You think you know the story of Lyle and Erik Menendez. Both brothers said they had been sexually, physically and emotionally abused for years by their parents. Soon, the Menendez brothers’ case would continue to play out amid another high-profile murder case prosecuted by the same DA’s office. The prosecutor, having successfully argued to exclude the abuse testimony, mocked the brothers’ defense during his closing arguments for not producing any evidence of abuse. Despite overwhelming family testimony acknowledging the abuse Erik and Lyle suffered, the public remained skeptical.

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Persons: Lyle, Erik Menendez, Erik, Menendez, ’, O.J, Simpson, Nicole Brown Simpson, Ronald Goldman, Lyle’s, —, Lyle Menendez’s Organizations: Los Angeles, Attorney’s Office, Beverly Hills Locations: Beverly