Menendez brothers were '100% abused': Former mob boss, jailmate | Banfield

[@DerekJensen-m3q]

Children that have been abused by parents often have that hatred and anger inside and the healing process isn’t the same for everyone.. you just never know what someone’s going through or whether they really felt justified or whether they were just killing them for some other motive..

[@lindawade4ok639]

@@DerekJensen-m3q their attempt to cover up the murders really where what got them in prison without any sympathy

[@ekkamailax]

Those of us who were abused as children understand how what these guys did feels like the only way out. Unfortunately the word "abuse" has been corrupted by the new generation, much like the word "racism," so people dont take it seriously anymore. Nowdays "abuse" can simply mean a parent giving a time out.

[@caiuspostumiusturrinus1024]

I stand with Michael on this

[@marciawood2061]

They have a witness and a letter to a cousin. 23 of their family members want them out.

[@Flowerz__]

I’m sure their family members are supporting them 😂 is the rest of society safe if they go free?? They brutally executed the 2 ppl who gave them life. Why did all this abuse stuff not come out during trial…? Furthermore, they seem to have 0 remorse and now bc are actually claiming this was justified bc they were supposedly abused lol. Hogwash… 5000 of their family members could want them out that’s completely irrelevant to anything lol. They have 0 remorse for what they did and them and their “fans” are now seemingly trying to justify it 😂 I’m doubtful they’re getting out bc they’ve shown the opposite of remorse and of how brutal the executions were and then the callous nature of their actions post crime.. they will rot in jail. Hopefully youngsters finding out about this case will learn a valueable lesson.. don’t kill ur parents if u don’t want to rot in prison for life.

[@documentariesbycategory1483]

No shit. Their trial was an affront to every child who has ever tried to survive abuse. It makes me sick.

[@stoneneils]

KZbinr are too funny...everything is a travesty or conspiracy based on your emotions.

[@blueblack3591]

I agree. It is disgusting how they were treated

[@Tim82ATW]

​@@stoneneils you're right!! LOL 🤣

[@documentariesbycategory1483]

@@stoneneils brutal CSA is a travesty dude. I tend to think it’s spec an issue about which it’s worth having a feeling or two. No conspiracy theories necessary to recognize that.

[@time558]

@@stoneneils 🎯💯

[@reneedover1863]

I agree they were victims from their parents! No safe place!

[@Imleona]

Free the Menendez brothers ! 🫶🏻🙏🏻

[@debbierice6023]

They have served enough time. Let them go free!

[@Flowerz__]

Really? They brutally executed 2 ppl and not just 2 ppl…. The 2 ppl who created them. If they’re willing to do that then what would they do to ppl they aren’t related to?? Furthermore it doesn’t seem like they have any remorse they’re actually deflecting the blame and saying they basically had a valid reason to do this… fk no throw away the key.

[@debbierice6023]

They were brutally abused, both physically and psychologically by the man (their father) who was supposed to be the one who protected them no matter what. Instead, he used them for his own sick and perverted pleasure. I am typically a VERY conservative and non-lenient person, but this is so sick, I defer to my normal beliefs.

[@lenaS-n2p]

Funny how people who abuse children are usually killed in prison but these guys who suffered horrendous abuse and killed two of them get treated like that. The hypocrisy smh

[@The.ARCHIT3CT]

Michael’s a stand up guy. A good friend of ours.

[@TheTruthSpeaks-j7d]

He is a criminal

[@The.ARCHIT3CT]

@@TheTruthSpeaks-j7d just say you missed the joke.

[@TheTruthSpeaks-j7d]

@@The.ARCHIT3CT 😂😂😂

[@craiganderson3919]

MF has a story about everyone and everything! He is so full of crap!

