"As I listen to the brothers’ account, what I hear is the sound of two people endlessly trying to explain – to a court, and to the world, but maybe also to themselves – why they did something awful" Read the full interview with Lyle Menendez here 👇 telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…

True Crime people are the absolute worst. Even if the sexual abuse happened, there is no “Well they had no other choice but to plot & execute murder” rule. They were both adults at the time of the murders & followed up by spending nearly a million dollars of their parents’ money

In just a few months. This with the knowledge that their father had either recently told them they were out of his estate or they had recently found out he planned to do so made the motive crystal clear.

They were absolutely old enough to accuse their father of being a monster without fearing retaliation. Even in regards to the inheritance threats, they seemingly had a ton of leverage to stop that if they in fact knew he was scared they’d out him as a child molester.

As well when these ppl focus exclusively on the testimony & argument on behalf of the defense, it completely ignores a much more significant amount from the prosecution that convinced an unbiased jury that the brothers, even likely abused, were primarily motivated by money.

However, if you want to argue that they shouldn’t have had to wait 20 years to be together in a facility able to help them cope & rehabilitate, absolutely,