven't re-opened the trial.... Why?

  • @CheyennefromTaos
    @CheyennefromTaos 3 года назад +3

    HORRIFIC is what these boys experienced everyday.
    Self defense is not muder !!!
    RELEASE THEM TO THEIR FAMILIES.

  • @MrLeonidas123
    @MrLeonidas123 2 года назад +4

    they served enough time...let them go

  • @mariaann4717
    @mariaann4717 5 лет назад +5

    i think its really disgusting that people automatically think they just wanted money. how many stories have been unearthed about child abuse that made people's jaws drop in disbelief? those negative reactions is exactly why people (kids or adults) dont speak up. no one argued whether or not they killed them. the real argument was the punishment they deserved. they did not deserve life without parole. we lock them up forever but let people walk freely for killing their own toddlers.... smh

  • @TheSuey
    @TheSuey 6 месяцев назад +2

    12:54 not true at all. Multiple family members confirm that the brothers were abused and were even defense witnesses during the trial

  • @sparx180
    @sparx180 3 года назад +5

    They both look so good, handsome. I never watched their trial but I heard they bought expensive cars and such. I judged them on that. Now I am hearing about this trial and I feel terrible I thought they were guilty. I only hope they get out soon. Should never have been imprisoned in the first place. I cannot believe this happened over 30 yrs ago.

    • @jstephenj
      @jstephenj 3 года назад +3

      "They both look so good, handsome." -- Chloe Wilson
      And that folks, has been the Menendez defense brigade in a nutshell for quite some time.

    • @catsberry4858
      @catsberry4858 2 года назад

      @@jstephenj yeah that bothers me. What does looks have anything to do with guilt or innocence?
      Stop sexualizing them, Chloe.

    • @horrorhistory7342
      @horrorhistory7342 2 года назад

      @@jstephenj I mean that isn't the defense though

  • @JavierAguirreCHEF
    @JavierAguirreCHEF 5 лет назад +30

    I Believe Them.

    • @clifftaylor6847
      @clifftaylor6847 5 лет назад +5

      I honestly do too. Watching the documentary, the one thing that stood out in my head the most was the cousins testimony. That letter perfectly corresponds with that story. Also Megyn Kelly is abysmal.

    • @n1derland484
      @n1derland484 5 лет назад +1

      Me too

  • @awgie
    @awgie 4 года назад +4

    Honestly, if this were to happen in today’s time I feel like they would’ve gotten a lighter sentence, followed by counseling. As for their actions after the murders retail therapy is completely expected of people of their social status. I’m still torn, because the trail is so raw, but for the second trail to dismiss past abuse is kinda ridiculous, it plays a huge part if it is legitimate.

  • @Mnavarrooo
    @Mnavarrooo 3 года назад +4

    I hate that people always say “ why didn’t you tell anyone “ it’s not easy especially when they are two young boys nobody every believe it and their father had money so he could’ve gotten himself out of it easily, when your in a abusive environment nothing is easy to do you feel stuck and lost

  • @annrrf1464
    @annrrf1464 3 года назад +3

    I think the sexual abuse, coupled with the fact that after all the emotional and physical abuse their dad was going to cut them out of his will was the breaking point for them. They snapped.

  • @sophialunt5705
    @sophialunt5705 4 года назад +3

    Set them free

  • @lovemyson480
    @lovemyson480 5 лет назад +5

    Free these men! Sexual abuse is something nobody would understand unless they have been through that. It’s a deep pain I wish nobody would ever endure but unfortunately it’s common in all societies of life.
    These two have been through enough, free them already! I can’t believe how unfair their trial was, and I remember how everyone would call them cold blooded sociopathic murderers. They were molested for years by their father and mother! Megan Kelly is so rude! I wish this man wouldn’t have given her the time of day, but I guess he’s doing it for the Menendez brothers. God bless his heart.

  • @christinacampbell4422
    @christinacampbell4422 4 года назад +3

    They should be released immediately

  • @aamnahere6250
    @aamnahere6250 5 лет назад +3

    The purpose of punishment should be to either have facilities within the prison system that support the learning of inmates and bring them out of crime by offering alternatives or to protect society from certain individuals incapable of being reformed. A murder is a murder but the murder of an innocent person is not the same as the murder of a child molester. People who murder innocent people are a threat to the society but people who murder their abusers after living a crime free life are not a threat to everybody. There was a similar case of Russian sisters who murdered their parents because they had endures decades of sexual assault from them. One of them had tried committing suicide and was saved before they committed the crime. Their neighbors had reported the fact that the parents abuse their daughters but due to a lack of sexual abuse legislation within the context of familial relations, they never got apprehended. Child abuse is absolutely horrific.

  • @secretasassin6147
    @secretasassin6147 3 года назад +3

    If they were abused then release them

  • @459luker
    @459luker 5 лет назад +5

    Someone confiding in you that they were molested is not something you would forget. If what this man is saying is true, and i feel like he is being honest, then why would you (glen stevens) deny such a thing that could get a man out of prison who does not deserve to be there?
    On the other hand, if this guy did have the recording, then why is he not playing it every chance he gets? Why is he not playing it during this interview? The guy is here to discuss this new evidence and he didn't bring the tape? Instead he says 'ill be happy to come back and play the tape anytime'. Why on earth did you not bring it this time? There are just so many inexplicable elements to this story.

