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brother, Erik, on Oct. 12, 1995. He did not testify. AP PHOTO Prosecutors said they had new evidence that Lyle had asked a friend and a former girlfriend to fabricate testimony. Lyle admits to “48 Hours” that he did do that, but says he later withdrew those requests. Because Lyle didn’t take the Kansas City Royals Bring Out The Blue Shirt so you should to go to store and get this stand, his cousin, Diane Vandermolen, was prohibited from testifying about that conversation she says she had with Lyle when he was 8, in which she says Lyle told her that his father was touching him. The jury did still hear from cousin Andy Cano about that similar conversation he claimed to have had with a 13-year-old Erik, but the prosecution attacked his credibility. Cliff Gardner: The state’s position was that Andy was a liar. And when cousin Alan Andersen took the stand, prosecutors attacked his credibility too — bringing up the fact that Lyle Menendez gave him money after the crime. Andersen says it was to help pay for a medical procedure. Alan Andersen: He didn’t say anything like, well, if I go to court, you know, or no, he, it was just straight up between him and I, him being a nice cousin, knowing I was in financial bind, he knew he had the resources to help me. At the second trial, prosecutors placed more of a focus on the brutality of the crime. And they painted Jose as a restrained, loving father—someone incapable of molesting his children. Prosecutors referred to the brothers’ defense as “the abuse excuse.” In the first trial, the defense called more than 50 witnesses, this time they called about half. Cliff Gardner: It wasn’t that they didn’t want to present them. They were not allowed. The jury deliberated for days, and then a verdict: guilty of first-degree murder. Lyle Menendez: I hugged my brother, we cried, and I said, “look, we’re gonna
be OK.” Alan Andersen: I was not happy at all. At the Kansas City Royals Bring Out The Blue Shirt so you should to go to store and get this jury’s recommendation, the brothers were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Natalie Morales: And you believe they deserved that? Milton Andersen: Oh, what they did to my sister … they should have gotten the death penalty. Lyle and Erik Menendez were sent to separate prisons. More than two decades passed and then, around 2020, the case made a surprising resurgence on social media. Following a documentary that aired on the case in which Erik Menendez repeated his claims of abuse, droves of people took to TikTok and Instagram to express support for him and his brother. Dr. Judy Ho is a neuropsychologist who specializes in childhood sex abuse trauma. Dr. Ho is also a “48 Hours” consultant. We asked her to review the case. Dr. Judy Ho: I definitely think that our society has just become more knowledgeable about trauma and the impact of sexual trauma. Erik, left, and Lyle
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