Rosie O’Donnell: Nobody believed the Menendez brothers’ rape claim | Cuomo

Comedian Rosie O’Donnell, who has been advocating for Lyle and Erik Menendez for years, is happy to know that the Los Angeles County District Attorney is reviewing the case of the brothers who have served more than three decades in prison for killing their parents. O’Donnell, appearing on “CUOMO” with the Menendez brothers’ attorney Mark Geragos, says that, back then, “no one was ready to believe that fathers raped their sons. But they do.”
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[@lambchop6278]

You know what is weired? The Menendez brothers look a lot happier in their prison photos than in pictures of them as teenagers.

[@Orangemochafrappucino]

FACTS

[@DJS100]

The “new evidence” will dictate what happens to them. It doesn’t matter what the public thinks.

[@karolinapakostova4264]

in one of the documentaries Diane (I think is one of the female cousin`s name?) mentioned when speaking to Erik right after the 2nd trial, she said she`s sorry for everything and he said sth like "..don`t worry Diane, I can finally sleep in here at night..."...Can you imagine, you are feeling better in jail rather than your home? How sad is that!!

[@karolinapakostova4264]

@@DJS100 I hope they just let them go...new trial=more taxes etc...the served their time...

[@lambchop6278]

@@karolinapakostova4264 Wow.

[@CelesteBou]

"if Erik was Erika, Lyle would be seen as a hero today" That is absolutely right!!

[@leticiakormann7206]

Time stamp?

[@YesItsMeGuys68]

How messed up do you have to be to sexually molest your own sons ? Damn ...

[@audreydaleski1067]

How messed up do you have to be to premeditate the execution of your mother?

[@karolinapakostova4264]

Kitty and Jose were molested by their family members too. However, this is sick, right...

[@EricaShady10171972]

​@@audreydaleski1067you are right. She messed them up really bad.😢

[@nenesaidso]

@@audreydaleski1067how sick do you have to be to allow your sons to be raped by their father and also rape your son? How sick do you have to be to remind your sons everyday that you “hate them, wish they were never born, they’re useless”?? While also allowing & participating in the physical & sexual abuse of your own children???

[@nenesaidso]

@@karolinapakostova4264and his response to being molested was to rape his own children. she responded by doing the same & telling her sons that “no one ever helped her” so they should have to fend for themselves.

[@MissysAngels]

Who are they a threat to? They served 35 years already, were y’all scared when OJ was walking around the same area FREE?

[@alainprostbis]

its not only about removing a threat. it is also about punishing rightfully. even if this rape accusation was true, and the only proof is this weird letter to a deceased cousin. and this kind of murder being premeditated, they could havemade a false accusation just in case, they were adults and they could have left and even have sought justice. more importantly, their mother was killed. in fact she was massacred, so that the police would believe in an attack by an outsider. there was no reason to kill the mother. actually there was one reason. had she not died, they would not have inherited their parents fortune. and after the death of their parents, they spent the money very happily. there was not much trauma. in other words i suspect a lot of BS.

[@BreakingImageFilms]

I think once they hit 60 they should be allowed to at least live the rest of their lives in House Arrest instead of Prison

[@mojorising27]

Always thought Lyle’s hair loss was telling. It’s often a huge sign of trauma.

[@jennifermorris833]

Or maybe just male pattern balding, it happens.

[@LuckyStar-rc2dt]

@@jennifermorris833it started for him when he was around 13..

[@time558]

It's called "androgenetic alopecia", nothing supernatural, don't even know if it's true that he lost them that soon...

[@time558]

@@LuckyStar-rc2dt Lol How do you know that, because "they said it"?!

[@mthoustontx4311]

No, it's a sign into getting older!

[@Exiled.New.Yorker]

Theres one heck of a lot of people who are no longer accepting the gaslighting over our lived experiences. Im proud of every one of us who stands up to demand justice.

[@Pitbulloves]

Thank you, Rosie O’Donnell please don’t stop working for their justice. They need you badly!

[@Chicago48]

She was wrong saying that nobody believed them. People believed them, but they had killed their parents which was a heinous unheard of crime. A crime against your parents. They killed both parents.

