Everything you need to know about the Menendez brothers' trial | Extra Minutes

[@aprilleerose]

I absolutely love Tara Brown. She lets the person talk as much as they want to and she doesn’t interrupt. I wish all interviewers were like her!

[@hayalistanbul5418]

She is really a rare gem, one in millions. l really like her.

[@ockmf]

The Menendez brothers were telling the truth about the terrible abuse they suffered. What a nightmare.

[@laraking804]

Yes, it’s sad but it doesn’t allow you to murder. Not everyone with an abusive childhood becomes a murderer.

[@michaelfrank5239]

Maybe not.

[@lalalallalalaala]

​@laraking804 what allowed the parents to abuse their little children? 🤔

[@mariabillings9618]

At the end of the day they killed their parents and they were both grown men who could have left and reported their parents instead they killed them for financial gain they are not fit for society

[@BadderSanta]

they lied on the stand and are convicted murderers

[@ataahualolly]

When your own family is testifying as to how much of a monster you were and how they struggled to find anyone to say anything nice about them and the signs everyone saw over the years and the bits of evidence that slipped out over the years to family members and the pain in their faces when they told their stories - How could you not see that this was not first degree? This was genuine fear and the abuse to stop.

[@zannelily]

They planned it and went through efforts to conceal their involvement. It was 1st degree...

[@wcolautti]

@@zannelily That's right.

[@BadderSanta]

they lied on the stand and are murderers

[@kimberly9129]

They were over the age of 18 . They could of moved out at anytime if they were so scared. They wanted that money!! Stop with the bs .

[@Muirmaiden]

​@@kimberly9129The prosecution could never prove the money motive. Plus, someone else has accused the father of SA

[@GoGreen-l7e]

I think they served enough time considering. Its bad enough your father is molesting you but to have your mother not do anything about it, is just as bad.

[@BadderSanta]

they should stay with you enjoy

[@gloriannehamelin7984]

I hope the men sue

[@BadderSanta]

@@gloriannehamelin7984 FOR WHAT? BAHAHAHAHAHA

[@kimberly9129]

They were both over the age of 18 they were adults. They could’ve easily both moved out of the home if they were so scared. They wanted that money stop with the BS.

[@sueralph8708]

@@kimberly9129 They were doing drugs , spoilt rich kids wanted what they wanted and the Mother put her foot down . Youngest does a break and enter why? For money drugs.

[@suziewong5305]

I’ll never understand why their Mother stood by and allowed this to happen to her children?! She knew what her husband was doing to those boys and chose to do nothing, that to me is just unbelievable!

[@mellie4174]

She was abusive as well, so....

[@jodievukmir3187]

And that is why it is all made up

[@coricom]

Because she was sick herself.

[@GaryBaker-n7b]

@@mellie4174 The mother waa cruell as well.

[@cindymcmillan609]

Such a tragic story of this entire family. Follow you dreams, but don’t harm your kids over it.

[@Jue-r2o]

I admit the comment on the shoes swayed me to believe the brothers had done this crime for money.

[@llkoolbean4935]

Such a tragic story. Its veey important now that Siddy is in jail. The music industry has been exposed.

[@BadderSanta]

donate your brain to science

[@monamae29]

A very important detail that gets overlooked is the fact that after the boys confronted their parents, Kitty admitted to knowing, Jose and Kitty started to act like they were in love again. Suddenly they were a real team. They both turned against their sons. They weren’t really in love. It was just a typical narcissistic passive aggressive way to gang up on their sons. Jose could no longer abuse Eric, Lyle knew and it was all out in the open now. That’s when they decided to team up for once and it was pure narcissistic gaslighting. I could easily see how the boys would feel like their parents were probably planning to kill them because they were no longer cooperating or doing what their parents wanted. We also don’t know if Kitty and Jose thought that maybe their sons would team up, expose them, get them arrested for child abuse and ruin their reputations. Of course they would choose to kill Lyle and Eric before they let that happen. But people viewed that as them rekindling their romance. That’s not what that was. I could totally see how that behavior paired with taking their sons on that boat ride was them intentionally trying to scare, intimidate their sons in a passive aggressive way and it worked. I totally understand how that boat trip made Lyle and Eric more paranoid as they stood there and watched their parents be all lovey dovey while ignoring them. Well the intentional paranoia they purposefully induced in their sons backfired and got them killed. This situation is something people totally misunderstood. They were not in love again. Jose just lost Eric and it benefited Kitty. I totally believe she would kill her sons for Jose. Jose was the most important thing to her. More important than her sons.

