Ep 147: Analysing the Menendez Murders with Hazel Thornton, Part 2

Crime Analyst

Laura Richards

True Crime

4.9 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Laura continues her fascinating interview with Hazel Thornton who was juror #9 at the first seven-month trial in 1993. Listener discretion is advised. In this episode you will hear more detail about the horrific, insidious, cruel, and torturous abuse Lyle and Erik were subjected to by Jose Menendez. Laura and Hazel discuss the multiple forms of abuse the boys were subjected to, including coercive control and the omnipresent threat Jose Menendez posed to Lyle and Erik. It’s also important to underline that the testimonies that Lyle and Erik gave about the abuse at the first trial was totally uncontradicted and uncontroverted evidence. The prosecution did not ask one single question about the abuse. Hazel shares the slew of sexist and misogynistic insults directed at the female jurors who believed the boys were abused and were in fear for the lives because they understood the evidence presented and the psychology of abuse. In May 2023 a habeas petition was filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court detailing two new key pieces of evidence revealing that, contrary to what the prosecution said in their closing speech in the second trial that Jose Menendez was not only a violent, sadistic, and brutal man who sexually abused his own children, but that he was abusing other boys including Roy Roselló who was in the boy band, Menudo. Read Hazel’s Book Hung Jury https://www.amazon.com/Hung-Jury-Diary-Menendez-Juror/dp/1631681621/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= #MenendezMurders #MenendezBrothers #LyleMenendez #ErikMenendez #KittyMenendez #JoseMenendez #LeslieAbramson #CoerciveControl #MaleViolence #Patriarchy #CrimeAnalyst #Expert #Analysis #Behaviour #TrueCrime #Podcast #TrueCrimePodcast Clips https://www.courttv.com/title/114-ca-v-menendez-erik-menendez-defense-closing-arguments-leslie-abramson/ Sources https://www.courttv.com/trials/ca-v-menendez-1993/ https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/05/us/menendez-brothers-new-evidence-claims/index.html https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-03-06-mn-30790-story.html https://lamag.com/news/erik-menendez-letter-before-murder-bombshell-court-order https://www.org4life.com/books/hung-jury-book/menendez-murders-flow-chart The Menendez Murders - By Robert Rand https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-07-23/menendez-murder-los-angeles-menudo-sexual-abuse https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-07-17/menendez-brothers-vacate-convictions-new-hearing-evidence https://www.hulu.com/series/the-menendez-murders-erik-tells-all-ec3de270-4b58-498a-9992-51bdb20b7f67 https://www.peacocktv.com/watch-online/tv/law-and-order-true-crime-the-menendez-murders/8972400719831015112 https://www.peacocktv.com/watch-online/tv/menendez--menudo-boys-betrayed/8222254554603265112?gclsrc=aw.ds&gclid=Cj0KCQjw6KunBhDxARIsAKFUGs-XmI0Ji5DtefXeWkNINTRh3KhPHccAYZxENg9OlCWrlGyRPtvZXbUaAu0dEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds The British Podcast Awards! Please VOTE for Crime Analyst in the Listeners’ Choice Award. Type Crime Analyst slowly and confirm your vote in your e-mail. Closes Sept 5: https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/voting YouTube, Socials and Website YouTube @crimeanalyst Instagram @crimeanalyst @laurarichards999 Twitter @thecrimeanalyst @laurarichards999 TikTok @crimeanalystpod Website www.crime-analyst.com Crime Analyst Merch https://crime-analyst.myshopify.com/ Leave a Review https://www.crime-analyst.com/reviews/new/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey my lovely listeners, I have a favour to ask of you. The British podcast awards are
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0:27.2	Crime Analyst. I've heard from so many of you about how my work on Crime Analyst has changed
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1:41.6	murders, the Murdoch murders, Nicola Bully, Joanna Simpson, the case against Colin Pitchfort
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1:57.8	And the defense in this case has always asserted that this horrible ugly thing happened because
2:12.1	those children lived in a horrible ugly environment for years in which they were terrified in which
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