[@mclp-wc8eg]

You are right, On another interview he said Lyle was a very manipulator guy

[@tessababyeah]

What a boring lady! She didn't get the joke 🤣

[@desmeisme]

Your mom is supposed to protect you and your siblings, she’s supposed to love and make sure you’re safe. Instead, she knew what was happened, but did nothing. How could you do nothing!? She allowed it to continue which makes her a monster as well. I never thought it was about money since they were rich already. There was info about how they were buying things after their parents death which made them seem cold, but honestly, in my opinion, I can understand it in a way. It’s like, why should they give a shit what they spend from the person who took their innocence away in such a brutal manner. Of course what they did to their parents was wrong, but what their parents did to them was worse. Imagine finding out that the one person who was supposed to have your back, ended up stabbing you in it so deep that any state of sanity they had was completely compromised. They’ve been in prison for 34 years, they grew up being molested and having that part of their life taken from them, and they’ve been in prison for so long, it’s like they were locked up and thrown away and after experiencing so many years of abuse. I really pray that they get the chance to breathe fresh air again before they meet their maker. They’ve already done so much time

[@addisperez8205]

She was also abusing them.

[@elizabethreyes5679]

And not only them..The Menudo Guys and the owner knows who else was abused for the Melendez father.

[@Mila-uw5sz]

FREE THEM !!!!!!!

[@MochiColorsZanos]

How annoying to cut the video off while he's talking !

[@serenity8876]

Let them go free. They have sat in jail long enough. They have been through hell. I hope to hear some good news soon for the brothers. 🙏🙏🙏

[@MamboKing215]

'No doubt about it.'

[@Ummo2850]

It’s no reason to murder then buy cars, glitzy etc. But those who didn’t listen in the DA sept must be charged for defeating the ends of Justice. They did the crime, many abused children don’t murder. They were almost into adult hood and could’ve then opened criminal cases against the father. Why murder the mother? No one knows if the mom knew.

[@Tim82ATW]

Exactly!!

[@shannonrusso3853]

Go read a book about anything

[@naiiiii21]

have you been abused like how they have told their story? do you have severe trauma? i swear if you don’t understand how it messes with ur mind don’t speak on what and how abused children act. Gypsy rose? hellloooo?

[@time558]

@@shannonrusso3853 No, you go read a book about Kim K, lol

[@masulliv55]

They were accused of burglary

[@Ms.Federally.Official-Matthews]

Its time for the mendez Brothers to get parole. They served there sentence. Let them out.

[@aprilpa8721]

This guy wants his 5 minutes of fame! Cause in other interviews he doesn't admit being close! In fact he doesn't even believe them! Don't give this man any credit!

[@kennyny5309]

Thank you for saying this, this guy is like all the rest.

[@lynnhubbard844]

wow, really...wish I saw his other interviews, too

[@allanthomas6097]

Liar. You are making things up. So you can't. Be trusted liar.

[@A-DUBCLUB]

He doesnt need the fame.. hes already famous going wayy back. You shud google michael franzese capo of colombo crime family. His father is the real deal falsely jailed. Michael aint no dummy neither. Hes actually one of the last stand up dudes from that life that managed to turn his life around

[@allanthomas6097]

@tessababyeah prove it, what interview did he say it in

[@connieluggi4099]

They weren't too unsophisticated to go out and buy new sports cars watches all that it didn't seem they were too upset after they murdered their parents about the abuse they just started spending their money

[@oliviac7026]

Erik came clean about the murders to his therapist because he felt so guilty.. he thought spending money/buying new things would put the murders/abuse out of his mind and it didn’t so he confessed. They would’ve gotten away with it if he hadn’t

[@time558]

@@oliviac7026 😂😂😂😂

[@Lisa.G412]

Wr need to get them out of jail!!! It's been far to long! There had been people that went to jail for way more and have gotten out. I pray for them boys

[@nunabiz]

Right were going to believe an x mob boss

[@JohnHernandez-hu3ot]

Rather believe him than a news reporter.

[@PBX2690]

Free the Menendez Brothers 🙏💯❤️🆓🔜🇿🇦📣

[@glenmcdonald3548]

OK news nation he was never a mob boss, he might have some relevant information but stop putting the fluff out

[@felixbrandt6419]

I myself know people who tried to get rid of their parents either because they indeed were abused more or less severely or they did it as a shortcut to the assets they would inherit. Some young people are just either cold-blooded or desperate enough. It was the abuse or they needed a justification in front of the court rather urgently...