[@lr8763]

Take a breath.

[@kimberlyanntamarit9193]

Brilliant 👏 that's what they have been trying to say since 1996

[@kimberly9129]

So if they were so scared, why didn’t they simply move out? They were both 18 and adults. Why didn’t they simplify move out? Because they wanted the money stop with the BS.

[@monamae29]

@@kimberlyanntamarit9193 It took me a while to be able to articulate that. And I still don’t feel like I’m explaining the situation well enough. So thank you.

[@sueralph8708]

It's not a fact ! It's part of their story

[@skyeblu1722]

The series Monsters did not have good reviews!

[@patricec9927]

if having abusive parents is your "get out of jail" card, they need to release 80% of jailed prisoners.

[@carolstaack3809]

This man is not saying that. I agree with him in that they should have gotten jail time as consequences but jail time for manslaughter.

[@llkoolbean4935]

How many years do you think they should serve?

[@AMBK]

Yes, it's no surprise that many criminals have suffered abuse or neglect in their childhoods. It's sad.

[@lalalallalalaala]

Justifying abusers, really? You need to be put on a watchlist

[@mariabillings9618]

[@phoebesmom]

At the end of the day they killed their parents and they were both grown men who could have left and reported their parents instead they killed them for financial gain they are not fit for society

[@lizkrisenthal8259]

They weren’t grown men. They were very young men who had been abused and controlled their whole lives. Despite your disbelief, that takes an incredible toll.

[@hisukserjeant5204]

100% we are wt you on that. After gun down both of them went for wild shopping spree wt the money belong to dad!!!?? ... amazing!! Indeed!!

[@moishe43]

if what they say is true, they have more than paid their dues.

[@mariabillings9618]

[@user-yu4em5rk2w]

Listen moré carefully. He said that part and others in the Netflix show were not true.

[@Orourkekate87]

Freedom for both the menendez brothers this march let them out they done they time 😢❤😊

[@lukaprimozic2361]

We all know the truth. If it were a case of two sisters they would get the lesser conviction. A very sad case. Wishing them all the best. Hope they get out.

[@BadderSanta]

i hope they stay with you

[@HeidiIngalsbe-gy3mw]

I listened to his entire story. Here is the bottom line…. No matter what…. You are both over 18 and have a car and extended family.. Leave home and get a job. They should stay in prison

[@jodievukmir3187]

Exactly

[@carolecompton9270]

I definitely 2nd that emotion....

[@rogerfiliault3546]

For yrs I thought that they were guilty until recently. When I heard about their father being involved with "Lucifer" Grainge, that changed everything for me

[@Cain-g8k]

That's all it took for you to change your opinion on them......don't work in law will you

[@rogerfiliault3546]

@Cain-g8k no that and among other things

[@Sonic-z4r]

Who is that?

[@BadderSanta]

there is no doubt about they are guilty....your sanity though?.....

[@yourconnection9303]

Judge Judy also said they should stay in prison. They had additional ammunition and went back outside to the car to reload and go back inside the house to keep shooting.

[@Dargyful]

Exactly

[@fuzzymath6240]

Just leave don't kill your parents

[@AslamJais79]

You reap what you sow.

[@kimberly9129]

They were both over the age of 18. They could’ve both moved out if they were so scared. They wanted that money stop with the bullshit excuses. Molested or not they could’ve simply moved out not murder both their parents.