[@melisiayoung2925]

Rosie shouldn't advocate anything! Another hollyweird freak with her own sets of issues... just ask her 'adoptive daughter' who upon 18 yrs old left Rosie over her drug addiction, abuse (not sure what kind), and flat out mental health issues- Rosie has major issues SHE needs to address, figure own crap out, then speak - from an unfrozen heart! She is an expert at nothing with exception to gaslighted and following the UN, WEF, WHO line!

[@mokiebar22]

So nice to see all of you and especially Rosie. She is a true inspiration. Thank you and I pray Eric and Lyle will be set free soon! They deserve to have a chance at life outside of prison.

[@Justsoaps2024]

Free the menendez brothers 😢❤

[@eden_aumakua]

FREE Erik and Lyle Menendez!

[@dstalent4105]

Erik and Lyle have served way too much time already. Give them freedom going forward to have some normalcy.

[@MelSan-jc8nk]

I truly hope they get out soon.

[@ms.sunshine2u635]

I do too.

[@mariaslavinski1588]

They put enough time in prison 35yrs😳😮They deserve to get out their dad did some unbelievable crimes on his sone and the mom knew and did nothing 😮IMO if these 2 were women they would be out by now!!!! I would like to see them get out and to help others like what they went through. These 2 didn't get in trouble in prison and they educated themselves and helped others in prison because their not "monsters" i feel they will do just fine in the free world i just don't think they would commit another crime!!!!

[@ReturnOfTheJ.D.]

Can you imagine getting out into a world you last lived in 35 years ago and trying to run a life? How long would that take to get over? How many changes have happened in the world since early 1990?

[@mdw71]

Keith Olbermann looks like an old lesbian.

[@Homengineer-artist]

We love you, Rosey, you're awesomeness.

[@selmahare]

Thank you Rosie, please don’t stop working to freed them. These brothers have been way too wronged and grossly failed by everybody around them, to get such a long sentence, it’s insane after all the evidence of their life long brutal abuse.

[@joshua-nf3rx]

Nobody knows for a fact what the father did or did not do to the sons .

[@BeckyJean]

Dead can't talk.🤷‍♀️

[@joeavey1096]

Why would anyone listen to Chris Cuomo or Rosie O’Donnell 🤮🤮🤮

[@gibbyfan2001]

Never

[@lorettanericcio-bohlman567]

Give all of them a break…

[@jyllsweet5671]

Love Rosie! Miss her! We need her to come back to tv!!!

[@beachz101]

They received a fair trial. The result of that trial has withstood all the appellate scrutiny. Next.

[@lindastuart7223]

Good Luck guys

[@catlover34fl]

No mention of mother. It's all about their father. Why are they skirting around this? Did she abuse them too? Why did they kill their mother?

[@carlaramirez3519]

The mom was afraid of them.

[@angelica4885]

Mom knew about the abuse and did nothing to stop it.

[@CelesteBou]

Lyle testified that his mother molested him. And the mother was the one that kept inappropiate photos of the boys (her handwriting was on the photos)

[@carlaramirez3519]

@@CelesteBou False

[@MikeCee7]

Why didn’t that Menudo kid give that declaration 30 years ago? OK; if not 30 years ago, how about 20 years ago? Or even 10 years ago? it’s not like his career would’ve been ruined if he came out with this 20 years ago. He was well past his prime, as an child entertainer. Or even after when l Ricky M. came out, he could’ve came forward.

[@Exiled.New.Yorker]

The same thing that happens when LOTS of women report. He was not believed and sent away.

[@JesusOnlyWay-d8e]

that what i was thinking...did he come forward before the murders happened?

[@MikeCee7]

@@Exiled.New.Yorker Of course he probably would not have been believed in 1995. nor in 2000. But whenever Ricky M. came out of the closet (in the mid 2000s) that Menudo kid’s story with definitely have been more believable (especially since it’s by Lyle’s and Eric’s dad, which is the exact history that the kid is claiming happened to him). & if he gave that statement after that MeToo movement came out (Over Several years ago) & he would of definitely been more believable. If everything he’s saying is true, it’s a shame he didn’t come clean with this 10 years ago. I think in 2024, (35 years after this tragedy happened) he’s attributing keeping two people (if wrongly fully) in jail, for way way too long, by not coming forward earlier.

