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The show had Bozanich catch Erik in a lie about how he and Lyle attempted to purchase two handguns days before they killed their parents. This was a mistake since Kuriyama was the one asking Erik ...
The brothers admitted to killing their parents, but contended that they did so out of fear, especially of their father, who they claimed was a violent paedophile. As evidence, the defence called ...
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 ...
Both brothers testified that their father had threatened to kill them if they did not keep the abuse secret. As a result, they purchased shotguns for "protection and self-defense". They alleged that the final confrontation occurred in their home's den on August 20, 1989, shortly before Kitty and José were killed.
Since the story is based on the real-life Menendez brothers' case, much of the filming took place in locations resembling the affluent areas of Beverly Hills, where the actual events occurred. [1] The film was directed by Paul Schneider and co-written by Abby Mann, a renowned screenwriter who also focused on true crime adaptations.
In real life, they never left the family home the night they murdered their parents. "Twelve shots in the middle of Beverly Hills on a Sunday night, and no one calls the police.
In a murder that shocked the nation and the world, in August 1989, Lyle, then 21, and Erik, 18, burst into the den of their family’s Beverly Hills, Calif., home and shot their parents at close ...
On the night of Aug. 20, 1989, hours before they told police they were shocked to find their parents' bullet-riddled bodies, the brothers burst into the room where the two were watching TV and ...