[@freden9234]

It’s not that simple. 21:40

[@jodievukmir3187]

They need to stay exacywhere they are

[@lalalallalalaala]

Justice for the Menendez brothers!!!

[@inezcardenas7601]

🙏🙏!!

[@BadderSanta]

they have it now....donate your brain to science

[@kimberly9129]

They were both over the age of 18 if they were so scared, they could’ve both moved out. They both wanted that money stop with the BS.

[@Smartbeautifulawesome]

@@kimberly9129I agree actually

[@fuzzymath6240]

That was all mitigating circumstances They still are guilty duh..... They knew they could just leave but did not

[@carolecompton9270]

Bingo !!!!! The brothers knew all their options, they KNEW.... There was never any abuse, EVER.. It was always about the inheritance/money....The brothers are right where they belong In prison for life...

[@pedromarymichelparks5345]

This sir is a good person! Free the Menendez borthers!!!! NOW!!!!

[@BadderSanta]

they can stay with you

[@catsario7512]

If they were innocent of murdering their parents. why did they immedi ately go out and buy, among many other luxury items,a sports car, dining out, leading the high life they had planned. The love of money is a greedy sin. You were big boys?!?! You could have gotten jobs and moved out!! Oh that’s right, you two are above working

[@Dargyful]

They never told the psychologist about the SA and didn’t mention it in the first trial. They never told the police that arrested them and they never planned on telling anyone they even killed their parents . There’s recordings of Lyle saying he’s going to be a great actor in court . Oh but these details are overlooked bc they don’t fit in the free the Menendez Brothers Tik Tok narrative

[@rogerfiliault3546]

I'm not sure of how it works in the 😂 but how can a prossector able to being chargers if a grand jury decides that there's not enough evidence to continue?

[@raquelarrojo8377]

Min 22:50, It's common in Spanish culture for parents to be personally very involved in their children's homework. Even at university level if they have the resources! I have direct experience. Doctor mothers doing coursework for Health Science students, Lawyers doing it for her postgraduate Law students..... I don't know how common is in other cultures.

[@nancymilawski1048]

It's wrong to do it, it's supposed to be the work of the student and not the work of the parent

[@mitzimcewan9124]

So how do students learn?

[@katiek2608]

Nope. Maybe in pockets, but I've never seen it. Signed, born and bred

[@Muirmaiden]

Their mother was not Spanish; she did her sons' homework and she was a former grade school teacher.

[@motherbear327]

What he says about abuse victims is absolutely true! They were abused. If I were abused like that, I would probably do the same.

[@motherbear327]

The mother was also abused, but she sided with her husband to survive. It's what you do in abusive relationships. In her mins, she couldn't afford to leave in more ways than one. As to the husband, he had threatened again and again to kill them if they told. Why? Because he would have been exposed. A narcissistic abuser cannot, absolutely cannot, "afford" to be exposed. They can't allow people to be themselves. Hence their controlling ways when it came to their sons looks, appearance, schoolwork and so forth. The father wanted "perfect" children/family to maintain his image. Happens ALL THE TIME. It's classic domestic violence. It's also classic for the ones who are abused to, overtime, start to feel guilty about killing or otherwise holding the abuser accountable. Why? To survive emotionally. In order for others to accept them they start feeling guilty, when really, they shouldn't feel guilty at all. Society does a number on victims of abuse. It's as if it was okay for the father and mother to do what they did and then their sons stick up for themselves and now they are guilty! It's messed up!

[@ShellyTaylor-i2k]

If they were girls they'd be out or not even in jail I'm a physiologist n I believe them

[@dawnedwards2320]

They chose to brutally murder their parents. Stopped on the way to the funeral to buy Rolex watches, making them late to the funeral. They were old enough to leave, they chose death. They shouldn’t be allowed out of prison. To all of you that defend their actions, what’s to say they won’t do it again, all they have to claim is you abused them. Think about it

[@ellenmorley6393]

Lyle and Eric should be freed xx

[@sabinamarciniak7552]

How many people have been looked into over the years,I've lost count. But look on the bright side. Keeps the cash rolling in so congrats on a good business model

[@inezcardenas7601]

Pray the brothers will be released soon 🙏🙏🥰

[@fisher1b]

The purported abuse doesn't justify the brutal murders. The menendez brothers were adults and could have left at any time. They didn't do that. They premeditated and then murdered their parents, lied about it, took the money and went wild. Let's not forget Lyle's prison phone tapes, those tapes tell us more than anything in the trial.