[@MartaTosh-ju2ss]

Free them

[@anthonymusto3537]

Why?

[@MartaTosh-ju2ss]

Really......you ask why ? They being sexually abuse 😪😢🤷‍♀️​@@anthonymusto3537

[@Rayofsunshine86]

Props to Rosie for using her platform to do good! #FREETHEMENENDEZBROTHERS!

[@patriciorodriguez1020]

I still don’t believe them

[@turkeysandwiche8552]

lol Rosie is a prime example of a narcissist it’s all about her

[@JesusOnlyWay-d8e]

there no excuse to murder your parents... didnt the father and mother have family that supported the brothers? I believe they did. yes they should have walk out and move in with there other family because you give out a message to other children to murder their parents if they were abused. i think thats why the Jurors voted guilty but at the same time they could have moved out of the house... i do believe they will be out.. they do have remorse what they did and wish their parents were alive as they stated and said if they had to do it over again they would have walked out and said they love both parents very much when barbara walters interview them.

[@minniemaklin4372]

Happy Anniversary Chris ♥️

[@astr0naut_centreofgravity]

If Gypsy Rose can be released the Menendez brothers can, end of story

[@catlady1084]

So, if I understand this, they believe they should have been charged with manslaughter? Therefore, their sentence would not have been life? But, but, if you buy guns AHEAD of killing someone, planning to kill your parents, isn't that premediated murder? I know all about being SA. I was from the age of 7, by my father. My mother told me in 2012 that she knew. She told me she would hear me yelling to come get dad away from me. This went on until I was 13. My parents weren't rich. I left my house when I turned.18. They said they feared for their lives. Jose was a powerful man and they couldn't go to the police, no one would believe them. Killing someone, especially your parents, is not a solution. My father passed in 2004 and my mother in 2022. What was done to me left life long trauma and two attempts at s*icide.. But I'm not in prison for doing something like murder. And question, if they were to get out, is there money coming to them, after all these years? The spending, near $700k, some sources say, after the killings, was something that left everyone believing they did it for the money, regardless of the SA they suffered, which most believe was a defense strategy. No one knows what went on in that house, even though there were people who testified they knew as well. I was in my 30's before I told anyone. People see you differently, I know that. And those young men would have been seen differently, which is why the public didn't believe them. They were boys, not girls, being assaulted.

[@lisapellegrino7617]

Voluntary manslaughter Occurs when the defendant had the same intent to kill as murder, but there were special circumstances. For example, if someone kills a cheating spouse in the heat of passion. Manslaughter is generally 15 years or so prison sentence.

[@catlady1084]

@@lisapellegrino7617 But, IMO, this wasn't heat of passion. They planned this. So, that is voluntary manslaughter? But it is not for me to say. It's a legal issue to be fought in the courtroom. All the power to them. 35 years is a very long time in prison.

[@lisapellegrino7617]

@@catlady1084 Heat of passion is just one example. There are other what are called mitigating factors that lessen the crime from murder to manslaughter such as long term sexual abuse. I am an attorney btw.

[@lisapellegrino7617]

@@catlady1084 Heat of passion is but one example of a mitigating circumstance that may reduce murder to manslaughter. Self defense is another and that is that one that was used at the first trial. Female juror on record stating that the men on the jury didn’t think males could be SA’d. Defendants in this case after suffering so much SA, and confronting the abuser had sincere belief he would kill them. I am an attorney btw. No way CA spends more money bringing this case for a third time. In fact, they recently changed their laws and are looking to release those that have been rehabilitated. In a case like this, where the men don’t pose a threat to society at large, it doesn’t make sense for the state, aka taxpayers, to pay for them to be incarcerated for their entire lives.

[@stjohnssoup]

They did it for 14 million and made up the abuse

[@aldebaranmoon7777]

Thank you Rosie!!!!!