[@time558]

The latter...

[@Erica-ob3vr]

Imo Michael is not honest. Just bc he is now saying this, doesn't make it true.

[@AZ-ph4fs]

I mean, speaking about it now doesn't make it untrue. Regardless he's talked about it in the past as well if you watch some of his interviews. Also stuff like sexual abuse allegations towards their father is also nothing new. It has been talked about since the initial trial. It's just with new evidence and the recent netflix series, it's brought back to light again and Michael is just speaking on his experiences. It cant be used as evidence but he's just giving his POV which is normal.

[@luvluv8863]

No they weren’t .,

[@lalainebrown8377]

My heart beats abnormally and my eyes swelled up whenever I see the court trial scenes of this two brothers. I feel sorry they did that to their parents and I feel sorry for the parents wherever they are because they will never have the chance to correct the wrong things THEY DID and to see that their children SUFFER in jail for the rest of their lives is like “wailing and gnashing of teeth” in hell or where😢they are, and they can never reach out anymore for their children!

[@lindawade4ok639]

Of course they were abused, but they were really too dangerous at that point to not be incarcerated

[@allanthomas6097]

How so? How many other people did they assault before or after?

[@r.pmcmurphy6693]

The Menendez brothers didn't have a history of violence before they killed their parents. One of the members of Menudo claims that Jose Menendez drugged and raped him when he was a teenager. I don't know what happened, but it seems that they were most likely abused by their parents. The brutal way they killed their parents strongly suggests that those boys had the kind of pent up rage someone would have if they had been raped by their father.

[@Meg-rc5ed]

They had 0 history of violence prior to the incidence and have had 0 history of violence after that night. They have been said to have been perfectly behaved inmates. It was a rage filled crime because of what they endured but they have no incidents of violence outside of that 1 night. They are not a danger to society. They deserve their freedom and they should have been freed many years ago.

[@monotzukokuureshii]

you talk that to your rapists who get less sentences after destroying victims life

[@documentariesbycategory1483]

Too dangerous? What would you do if someone was brutally raping you and your sibling for years, and no one would protect you, no one would believe you, because your parents were made of money? Maybe not for yourself, but what about for your little brother or sister?

[@brandonyankowski4319]

If they were abused then let them out,but idk if they were,it doesn't make sense

[@JoseCruz-ji6iq]

Menendez Brothers weren't 5 when they commited murder. They were 18, 21. Old enough to walk away from the abuse and report it to the police. Instead, they commit murder and go on a whole shopping spree + sit courtside at an NBA game days/weeks after. Spoiled brats killed for money. Keep em in jail.

[@JessicaFletcher-nn5ss]

No they were abused

[@Tim82ATW]

Lyle was caught on recorded Jail phone calls saying he was practicing crying for a month, before his testimony. This is why he didn't testify during the second trial.

[@shanny-k4x]

​@Tim82ATW not true. He was recorded by Norma because she wanted to make money from the book she wrote but he did not say that.

[@Tim82ATW]

@@shanny-k4x Yes Norma Novelli released the book in 1996. It's exactly why he didn't testify during their 2nd trial. In the book he also wrote to an ex-girlfriend about what she should testify to.

[@bigbulk688]

These brothers were the epitome of spiled brats. They sucked at everything from studies to sports. Wanted everything handed down to them and when their father refused, they tried small crimes first, robbing n all and when that didn't suffice they killed their parents. They used the abuse as an escape goat, they have no proof of that, and the whole game is hinging on making the jury emotional enough to let them off the hook. If they were black no one would've given hoot about them by now.

[@Tim82ATW]

Exactly!! Lyle got caught saying he was practicing crying for a month before his testimony. This is why he didn't testify during the last trial.

[@elizabethreyes5679]

Go and look the Menudo Group and the owner history.. and call Ricky Martin and ask him about it..the Menendez father not only abused her own kids.. it's a lot information about this case.