[@tinamaxwell922]

Because the parents are wealthy.

[@fuzzymath6240]

Low class whatever.... They killed their parents!!!

[@carlobautista6449]

Please Father let them out from prison

[@coricom]

Did Tara ask twice if someone in the family had something nice to say about Jose?

[@michaelfrank5239]

A couple of psychopaths regardless of the abuse . Who knows what is true .

[@GaryBaker-n7b]

The parents were psycopaths and the father was clearly evil and a sadist.

[@wcolautti]

@@GaryBaker-n7b They meticulously planned the death of their parents then proceeded to party nonstop and go on wild spending sprees. How many young men since have taken the lives of their entire family and why is this phenomenon on the rise? It's happening more and more every year - is this really the message we want to send other adolescents who are impatient for their trust fund or angry at their parents for forbidding a romance?

[@monamansour2205]

Menendez brothers should be released. Its enough after all what they have been through.

[@MaryAliceBean]

They should be out of prison and living their lives they've done more time than they needed to do and they were failed by the court system 100% thank you for keeping this alive

[@HS-gk4md]

Two wrongs don't make a right. Yes they may have been abused which is awful but also killing is not ok.

[@patricia-fz8et]

Such a stupid question 'well, did anyone else witness the sexual abuse?' actually, it does happen but then they are both terrified of the abuser. Abusers have been known to stalk their victims, threaten them, manipulate them and degrade every step they take in a positive direction. If anyone thinks Jose was going to sit by idly while his boys left home, well, you don't understand narcissistic abuse and the hold abusers have over their victims.

[@Mrskess]

Plus the time leaving abusers is the time of the highest risk of being killed by abusers.

[@lightgoddess041]

So he's making excuses for those two monsters even after one lied straight to his face about his whereabouts during the murder and blamed it on a mob hit. They planned the murders, then tried to set up alibi's. Whose to say the letter was also a lie as part of their plan to use as an excuse for what they did. Let them rot in prison

[@nazaninpirooz8783]

21:06 if you think like that you're living an aesthetic life in a wicked wicked world✨️

[@RoseinDublin]

The ongoing years of crimes , of sexual abuse by José Menendez.

[@83dangerweasel83]

FREE THEM.

[@BadderSanta]

...and send them to live with you

[@ladypeppercar5197]

Adoption is a VERY complicated dynamic and I believed the brothers’ story from the first minute I heard it. When I married an adoptee 10 years later, I saw the results of that kind of abuse up close. The Menendez story is far more common than we know. Fortunately, most have a different ending.

[@Carolanne1926]

They killed there parents no one believed them in court about their abuse they have definitely done there time their family has completely forgiven them and also want them released from prison I read that there will be a court hearing in march 2025❤

[@MadamHoneyB]

Punctuation please!! It was agonizing trying to read that comment! 😂😅😂 Jeez!!

[@sandyschneider6792]

Too many people stayed silent too long.many have blood on their hands.

[@ruthcassidy6052]