  • @jj-yu6kp
    @jj-yu6kp 6 лет назад +8

    both roomates are cowards I mean I understand their situation and their are afraid and don't wan't to be pult in this but they have promised to say the truth and if thats the case why did they lie and further more why did they even show up if they going to tell a lie ... I mean its even harder now to prove that the have been abused after the lied it the court. I am really annoyed about the fact that both roomats think this is kind of a silly joke because for one side they tell the journalist that Lyle has told both of them that he and his brother have been abused by their dad but in the next moment their response to Megyn Kelly question is : I don't know anything about it and if there is a tap which recorded it I would be shocked!! I mean what the tell???, if thats true , then both of the roomates just put an act on because they don't want anything to do with that... They should pull them together and act like adults because they already in the middle of it even if the want it or not, they are playing a huge part in this hole thing and could even change the life of the menendez brothers !!!!!

    • @lolly5453
      @lolly5453 5 лет назад +3

      jj yeah I really don’t understand this either. I get that the roommate who also suffered abuse may be less inclined to tell his story, but to suddenly have them both turn around and state no abuse was ever discussed with the brothers, doesn’t sit right with me. I believe the brothers were severely abused and that they should be given a retrial to hear ALL of the evidence. If I knew something about their case that could’ve changed the outcome of their sentence, I really couldn’t live with myself if I had lied or hidden that. I’m not sure how the two roommates can be ok about withholding evidence and continuing to uphold something that’s not true.

  • @sagittarius92mg56
    @sagittarius92mg56 3 года назад +1

    please please file an appeal now and give the brothers a fair trial

  • @brookebailey4330
    @brookebailey4330 Год назад +1

    They will never get out because the DA will not admit they were wrong. Period. And that's really sad and messed up.

  • @5954ldydi
    @5954ldydi 5 лет назад +3

    Why did the Judge in the second trial exclude any testimony of abuse??? It was allowed in the first trials for both brother's. That was part of their defense. I'm puzzled by this and haven't been able to find out the reason for the exclusions.

    • @90069justin
      @90069justin 5 лет назад +3

      My book explains why Judge Stanley Weisberg reversed his evidence ruling in the second trial which cut the heart out of the defense.

    • @5954ldydi
      @5954ldydi 5 лет назад

      @@90069justin Thanks sounds like a good read. I will check it out.

    • @gloriagraz910
      @gloriagraz910 2 года назад +2

      Maybe because He knew or felt that it was a made up lie by the defense.

  • @Dhruv_Dogra
    @Dhruv_Dogra 2 года назад +2

    And why were they intentionally separated by law enforcement? They are a devoted pair. At least let them comfort each other.

  • @marianna3830
    @marianna3830 3 года назад +2

    THEY SHOULD BE FREE!!!!

  • @romeowhiskee6237
    @romeowhiskee6237 5 лет назад +5

    FREE THE MENENDEZ BROTHERS !

  • @kudospremier7415
    @kudospremier7415 4 года назад +2

    It's sad there is a lot of people in prison who have been abused by husbands and wives and as children. Who see only their abuser and have the strength to get rid of them. And when these people take their abuser out. It stops for good.

  • @JPretorius
    @JPretorius 5 лет назад +5

    Does anyone know anything recent about the case?

    • @JJ-bi4ri
      @JJ-bi4ri 5 лет назад +9

      I think there may be a retrial next year 2020 because of recent changes in the law re abuse cases. I really hope so, they have served their time and I hope they are released.

    • @elenaarman-tang7811
      @elenaarman-tang7811 5 лет назад +3

      @@JJ-bi4ri I agree! Based on everything we know about the case, they've done their time and should be released.

    • @kikivenegas4442
      @kikivenegas4442 3 года назад

      @@JJ-bi4ri no new case yet!! Which really sucks 😭

  • @joycewedel9084
    @joycewedel9084 Год назад +1

    They need to be freed! Enough time served!

  • @leeh6819
    @leeh6819 5 лет назад +4

    I believe them.

  • @gata_salvaje69
    @gata_salvaje69 Год назад +2

    They killed a MONSTER!!! It was hard for them to confide in anyone because first, it was appalling and shameful especially since the abuser was their father. As for the spending, it symbolized rebellion and victory at the same time because they have finally defeated the monster and its accomplice.

  • @egyptwilliams8338
    @egyptwilliams8338 5 лет назад +2

    Years later and I still can't pick a side on this case

  • @yvngwonderchild
    @yvngwonderchild 5 лет назад +3

    13:18 WOW. thank god that we are progressing as a society.

  • @oh_k8
    @oh_k8 Год назад

    Thank you Robert. For never giving up on this long journey for the truth and to see justice done.

