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Erik and Lyle Menendez claimed to have murdered ... physical and sexual abuse. At the time, Lyle was 21, and Erik was 18. ... Lyle alleged that his father molested him between the ages of 6 and 8 ...
Before Lyle was cross-examined by the prosecution, he pre-emptively admitted this under questioning by his own lawyer. [68] Lyle and Erik's cousin, Diane Vander Molen, testified that during a stay with the family in the mid-1970s, Lyle confided in her that his father was sexually abusing him.
While taking the stand the first time, Lyle claimed his father started to molest him when he was 6 years old and stopped two years later. Lyle subsequently sexually assaulted Erik as a result of ...
Twenty-seven years after Lyle and Erik Menendez were convicted of killing their parents, attorneys say new evidence supports the brothers' claims that they were sexually abused by their father.
The petition also details a recently discovered letter that defense attorneys say was written by Erik Menendez eight months before the 1989 shooting that suggests sexual abuse by his father ...
Jose Menendez, the father of Lyle and Erik Menendez, was a successful Los Angeles businessman before he was killed at the age of 45, along with his 47-year-old wife Kitty Menendez, in the family ...
In the summer of 1989, Erik and Lyle Menendez burst into the den of their family’s Beverly Hills home armed with shotguns and opened fire, killing their mother and father. After the brothers ...
Lyle bought a Porsche 911 Carrera to replace the “piece of s***” Alfa Romeo his father had given him, as well as $40,000 worth of clothes and a $15,000 Rolex watch.