I watched the entire first trial (second wasn't televised). I watched and read all the coverage. I read all the books and watched all the made-for-tv films. Those "boys" premeditated the murders of their parents. They planned ahead, they lied to everyone afterwards in order to cover up their actions - why would anyone want to believe them now? Was Jose a shitty father who abused them emotionally and maybe even s*xually? Likely. Was Kitty a, shall we say, less than attentive mother? Possibly. Did Lyle and Erik seriously believe they'd be tossed overboard from a tourist boat (with witnesses, aka the crew)? Hardly. Their attorneys tried to infantalize them in the eyes of the juries and the public with those pastel sweaters and soft little voices and I call BS. It worked for the first trial - mistrial - but not for the second. Why is that? - there was no new information presented as far as I know. But they didn't have the court of public opinion (aw, pity the poor little rich boys whose parents allegedly/apparently expected them to grow up and quit sucking off the family teat) and ba-da-boom, two guilty verdicts. Lyle and Kitty already had to clean up after at least one of them (wrt local home burglaries). They were doing lousy in college, they were never legitimate tennis stars, and apparently had learned no marketable skills. Sorry, but no - they don't deserve to be set free. I'll tell you this much - at one point near the end of the trial even I was feeling sympathetic to them. And then we were reminded that they both went outside to reload their guns (which they did NOT get where they claimed) and reentered the home where they blew their mother away with a blast to her face as she crawled on the floor begging for her life. SA, no matter how horrible, is not a death penalty case. And they did not have the right to put their parents to death. Period.

[@suziewong5305]

I guess if you don’t want to find out what your kids may or may not do you just don’t rape and beat them?! Murder wasn’t the answer that I agree with but we weren’t there and we definitely weren’t privy to what was going on in the brothers heads. Maybe threats after threats over the years finally stuck (who knows what the parents said to keep their silence) and drove them to think the only option was killing them?! One thing that is true, they didn’t get a fair trial, it was trial by media, it was a circus! After all these years they both deserve to be released, they’re clearly not a public threat not now and not then. They should be allowed freedom after all these years. Guilty or not, they’ve done their time.

[@anabellepreis1920]

When parents protect, nurture you as parents should, they can be called parents. When it's 2 hideous monsters harming those that have nobody but them to protect them - they're no longer parents. Every action has a reaction

[@carolecompton9270]

I definitely 2nd your emotion... Your comment is very true... The brothers could have moved out and continued living their lives... The brothers belong in prison for the rest of their lives...

[@Muirmaiden]

If you watched the trial, you would know there was strong evidence of abuse. You are in denial land.

[@ruthcassidy6052]

@ Did *you* watch the entire trial? Did it rule your life for half a year or more? Did you honestly believe it "all came out" because Erik "found out" about Lyle's hairpiece? Did they ever tell anyone in authority (teachers, cops, counselors, priests)? Kitty and Jose were sitting on their couch, eating berries and cream and watching tv, when their sons burst into the room and blew them away, went outside, reloaded, and came back to make sure they were dead. Kitty was crawling across the floor begging for her life and one of them cold-bloodedly blew her away - why? "Because she couldn't live without Jose." And then they went on a mad spending spree - cars, watches, clothes, trips, business investments... newly liberated spendthrifts, not abuse survivors mourning their losses.

[@Femamaph]

35 years ago. Why is it comin out now 😊

[@jodievukmir3187]

Because Netflix needed to increase ratings by showing this to little 23 somethings

[@Jue-r2o]

The DA will probably go with public opinion. Work on that. Yes young, dumb, surely they can offer something to others.

[@24dabana]

They were young, doing drugs, spoiled by the parents and now they are mature, and good guys, they definitely deserve a second chance! We need more compassion in this world.

[@edwardmorris8465]

The main reason they were prosecuted the way they were is because they were men, guys never get the same justice.

[@MadamHoneyB]

Ok, the fact that they were adults, they went on crazy shopping sprees, and attempted to get away with the murders by hiding the truth had absolutely nothing to with it!! Smh… Let’s try to use some logic and common sense here. If it all’s like a duck and quacks like a duck, doesn’t make it a Christmas tree…

[@susanpettit5505]

They are not killers they are nice blokes 35 yrs is long enough to be shut away. Let them free to have a bit of a normal life now. ❤

[@sueralph8708]

Well they are killers ! Cold blooded killers with a fabricated defense.

[@danae2882]

Man says Menendez brothers didn’t kill parents? Brothers gave interviews admitting it. Parents were horrible abusers & brothers should be free

[@Muirmaiden]

He didn't say that.

[@fuzzymath6240]

They were abused ok? But they killed their parents. What gives?

