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Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary

If Eric And Lyle Menendez Were Erica And Layla Menendez, Would They Be Free?

Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary

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🗓️ 23 October 2024

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Could the Menendez Brothers actually see freedom soon? With a hearing approaching that could change everything, we’re left wondering: have they served enough time? Lyle and Eric Menendez claim they acted out of desperation and trauma from years of alleged abuse, but their case is anything but straightforward. While some argue they’ve paid their dues, the dark history of their actions still leaves lingering questions. Join Tony Brueski and guest psychotherapist Shavaun Scott as they dissect the complexities surrounding the brothers’ possible release, examining not only their trauma but also the cultural shifts around how we view victims of abuse. Could society’s readiness to believe certain victims over others play a role here? And what about those lingering threats they allegedly made – does that cast a different shadow over their claims?
Is freedom for the Menendez Brothers a sign of progress, or are we blurring the lines of justice?
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The blood washed away, but the guilt never does.

0:25.9

Welcome to Hidden Killers with Tony Bruske, featuring psychotherapist and author

0:30.7

Chavon Scott.

0:32.7

The Menendez brothers could be free by, well, November something.

0:36.6

There's going to be a hearing in which the judge could, in fact, commute that sentence and say,

0:41.9

look, you've served enough, you are now free.

0:44.1

He could also say, yeah, I love that you got all this publicity, but you're going back to jail.

0:49.5

We will find out the family of Lyle and Eric outside of the L.A. County District Attorney's Office

0:55.8

this last week, pleading for their acceptance, pleading for their freedom at some point in time

1:03.3

here saying, look, they've served enough. They've been through a lot. Join me to discuss,

1:07.0

Chavon Scott, psychotherapist, and author., we've, a lot of us have seen the documentary.

1:12.9

A lot of us have seen the Netflix movie that, you know, the brothers weren't too

1:16.2

happy about.

1:16.8

They don't like their portrayal in that and probably rightfully so.

1:20.6

It was, you know, very Hollywoodized version of their story.

1:24.6

But if we are to believe their story, which I think a lot of us are more and more that

1:30.4

we see the evidence, we hear in their own words, I went back and I watched the trial and

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