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The Stephen A. Smith Show

Stephen A's Take: Menendez Brothers feared their Dad, but murdered Mom too, why?

The Stephen A. Smith Show

SiriusXM

Society & Culture, Sports

4.61.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2024

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Stephen A. Smith is a New York Times Bestselling Author, Executive Producer, host of ESPN's First Take, and co-host of NBA Countdown.

The status hearing in the high-profile case of brothers Erik and Lyle Menendez for the 1989 murders of their parents.  Stephen A. shares his thoughts on the status hearing in the high-profile case of brothers Erik and Lyle Menendez for the 1989 murders of their parents. 

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0:00.0

I've waited a while to talk about this next subject because to be quite honest with you,

0:07.6

it's kind of boggled my mind, I have to admit.

0:12.5

In Los Angeles, where I'm at this particular moment in time,

0:15.3

the Menendez brothers are set to appear in court today for a status hearing to consider new evidence in the trial that sent them

0:22.6

to prison for the rest of their lives without parole. The brothers were convicted of double

0:27.3

murder for killing their parents with a shotgun back in 1989 in Beverly Hills. Both Lyle and

0:35.9

Eric Menendez admitted to the murders, but claimed they were

0:39.5

committed in self-defense for a lifetime of abuse, including sexual abuse by their father.

0:46.7

As for the new evidence, the attorneys want to present a letter Eric wrote to his cousin

0:51.3

detailing his father's alleged abuse. They also want to present allegations from a former member of the boy band Minuto,

0:59.4

who says he was allegedly raped by the Menendez Boys' father as well.

1:06.8

Ladies and gentlemen, I'm kind of old school with things like this.

1:12.6

And I for an eye.

1:15.1

You take a life, you sacrifice your own if it's murder.

1:20.3

Self-defense is a different matter altogether.

1:22.1

So I understand the trepidation in some people's eyes.

1:28.4

You have people who say, you know,

1:30.5

they've served nearly 35 years in jail already.

1:34.2

And because of that, they have paid their debt to society.

1:40.1

Well, who told you that?

1:43.5

There are people who are in jail for the rest of their lives because they've killed someone.

1:50.0

In this case, a couple of people were killed.

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