Variety: “Menendez Brothers’ Netflix Doc reveals Erik’s drawings of his abuse and Lyle saying “I would much rather lose the murder trial than talk about our past’”

William Earl | October 7, 2024, 3:00pm PT

"The patriarch’s violent behavior towards his boys was not limited to private moments. Diane Vander Molen, Lyle and Erik’s cousin, said: 'One time, Jose put Lyle on a kitchen counter and prompted Lyle to jump off, and he was going to catch him. As Lyle did so, Jose backed off, and let him fall to the ground, telling him that you can never trust anybody.'" 

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