Episode Details

Laura continues her fascinating interview with Hazel Thornton who was juror #9 at the first seven-month trial in 1993. Listener discretion is advised. In this episode you will hear more detail about the horrific, insidious, cruel, and torturous abuse Lyle and Erik were subjected to by Jose Menendez.

Laura and Hazel discuss the multiple forms of abuse the boys were subjected to, including coercive control and the omnipresent threat Jose Menendez posed to Lyle and Erik. It’s also important to underline that the testimonies that Lyle and Erik gave about the abuse at the first trial was totally uncontradicted and uncontroverted evidence. The prosecution did not ask one single question about the abuse.

Hazel shares the slew of sexist and misogynistic insults directed at the female jurors who believed the boys were abused and were in fear for the lives because they understood the evidence presented and the psychology of abuse.

In May 2023 a habeas petition was filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court detailing two new key pieces of evidence revealing that, contrary to what the prosecution said in their closing speech in the second trial that Jose Menendez was not only a violent, sadistic, and brutal man who sexually abused his own children, but that he was abusing other boys including Roy Roselló who was in the boy band, Menudo.

Read Hazel’s Book Hung Jury

https://www.amazon.com/Hung-Jury-Diary-Menendez-Juror/dp/1631681621/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

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Clips

https://www.courttv.com/title/114-ca-v-menendez-erik-menendez-defense-closing-arguments-leslie-abramson/

Sources

https://www.courttv.com/trials/ca-v-menendez-1993/

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/05/us/menendez-brothers-new-evidence-claims/index.html

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-03-06-mn-30790-story.html

https://lamag.com/news/erik-menendez-letter-before-murder-bombshell-court-order

https://www.org4life.com/books/hung-jury-book/menendez-murders-flow-chart

The Menendez Murders - By Robert Rand

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-07-23/menendez-murder-los-angeles-menudo-sexual-abuse

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-07-17/menendez-brothers-vacate-convictions-new-hearing-evidence

https://www.hulu.com/series/the-menendez-murders-erik-tells-all-ec3de270-4b58-498a-9992-51bdb20b7f67

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