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On a hot evening in Beverly Hills, California, many shots rang out. As Kitty and Jose Menendez spent a quiet night watching tv, suddenly, their two sons Lyle and Eric used recently- purchased guns to riddle their bodies with bullets. A 911 call was made and the voice at the end of the all sounded distraught, and it was difficult to ascertain what was said.

Months later, both sons were on trial for murdering their parents. A high-profile attorney, Leslie Abramson, agreed to defend Eric, likewise another very professional woman defended Lyle. Initially denying their involvement, soon Eric told his therapist of their guilt. The married therapist happened to have a girlfriend who told the police what she had heard while in the outside office. If not for this, the boys may have gotten away with the perfect crime.

On trial, the sons did not deny they purchased guns to kill their parents. In a time when it was difficult to believe that parents could willingly, intentionally harm their sons, on the witness stand, it was divulged that the multi-millionaire father sexually abused both of his children. The abuse was frequent and brutal. In addition, both brothers that the parents were capable and would indeed kill them.

A tough man who relentlessly pushed his sons to succeed, Jose expected nothing but the best from his children. Mediocracy was not an option. In fact was that the wife of Jose Menendez loved the rich lifestyle of a husband who brought home two million dollars a year as a movie executive, thus while she knew of the travesty of what happened behind closed doors, she looked the other way.

It was obvious she hated her children. She repeatedly told them this. They got in her life -- they ruined it! There was no love coming from their mother, and only horrible, painful violent sexual acts from their father followed by verbal abuse letting the children know they were failures.

The first trial resulted in a hung jury. The second trial was doomed for failure from the moment when the judge did not allow the mention of repeatedly sexual and emotional abuse . The boys, now men, were sentenced to life in prison.

Exceedingly well researched, the author systematically outlined abuse at the hands of a very driven, cold, caulous father. And while the author did not condone the use of guns to solve a problem, he did sympathize with the face that money could never buy a stable home

I remember this trail was televised approximately at the same time of the O.J. Simpson trial. I also remember thinking that the defense attorney might be pulling a rabbit from a hat in claiming sexual abuse.

Well written, riveting, informatively outlined, this is worth four/five stars.
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Whisper1 | Dec 6, 2018 |

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7
Jäseniä
75
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#235,804
Arvio (tähdet)
3.8
Kirja-arvosteluja
1
ISBN:t
17

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