Menendez brothers reveal hopes for life after prison and what they really thought of Netflixs Monsters: People were educated
The Menendez brothers say they’ll spend their lives advocating for abuse victims if they’re paroled from prison — a possibility the convicted parent-killers attributed in part to the explosive 2024 Netflix show about their lives.Lyle and Erik Menendez — who are serving life sentences for executing their parents, Jose and Kitty, in their Beverly Hills Mansion in 1989 — revealed their hopeful plans for the outside world in a jailhouse interview with TMZ.“What it is that I want to do in terms of my day-to-day life is much of what I’m doing in here.I want to be an advocate for people that are suffering in silence,” 54-year-old Erik told the outlet from the San Diego prison where he’s been held for the last 35 years.“Lyle and I aren’t talking about leaving prison — should we be able to get out — and not looking back.
Our lives will be spent working with the prison and doing the work that we’re doing in here, out there,” he added.The brothers will go before a California state parole board in June to learn whether they’ll walk free — a hearing where their behavior behind bars will be carefully considered to determine whether they’ve been rehabilitated, and whether they still pose a danger to society.It’s a possibility that the brothers said might not have happened without the Netflix show “Monsters,” which told their story in graphic detail.The duo insists they killed their parents in self-defense after years of sexual abuse from their father.“It really did actually move a lot of people to understand the childhood trauma that Erik and I suffered, particularly the horrific stuff that Erik suffered,” Lyle, 57, said.“I feel in the end a lot of people were educated about what can happen even in rich, affluent homes, behind walls, and behind hedges and manicured lawns.I think it opened a lot of people’s eyes, and that’s always a good thing,” he added.Lyle and Erik expounded upon the programs they’ve participated in while...