[@katteresa6174]

Erik was nationally ranked in tennis, and Lyle was no terrible player himself… they were far from underachievers. And in terms of the abuse, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to understand that yes, they were abused in some way shape or form. Tf are you talking about.

[@Danko31]

​​@@katteresa6174right, Erik was captain of his tennis 🎾 team and played internationally as well. In fact Erik was in Israel during a tennis match when Lyle first got arrested and he flew to the Estates and handed himself to the authorities.

[@bigbulk688]

@@katteresa6174 What r u even talking. Erik was the oldest kid in the junior circuit and made it to under 50 in his last year as a junior at 18. He never even made a mark before or after but after killing his parents he did hire a full time tennis coach. Both the brothers failed repeatedly, at everything.

[@Erica-ob3vr]

I don't believe Michael. He gets way too much credit.

[@pr-tj5by]

That's your opinion!

[@TaharkahX]

Were you there, Michael? We should definitely listen to him because he's a filthy criminal that was locked up with those killers. 🙄

[@pr-tj5by]

😴

[@spacecitytx3464]

He's turned his life around and has become a disciple of Christ.

[@time558]

@@spacecitytx3464 and he defended Jussie Smollet.

[@connieluggi4099]

I'm not saying they had wonderful parents but if the parents would truly abusing them like that and that bad after they murdered their parents they didn't look too abused they just were running out and spending money on cars and actually taking all their money and just running around it didn't look like they were too abused and upset and being abused as a child like I know even after murdering their parents they would not be normal they would not be running out and buying cars watches no no no and they were older they could have moved the reason they didn't is because they wanted their parents money if that was true I would be out the door soon as I turned 18 or before or I would tell someone you don't murder someone and your parents and then all happy and going out and buying sports cars clothes watches no no no no

[@Meg-rc5ed]

I don't believe you fully understand what it is to be a victim of domestic violence or a victim of severe childhood violence (and IF you do relate at all to the brothers, it's a shame you're lacking understanding) most victims feel trapped. Most victims fear leaving. Why do you think so many domestic violence victims stay with their abuser? The most dangerous time for a victim is when they try to escape. The abuser 1. fears the loss of power and control unwillingly relented if their victim leaves 2. The risk the victim exposing them. Abuse last for years and years for a reason; the abuser holds the power. Also to say they don't look to abused in nonsensical rubbish. There is no one look or behavior for abuse victims. Logic can fly out the window easily. Also the brothers grew up with wealth and the spending really just aligned with the wealth they'd always known. If they were so "happy" Erik wouldn't have struggled psychologically and emotionally the way he did which is what caused him to go to his therapist and confess. He was tortured by what occurred because if he wasn't? He'd never had said a thing. Did also have evidence showing that they did confide in others about the abuse and people suspected abuse as well. They had over 50 people testify on their behalf for a reason.

[@Ummo2850]

100%

[@Tim82ATW]

They did it for the money!

[@audreydaleski1067]

So was Charles manson.

[@Toketree]

No they weren’t. Stop this lying bs. If this was the case this would have come out decades ago. Not today.

[@user-d9oa]

👏👏👏👏👏

[@stevenboddy4232]

They murdered their parents because they were ungrateful children and they were psychotic.

[@Gigglypuffx3]

No they was not they were getting abused and itz escalated threw the years in a way they didint have remorse for the parents that failed them they should be let out asap they did there time

[@time558]

@@Gigglypuffx3 No, they were not.

[@blueblack3591]

Why is a mafia boss free but the brothers arent

[@ViceCity-kb7ml]

One believable scumbag sticking up for two other scumbags. They were in PC together 🤣

[@cocobean7519]

Those boys were absolutely destroyed by their depraved, evil, twisted “father”!! They DID NOT DESERVE LIFE IN PRISON!!

[@LoveCats-h2m]

FREE THE MENENDEZ BROTHERS NOW,they have suffered their whole life enough already💯