Are the Menendez brothers guilty of cold-blooded murder, or were they victims pushed to a breaking point? In this episode, attorney and newsman Jesse Weber dives into the shocking 1989 case with Lily and Vanessa, exploring the evidence, trial, and emotional testimonies that gripped the nation. Click ‘Subscribe’ at the top of the Infamous show page on Apple Podcasts or visit GetTheBinge.com to get access wherever you get your podcasts. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices A Campside Media & Sony Music Entertainment production. To connect with Infamous's creative team, plus access behind the scenes content, join the community at Campsidemedia.com/join Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Hi, everyone. Welcome to Infamous, a production of Campsite Media and Sony Music Entertainment. It's Lily Houston-Smith here, the show's producer, filling in for Natalie this week. And before we get into things, I want to give you a quick heads up. This episode includes discussion of child abuse, domestic violence, and graphic descriptions of violence.
But if you're still with me, we're going back in time to 1989, Beverly Hills. It's a quiet night, still and uneventful. Until it isn't. The sudden blast of shotgun fire rips through the silence. It's coming from inside one of the neighborhood's grand homes. There's no sign of a break-in, no sign of a robbery.
Just the bodies of entertainment executive Jose Menendez and his wife, Kitty, slumped in the family room, torn apart by gunfire. Six years and two murder trials later, a story took shape. Two brothers, Lyle and Eric Menendez, just some spoiled rich kids, murdered their parents for a $14 million inheritance. But in the years since, the story has shifted.
Allegations of abuse and claims of self-defense that failed to keep the brothers out of prison in the early 90s are being examined through a 2020s lens. And now, thanks in part to Ryan Murphy's hit show Monsters, there's been a renewed surge of interest in the case and even talk of a possible resentencing. Today, Vanessa is digging into this story with someone who knows the case inside and out.
Jesse Weber, an anchor for Law & Crime who's been following it closely. We'll get into the murder, the trials, the media frenzy, and what's happening now that could change the future for Lyle and Eric Menendez. Stick around.
Welcome, Jesse.
Thanks so much for having me. It's a pleasure to be on with you.
Yeah, you as well. So first, let's just review the case. So it was 1989, Lyle and Eric Menendez. Lyle at that time was 21, Eric was 18. They shotgunned their parents 16 times in the family room of this extraordinary Beverly Hills mansion. And they are now 56 and 53, sentenced to life in prison without parole, right? But back in 1990, when this was all happening,
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