[@teriscott685]

Why is Rosie inserting herself in this,good greif

[@MJA-st2yi]

Rosie has revealed that she was also abused by a family member. She feels they got a raw deal because society didn’t believe boys could be S abused in the 90s.

[@inblackamericaradio5409]

Because she is advocating for Lyle since he’s gay. She wouldn’t care if it was only Eric 😂😂😂 but they are a package deal

[@DJS100]

All she does is yap and blab her silly opinions about everything lol. She’s also trying to stay relevant for some bizarre reason. 😂

[@jackselle4607]

@@inblackamericaradio5409he's married to a women, what are you talking about

[@inblackamericaradio5409]

@@jackselle4607 if I have the names wrong the point is the same. Rosie connection is with the gay one, and if the gay one is the one with the “wife” then I stand by my original point.

[@sallywoolverton9147]

Not buying any of it!! They were old enough to go to the authorities with their " evidence" ! Sorry , you have 2 rich boys who could have left the home and cut ties with their parents. However, they wanted that all mighty dollar!!

[@Tater-Skinz]

That show on Netflix had him washing his wig in the toilet.

[@realisticmystic444]

No one talks about this enough.

[@caseylevins32]

I watched their testimony. It was both uncomfortable and unconvincing.

[@karolinapakostova4264]

I cried

[@Chicago48]

It would have of course caused suspicions about their testimony. Because the boys got in a car and went joy riding after the murders. I remember the trial too and their behavior AFTER the murders was uncalled for.

[@odkdsjf]

It seems they were in fact sexually assaulted by their on father, and if so, they should be released immediately.

[@juliejohnson789]

Why didn’t this rape victim come forward before now ???

[@KayWagner-j5k]

I remember this case. Oh I hope they free these guys

[@JayneCooney]

Rosie just looking for fame as usual

[@jodicrawford1693]

I just feel like no one truly knows what happened esp because their parents are dead and can’t tell their truth to the situation

[@thegraggs]

When Rosie O’Donnell is backing you, you know you have problems

[@lambchop6278]

Why are some people so anti Rosie O'Donnell??!! ... What's up with that?!

[@lynnhubbard844]

yes, she fights causes

[@LovinMyLife]

@@lambchop6278Maybe because she is using her name for clout? People don’t want celebrities thinking they are relevant to ordinary people lives anymore?

[@thegraggs]

@@lambchop6278 she’s a troll against logic and reality

[@thegraggs]

@@lynnhubbard844 she fights logic and reality

[@audreydaleski1067]

Premeditated murder.

[@nenesaidso]

And the world is a better place without Jose & kitty Menendez.

[@Mmmmkaaay]

War is premeditated murder, yet we have war heroes.

[@Hawaii902]

Its called satanic ritual abuse. They stopped the cycle in that family.

[@soldierofchristrev3205]

Amen!

[@timkasten7708]

Who’s Rosie O’Donnell?

[@adonis3085]

Trumps punching bag

[@selmahare]

Who are YOU?

[@kaykayron2222]

30+ years is long enough.

[@nancyberg2942]

From what I remember these boys were not in imminent danger. They were shot sitting watching TV. When I studied criminal law in law school, they could thwart their actions. Given there may be some bad acts and abuse by the dad and the mom, the fact still remains they could have left the home instead of facing murder.

[@Monica-mz3dc]

what a stupid comment from someone with zero understanding of domestic violence or abuse

[@stjohnssoup]

They did it for 14 million and made up the abuse stories

[@nancyberg2942]

@@Monica-mz3dcyou obviously have no concept of the elements of criminal law. While it is horrible what they apparently went through there are millions more who went through such unspeakable abuse who did not commit murder. You seem ignorant

[@stjohnssoup]

They stood to receive 14 million

[@MikeCee7]

Wow, two biological brothers, yet Eric looks so much like he did 35 years ago 3:18 & 3:28. but you can’t say the same for Lyle.

[@claramenteful]

Abuse not only sexually, but psicologically abused since they were born, forsing them to be what his father wanted them to be, zero respect for them. And their mother also affected them.

