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They testified that they were afraid that they would be killed by their parents, so went outside to load their shotguns, and Erik recalled, "As I went into the room, I just started firing." [30] [61] Under California law, the brothers could only be acquitted for manslaughter if they could prove they were in immediate or imminent danger. [62]
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 ...
After their parents, José and Kitty Menéndez, were found dead in 1989, Erik and Lyle became the prime suspects. The brothers were both arrested in 1990 on two counts of first-degree murder.
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 ...
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.
The prosecution contended that the brothers killed their parents to inherit the family wealth. In contrast, Lyle and Erik have consistently maintained, even as they serve life sentences without the possibility of parole, that their actions were driven by fear resulting from a lifetime of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse.
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 ...
Firmly opposing the brothers’ release, Mejia questioned the legitimacy of the new evidence, explaining how the pair has a history of lying. The two brothers killed their parents, Jose and Kitty ...