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The Menendez Murders / Part 2 // 445

2024/10/10
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主持著名true crime播客《Crime Junkie》的播音员和创始人。
梅内德兹兄弟的家人
莱尔
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播音员:报道了梅内德兹兄弟谋杀案的基本事实,以及案件在媒体中的广泛关注。 梅内德兹兄弟的家人:表达了他们对兄弟俩的支持,并暗示了性虐待的存在。 Heath 和 Daphne:详细介绍了案件的背景、谋杀事件的经过,以及兄弟俩在案发后的行为。他们还讨论了兄弟俩向朋友和治疗师坦白以及他们对性虐待的指控。 莱尔:详细描述了他从六岁开始遭受父亲何塞的性虐待,包括口交和用物体侵犯。他讲述了虐待给他带来的痛苦和恐惧,以及他如何试图向母亲寻求帮助但未果。 埃里克:描述了他遭受父亲何塞性虐待的经历,以及虐待如何影响他的生活和心理健康。他讲述了父亲如何利用虐待来惩罚他,以及他如何感到与其他孩子不同。 Jerry O'Zeal:作为兄弟俩的治疗师,他收到了兄弟俩的坦白,并因此卷入了案件。 Judilon Smith:与Jerry O'Zeal有染,她向警方提供了兄弟俩的坦白录音。 Pamela Bozanich:检察官,她认为兄弟俩的性虐待说法是捏造的,并强调了谋杀的严重性。 David Kahn:检察官,在第二次审判中,他寻求对兄弟俩判处死刑。 Leslie Abramson:莱尔的辩护律师,她认为兄弟俩的所作所为是出于对长期性虐待的恐惧和绝望。 Jill Lansing:莱尔的辩护律师,她在第一次审判中提出了性虐待的指控,并试图为兄弟俩争取同情。 Alicia Hertz:梅内德兹兄弟的老师,她作证说何塞和凯蒂是具有控制欲和恐吓性的人。 Marta:何塞的妹妹,她作证说凯蒂缺乏母性本能,何塞对孩子有虐待行为。 Roy Rossello:前Menudo乐队成员,他声称也遭受了何塞的性虐待。 Cooper:在Netflix剧集中饰演埃里克的演员,他声称兄弟俩很善良,并支持他们的释放。 Kim Kardashian:支持梅内德兹兄弟释放的名人。

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The Menendez brothers, Lyle and Eric, claimed they killed their parents, Jose and Kitty, out of fear after years of alleged sexual and emotional abuse. They spent lavishly after the murders but eventually confessed, leading to their arrest. The brothers detailed the abuse in court, but their claims were met with skepticism.
  • Lyle and Eric Menendez claimed their father, Jose, sexually abused them for years.
  • The brothers spent over $1 million in the three months following their parents' murders.
  • Eric confessed to his therapist and friend that he and Lyle killed their parents.
  • The brothers claimed they acted out of fear after years of abuse.
  • The brothers attempted to establish an alibi by going to the movies after the murders.

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In August of 1989, two brothers entered their parents’ Beverly Hills mansion, and shot them multiple times, killing them almost instantly. When police arrived, the men maintained that the murders had taken place while they were at the movies, which police initially believed. But after a painstaking, months-long investigation, and a guilt-ridden confession to a therapist, the men were arrested for the murders. There seemed to be no question whether or not they had committed the crime, but the real question was why. Did the horrific abuse they alleged to suffer at the hands of their mother and father justify their parents’ brutal end, or were the brothers just out for their family’s fortune? These are the murders of Kitty and Jose Menendez, and the stories of Lyle and Erik Menendez.

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