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Re: Should the Menendez Brothers be released?

@Tinkrbl44  First thing they did after the murders was to buy 2 cars, a plane, the younger brother went on a tennis tour (he was trying for a tennis career)

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Re: Should the Menendez Brothers be released?


@occasionalrain wrote:

Had the parents been charged and prosecuted as they should have been, they would be in prison now instead of their victims. Something to ponder.


 

 

I agree with you. @occasionalrain They should have been around to answer what they did to their children.

 

But unfortunately, they would have been slapped on the wrist and back out.  

 

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Re: Should the Menendez Brothers be released?

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IF the father was the monster he's accused of being, then I'm all for the brothers being released as that's some sick stuff.  Unfortunately we'll never know for sure since Jose and Kitty are dead.  And why did Roy Rossello from Menudo wait so long to come forward with his claims?

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Re: Should the Menendez Brothers be released?

@KKJ  The same reason the boys abused by priests waited years to come forward.

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@KKJ wrote:

IF the father was the monster he's accused of being, then I'm all for the brothers being released as that's some sick stuff.  Unfortunately we'll never know for sure since Jose and Kitty are dead.  And why did Roy Rossello from Menudo wait so long to come forward with his claims?


 

 

Shame!

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Re: Should the Menendez Brothers be released?

I don't know enough about the details of the case to make a judgement.  I do know that when I saw bits and pieces of the trial all those years ago I felt bad for them, and I believed their testimony.  But again, I didn't follow it closely, and I don't know the details.

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Re: Should the Menendez Brothers be released?


I was an adult before I told my family about my step father, starting at 9 years old.

I’m so tired of people assuming someone is lying because they don’t say something until many years later. Shame. Fear. All kinds of emotions.

Again, I don’t know enough about the Menendez to have an opinion either way.
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Re: Should the Menendez Brothers be released?

 

I'm on side "no".

 

I know several people, both male and female, who've been repeatedly sexually abused as young children.

 

They did not commit murder.  So if the abuse of these two men happened, I'm sorry they were not able to seek help in another way.

 

This whole case is horrible for everyone involved. Cat Sad

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Re: Should the Menendez Brothers be released?

@kindred cats Were their abusers wealthy  influential men? Did the abuser threaten to kill them if they told and more than enough money to employ a professional killer?

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@occasionalrain wrote:

@kindred cats Were their abusers wealthy  influential men? Did the abuser threaten to kill them if they told and more than enough money to employ a professional killer?


 

@occasionalrain Yes, indeed.  Two were very wealthy and influential in the entire community!!!  So I wouldn't go there if I were you. Cat Mad