  • @positiv3vybz236
    @positiv3vybz236 3 года назад +2

    Does any1 know if they are getting a retrial? My dad was a self-made Tycoon businessman it was abusive. Their story is so similar to mine because I did have sexual assault in mind from a family member a close family member at that but not my father, my father was abusive physically in my mother was abusive emotionally and verbally and I know they are telling the truth. Can someone please update me? These guys deserve a new trial and to be set free with time served. They have been through enough

    • @90069justin
      @90069justin 2 года назад +1

      A new appeal filing is in the works.

  • @susanrennker3140
    @susanrennker3140 3 года назад +3

    This is a man that chopped off his dogs head because he thought the dog ate his bird I want the boys open the refrigerator the dogs head was inside the refrigerator I believe everything they say

  • @knockshinnoch1950
    @knockshinnoch1950 5 лет назад +2

    No one can know what another human being is capable of with any certainty- no matter how well they think they know them or how close they might be.

  • @tilee4046
    @tilee4046 3 года назад +3

    If she watched the trials Erik told his cousin Andy about what was going on he told someone but he didn’t want everyone to know just Andy because they were close at the young age .

  • @camilalion5317
    @camilalion5317 3 дня назад +1

    I release them today 33 years of bulshit in Gail for what???????? For no reason it’s justice . There parents abused them and they need to be released now

  • @myperfectlyimperfectgarden7233
    @myperfectlyimperfectgarden7233 2 года назад +3

    This is so stupid! Kids ont tell! I didn't tell until I was in my 20s. Stupidest reason to convict ever!

  • @debby5195
    @debby5195 2 года назад +1

    People who ask why you didn't say anything... do NOT understand.

  • @sanjuanitamoncivais6009
    @sanjuanitamoncivais6009 2 года назад +2

    They should be in parole they were victim of his abusive sick maniac father.

  • @stevenlopez2523
    @stevenlopez2523 5 лет назад +8

    Free the brothers !!!

  • @MJ95630
    @MJ95630 3 года назад +2

    It's such BS not letting the abuse information be introduced in their 2nd trial!!

  • @kathymarinucci6054
    @kathymarinucci6054 3 года назад +1

    Why wasn’t this letter brought to the trial?

  • @Happyyumaa
    @Happyyumaa 2 года назад +3

    They’re victims!

  • @shaynarose4254
    @shaynarose4254 3 года назад +1

    I hope help can be available for the brothers. They were severely abused and their sentences are UNJUST.

  • @beisypizarro
    @beisypizarro 5 лет назад +4

    Free them! They have suffered enough! And they said if they were molested why didn’t tell anyone?! Well they did!
    Also he said their emotional maturity was 8-10 years old! It is a proven fact that once your molested your growth get stunted!

  • @susanrennker3140
    @susanrennker3140 3 года назад +2

    I believe they deserve a new trial I believe they serve their time and I believe in what they say I believe their father was a monster and their mother and I feel that they killed them because of fear and pain I believe they’ve served enough time and I need to get out

  • @raea3588
    @raea3588 5 лет назад +2

    LET THEM OUT!!

  • @victoriadenboer8500
    @victoriadenboer8500 5 лет назад +2

    I believed the stories of the 2 kids. This is not because of the millions from the parents.

  • @itsd191
    @itsd191 3 года назад +3

    free the menendez brothers

  • @thevoidisshining
    @thevoidisshining 2 года назад +1

    A father would absolutely do that and there is no excuse to say he wouldnt

  • @kathikamholz1493
    @kathikamholz1493 6 лет назад +9

    I have followed this since senior year of high school

    • @holayomellamoyoly
      @holayomellamoyoly 6 лет назад +1

      Kathi Kamholz I read about a new trial coming before 2020 do you know anything?

    • @kathikamholz1493
      @kathikamholz1493 6 лет назад

      @@holayomellamoyoly No, i havent

  • @susanray976
    @susanray976 3 года назад +2

    Need to be released.

  • @andalusiacadiz9986
    @andalusiacadiz9986 6 лет назад +9

    Why didn't the letter come out during the trial? Robert Rand wrote the book for the money, agree?

    • @Milkdudpuff
      @Milkdudpuff 6 лет назад +3

      The cousin the letter was addressed to died several yrs. ago. His mother found it when she was going thru his things.

    • @arleneortiz6693
      @arleneortiz6693 6 лет назад +2

      Thanks for letting me know! Megyn was all over the place with the interview.

    • @purplerain8135
      @purplerain8135 6 лет назад

      Yes, but he makes good points as well. Something about the case intrigued him to write the book

    • @arleneortiz6693
      @arleneortiz6693 6 лет назад

      Thanks for the info! The brothers are now serving time at the same prison. One of the brothers got married, during his stay at the prison.

    • @Muirmaiden
      @Muirmaiden 6 лет назад

      Hachiko, both of them got married in prison.

  • @deazy6453
    @deazy6453 4 года назад +2

    Aight. Who paid her to act like this?

  • @naomibee8881
    @naomibee8881 3 года назад +3

    This blonde is out of line. #freemenendez