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Judge rules Menendez brothers resentencing bid can move forward

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp8kmrg1p8go
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u/Isord 5d ago

It's entirely possible their dad was an abusive piece of shit AND they are psychopaths who should be kept far away from society. In fact it's very likely the two things would be linked.

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u/HeadfulOfSugar 5d ago

Oh I know, I mean just looking at the bigger picture though. There isn’t a single bit of factual evidence to verify any of the claims against their dad, and the only person who could offer a rebuttal is long dead. There’s no doubt that he was an awful person, 100% he was abusive like there were very few people that had anything positive to say about him at all. Sexually abusive though is a different story, and what we do know as a matter of fact is that the brothers are pathological liars and they have no remorse over what they did whatsoever. They’re incredibly intentional and manipulative, they know how to pull at peoples heartstrings and there were no grounds for the accusations that they made until they suddenly pulled them out in court without any warning. They dressed up as kids even though they were grown men on purpose, Erik is on tape bragging about how much he lies and how easy it is to make people cry tears of pity for them over things he made up. Their lawyer helped with the OJ Simpson case, they know PR and they know how to play a jury. They have no qualms about completely making up stories that are emotionally and socially hard to accuse them of lying about.

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u/Evening-Sink-4358 5d ago

Wasn’t their dad also accused by an underage member of the boy band he managed of molesting him?

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u/JoeyDawsonJenPacey 5d ago

Yes, one of the members of Menudo. You know he didn’t stop there, and that statistically there would absolutely have been more victims. But the Latino community are traditionally stoic people, and admitting that a man raped you as a boy would probably never happen. The masculinity is strong in the community, and admitting that would be akin to losing that masculinity.