Murder & The Menendez Brothers: A Court TV Mystery - Episode 4: Rhyme or Reason

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4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2020

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Content Warning: This episode contains graphic descriptions of sexual abuse. Listener discretion is advised. When defense lawyers for Erik and Lyle Menendez announced just weeks before their trial began that they did indeed murder their parents, it shocked the nation. But that was just the first of many shocks to come as the case was laid out to justify their actions. Were the brothers victims of years of sexual and emotional abuse at the hands of their parents? If so, does that justify their actions? It wasn’t just the juries debating the issues as the trial progressed. People across the country took part in the discourse as week by week more people tuned in to see the drama play out on their televisions. For more Court TV and to see our coverage of the first Menendez trial on demand, go to CourtTV.com. To see to part one in Dr. Jerome Oziel’s six-part testimony, click here. To see to part one in Lyle Menendez’s nine-part testimony, click here. To see to part one in Erik Menendez’s nine-part testimony, click here.

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0:00.0	It took a lot to get Dr. Jerome O'Zeal on the stand.
0:08.0	Three years, a Supreme Court ruling, the end of an affair, but now he was finally here.
0:17.4	In a soap opera twist, this man, Dr. Jerome Oziel, has become the focus of the case of California versus Menendez.
0:25.2	Ironic, isn't it?
0:27.1	The person the Menendez brothers trusted with their secret could now send them to death row.
0:33.0	It was, in fact, their parents who had first sent them to therapy years ago.
0:38.0	Jose and Kitty couldn't have known that decision would ultimately lead to this Dane court.
0:44.1	The Menendez brothers ended up in Dr. Ozil's office a couple of months after they murdered
0:48.6	their parents.
0:50.3	Eric couldn't stay quiet anymore. Lyle was furious at his younger brother for dragging their therapist into this mess.
0:57.0	He had reason to be upset.
0:59.0	If Eric hadn't confessed to Dr. Ozil, they would be free.
1:04.0	I'm your host, Vinny Politan, and this is Murder and the Menendez brothers, a court TV mystery.
1:16.7	I'm a former prosecutor and journalist and now lead anchor for court TV.
1:27.0	Today episode 4, rhyme or reason.
1:34.7	As you'll recall, the California Supreme Court had already ruled that the brothers taped confession couldn't be part of this trial.
1:36.6	But the prosecution had the next best thing.
1:39.2	Dr. Oziel as their chief witness.
1:42.4	He was the only person who could testify about the brothers motives.
1:47.0	Much of the case against the Menendez brothers is based on a confession Eric Menendez allegedly gave to Beverly
1:52.4	Hill psychologist Jerome O'Zeal.
1:55.4	He alone could help the prosecution prove the murders were premeditated.
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