Letter and rape allegations may corroborate their claims of abuse and PTSD.
) has been uncovered, warranting a re-opening of the case, in which the convictions could be vacated or a new evidentiary hearing allowed.On Aug. 20, 1989, Erik and Lyle Menendez murdered their parents in their Beverly Hills home. Jose Menendez, a top executive at RCA Records, was struck five times in the back of the head. Mary Louise"Kitty" Menendez was hit with one bullet as the brothers re-loaded and fatally shot her.
The motive of these murders was assumed to be money and greed. However, the brothers testified that they murdered their parents in self-defense, acting under the affliction of PTSD due to years of sexual abuse by their father and the constanthe would kill them. Both brothers alleged that their father began molesting them at age six, and Lyle contended that his father raped him and forcibly tried to perform oral sex regularly.
This letter was only discovered in 2018 by Jose Menendez's younger sister and, therefore, was not offered as evidence at either trial. In court papers, the brothers' attorneys argue that the new evidence indicates that"Jose Menendez was a violent and brutal man who would sexually abuse his children and was still molesting Erik Mendez right before the murders."
During the 1993 trial, Andres Cano testified that 13-year-old Erik told him that Jose Menendez was massaging his genitals and asked Andres if his father did the same. In conjunction with his cousin's testimony, this letter corroborates Erik's claim that his father had sexually abused him for years.
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