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Lyle and Erik Menendez weren’t proud of a current Netflix challenge about their lives, however one other title from the streamer is giving them a chance to have their say.
In “The Menendez Brothers,” a brand new documentary, the 2 males communicate in prolonged interviews about what occurred within the 1989 homicide of their dad and mom, Jose and Kitty Menendez, contained in the household’s Beverly Hills mansion.
Public curiosity within the Menendez case was reignighted lately by Ryan Murphy’s Netflix dramatization of the murders in “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story,” which the brothers have described as “blatant lies.”
Prosecutors in Los Angeles announced last week they are reviewing new evidence introduced of their case forward of a listening to subsequent month.
Right here’s what the brand new documentary reveals:
Erik, now 53, and Lyle, 56, who’ve been incarcerated for many years for the murders, gave interviews to director Alejandro Hartmann.
The recorded calls from jail inform their story in their very own phrases,
“Lyle was the one individual that had ever protected me,” his brother mentioned.
The pair have mentioned that they have been pushed to homicide their dad and mom after years of alleged sexual abuse by their father, which, they declare, their mom was conscious of.
Social media has helped a brand new technology uncover the case and there may be now a motion to get them launched.
TikTok, particularly, has been a well-liked discussion board for commentary and a reexamination of proof.
“The one purpose we’re doing this particular is due to the TikTok motion,” Pamela Bozanich, a prosecutor on the primary trial, says within the documentary.
The brothers have additionally attracted celeb assist from individuals like Rosie O’Donnell and Kim Kardashian.
The brand new documentary additionally provides perception into what life behind bars has been like for the siblings.
The pair had initially fought to serve time collectively in the identical facility. In accordance with Lyle Menendez, it “was tremendously painful” when that didn’t occur.
They have been united in 2018 when he was transferred to the jail in San Diego, California, the place Erik Menendez was being held. They now talk each day.
“The Menendez Brothers” is streaming on Netflix.