[@EsaT2023]

Would it be a manslaughter charge for the dad and would it be first degree murder in reference to the mom?🤔 I wonder how the third trial will turn out for the Menendez brothers

[@banzand]

How is Rosie O'Donnell relevant here?!!!!

[@3x157]

They killed their parents. No one who is abused goes shopping and living the way they did.

[@kristintopol1724]

Huh? That's just not true.

[@AquaNikki]

Why not? They were free after years and years of abuse and they were teens basically.

[@3x157]

@@kristintopol1724 I was abused in the same time frame and I've talked to other victims and all of us felt dirty, ashamed, and reclusive. These guys did all the opposite. Sorry, but no! These people are monsters.

[@3x157]

@@AquaNikki I was abused in the same time frame and I've talked to other victims and all of us felt dirty, ashamed, and reclusive. These guys did all the opposite. Sorry, but no! These people are monsters.

[@AquaNikki]

@@3x157 agree. The amount of bs that the public was hypnotized with via the press was sickening. We should take lessons form this

[@JesusOnlyWay-d8e]

i heard the inmates respect lyle! he finished his school and college there and now has a program for men who were abused!! the judge may looked at this he had no bad reports on him a good model in the prison and may let them go. continue to pray for them that the judge may give them favor and mercy to let them out.

[@invisiblecollege893]

Didn’t know Rosie was as a lawyer

[@justinmcpherson9719]

Netflix better make a new special and change that shit up!

[@deedominguez6988]

Far fetched.

[@pearlredmoonartist6430]

Why did they kill their mother?

[@soldierofchristrev3205]

She knew and did nothing

[@Grannathinks]

She knew and did nothing to protect her sons.

[@joshua-nf3rx]

They killed their mother because they were totally insane viscous killers. If the mom knew and did nothing it’s awful but to kill her for it is sick

[@pearlredmoonartist6430]

@@soldierofchristrev3205 if that is true, they should still be serving a sentence for that crime. If she knew or was even complicit it does not justify her murder, or even their fathers. My sisters and I were incestuously abused but it never occurred to any of us to kill our parents.

[@nellym.6555]

​@@Grannathinks That's not true, Kitty (mom) was afraid of Eric and Lyle

[@donnasloane9031]

Free the boys....young people are so smart....the brothers were in their own denial....Its so so hard for a young man to admit abuse...let alone sexual abuse...they were ashamed and imbarrassed......they were living in fear.......gosh people.....study up....

[@lancevandervelde5496]

I’m all for justice, and I hope that it’s served, but after that long in prison I think that it would have to be a carefully crafted reintroduction to society, no matter how benign they might seem.

[@turkeysandwiche8552]

wtf r o 2 saying , u think fathers didn’t rape their kids

[@jodicrawford1693]

They keep talking abt their dad this their dad that .. what abt their mom they didn’t have to kill her .. that’s wrong is how much years have past

[@carl.daugherty5837]

These two men/boy's(?) Were old enough to walk away. To leave that house to talk about Lawyer to police ect. They did not instead they killed there parents They didn't have to but they did And were sooo upset afterwards they spent 10's of thousands of dollars. I have no sympathy.

[@billdoty6438]

Agree, we are in minority though

[@FLpatriotLady]

@@billdoty6438 agree 100%. They wanted their parents money.

[@krexoriginal]

​@FLpatriotLady Ayup. That's why they didn't just leave. Jose would have turned off the money.

[@Cat11629]

Every person deals with trauma differently

[@FLpatriotLady]

@@krexoriginal they were adults and still living with their abusers, this makes zero sense. Unfortunately the parents are unable to provide their side of the story.

[@donnasloane9031]

If you were that rich....that would have been using the money (shopping like hell) as a way to help you with the horendous feelings you were dealing with......

[@yvettetorres7829]

Oh We knew, back in the day, something bad happened to those then boys in that house as children. We had no idea about the pins, details, to the depraved extent it actually was.

[@time558]

The likes are not up there... telling.