[@anabellepreis1920]

If someone even attempted to cause you harm once, you'd delete them if you could and it meant you survive and escape unharmed, wouldn't you?

[@anabellepreis1920]

When parents protect, nurture you as parents should, they can be called parents. When it's 2 hideous monsters harming those that have nobody but them to protect them - they're no longer parents.

[@audkarinen6875]

I believe one of the brothers was molested, but not by his father.

[@sueralph8708]

I believe drugs were involved and Mum put her foot down with the youngest after he was arrested for break and enter ! That's why the money stopped and the older brother didn't like the situation and the plan was put in place.

[@Muirmaiden]

​@@sueralph8708That is total B.S. Someone else has accused the father of SA as well.

[@JesusIsKing91276]

I ask people who say they shouldn't be out if it was 2 females under the same circumstances, would they feel the same about it.

[@cindymcmillan609]

I always felt sorry for them. I always knew there was more to the story, like child abuse.

[@juliemcnair5182]

I do believe that the 10:05 Menendez brothers were spoilt brats. But l feel they were not guilty of murder. But what l don't understand is the spending spree.

[@GaryBaker-n7b]

They were the Opposite of spoiled! Are you kidding me?

[@christianedriesen1624]

1990 Incest Sex crime….Tabou…. L air du temps

[@Smartbeautifulawesome]

I think people do report things but nothing is ever done and sometimes it’s handled like a joke. Or more people abuse etc

[@janmcleod8198]

❤🇦🇺 36:33

[@Jue-r2o]

Now I think the older brother was money and power hungry. I would say the younger brothers went with his older bros. It's wrong, no matter what you don't kill your parents, you leave and get freedom. However, they were young so let them out.

[@Carolanne1926]

I agree with you

[@Dargyful]

They’re villains

[@sachinthakur8991]

Who cares 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@tinab3627]

This whole case was for sure, a travesty of justice

[@BadderSanta]

you said dumb stuff so it must be true

[@carolecompton9270]

​@@BadderSanta hahahahaha....

[@fiendishthingy9]

You are full of crap.

[@Dargyful]

Leslie Abramson isn’t talking now bc she knows they made up the SA claims . How about you all think about that for a moment

[@Muirmaiden]

She is retired. She is under no obligation to speak about it. There was evidence of abuse that was presented at the first trial

[@Dargyful]

@ well she was apparantely their biggest supporter . All she has to say is they deserve to be free. But she’s silent and instead said she trusts the courts. I find that extremely interesting

[@Jue-r2o]

Question . Is it common in Cuba for men to have intimate relations with young men? For power or anger?

[@debradoernbach5548]

No one ethnicity is or is not.

[@cindymcmillan609]

There is no question that they are victims. Normal people do not kill their parents. They must have gone through hell. They deserved some time, but now its too long.

[@derrickhewitt6171]

I already know this will be slanted against the Menendez brothers because 60 minutes Aussie version is a right wing outlet and they don't usually support victims of sexual abuse, but we'll see. P.S. Right off the bat the woman says "this seems like an obsession for you" to a Menendez brothers supporter. She wouldn't have said that to a prosecutor trying to keep them in jail.

[@anabellepreis1920]

Define right wing please.

[@gloriannehamelin7984]

Pack up your stuff….boyzzzz!!!!!

[@BadderSanta]

another drunk Facebook wine mom

[@lisaproustresearch]

Great interview. Interesting to find that even Netflix has a bias (i.e. shoe comment, brothers personalities) Sadly, the timing was everything. The abuse clearly took place based on evidence but it was "unheard of" at the time & LA needed an urgent win after Simpson. Removing all abuse information on the 2nd trial, was clearly done on purpose to maximize success probability.

[@ladypeppercar5197]

Adoption is a VERY complicated dynamic and I believed the brothers’ story from the first minute I heard it. When I married an adoptee 10 years later, I saw the results of that kind of abuse up close. The Menendez story is far more common than we know. Fortunately, most have a different ending.