[@mclp-wc8eg]

Wow at the end of the day Ryan Murphy is helping the brothers

[@bobbykimble6358]

She sure did go from being a comedian to being miserable

[@lynnhubbard844]

many comedians are masking their misery

[@stjohnssoup]

Was not funny

[@bigbulk688]

They were 21 and 19 at the time of murdering their parents. If there was abuse why didn't they simply walk away? Coz that's not the truth. They wanted the money, parents refused, coz they were failing in every aspect of life, so they killed em. This wasn't even their first crime, they tried robbery before this, but turned out they were failures in that too. Millions are languishing in prisons on no charges or false charges and we are wasting the resources on these two parent killing spoiled brats.

[@sallywoolverton9147]

Nailed it!! I need proof of all of this abuse!

[@Cat11629]

Really no one owes anyone any proof! No offence but you aren't in the court? This is what is wrong with the world. The people judge the criminal when it is the job of the courts. Trial by social media is so wrong. ​@sallywoolverton9147

[@MissysAngels]

Does anyone you know take naked CLOSE UP photos of your 6 and 9 year olds genitalia, just curious cause those parents did and the photos were shown with a blurry spot in the first trial, and the hand writing on the envelope was mom’s… That is just one fact, and today that is called CSAM which could put you in prison for life… They did not know the photos still existed and found after the fact, and there are way worse things that happened but I just picked one for an EXAMPLE‼️

[@nenesaidso]

If they did it for the money why was that motive thrown out in front of a grand jury? Why did Lyle decline to be the executor of the estate?

[@donnamaco1]

big, should they be released if there was evidence of high levels of sexual abuse? Yes or No.

[@audreydaleski1067]

So, we let out carley greg, too

[@MissysAngels]

After 35 years and she is fit to enter society then YES

[@rainmanrichards7296]

I'm waiting on Jessico whites opinion.

[@audreydaleski1067]

Erica ir carley who just killed her mother.

[@dstalent4105]

Netflix creator Ryan Murphy will exploit any story for his own bank account.

[@nancyrodriguez8121]

ROSIE ❤❤❤

[@inblackamericaradio5409]

I still don’t believe the rape claims 😂😂😂 and I dispute the notion that back then people wouldn’t believe a father molesting their children or son. That’s a load of BS. These two killers had 2 trials…….. what I’m hearing today is, yes they are guilty of murder but………….. I don’t even hear this excuse being used for underage girls who kill their pimp.

[@lynnhubbard844]

yes, people would have believed it IF people would have talked about it

[@inblackamericaradio5409]

@@lynnhubbard844 the molesting angle was spoke about during the case. The real question is why did they kill their parents, hid the weapons, lie to police and tried to put the blame on someone else if all this was true

[@Exiled.New.Yorker]

At the time, my Spawn Point regularly slapped me around, clawed me, denied me medical care, treatment for a learning disability and kept me living in a hoard owned by an Alcoholic. This was not considered abusive by teachers, a registered nurse or a home tutor sent by NYC's Bored of Education.

[@Mmmmkaaay]

That's because you were privileged enough to not have to go through something like that.

[@inblackamericaradio5409]

@@Mmmmkaaay that’s like me saying you have the “privilege” to misuse the word privilege

[@uncleb7821]

That O’Donnell guy is HUGE!!!

[@TheCowboylogic]

Rape claims ? Is this about Garth Brooks?

[@aliciamckillop2738]

even if they were abused, they were 18 and 21 when they killed their parents they knew better they were adults and they could’ve have moved out

[@3_up_moon]

You've got to be kidding

[@gissellest333]

You must be perfect to be passing out judgement.

[@aliciamckillop2738]

@@3_up_moon I’m kidding? Do you know how many people are abused in this world that don’t go around killing their abusers? They were adults they could’ve left

[@aliciamckillop2738]

@@gissellest333 if being perfect means not murdering anyone then yes I guess I am

[@sandy-ke1kr]

I do agree but I also understand that if you grow up with abuse sometimes you don't see any way out. If you are tortured constantly and you are afraid of being killed, then maybe you do what you have to do to survive.

[@minniemaklin4372]

Pure evil

[@wesleyhess2380]

😂Rosie the "expert"😂😂🤣