LadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 hours agoCalifornia judge rejects Menendez brothers’ request for new trialwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down13file-text
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Claims that brothers were sexually abused didn’t supersede ‘premeditation and deliberation’ of killings, says judge
minus-squareKay_dee1978@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·10 hours agohttps://www.the-independent.com/life-style/monsters-lyle-erik-menendez-therapist-dr-oziel-b2616368.html They confessed to the killings to their therapist (as they denied in public to any involvement and actively tried to cover up the act). What they did NOT confess to the therapist (when they thought they had patient-doctor confidentiality) is any type of sexual abuse. It was admitted at trial because they threatened to kill the therapist, nullifying the privilege.
https://www.the-independent.com/life-style/monsters-lyle-erik-menendez-therapist-dr-oziel-b2616368.html
They confessed to the killings to their therapist (as they denied in public to any involvement and actively tried to cover up the act).
What they did NOT confess to the therapist (when they thought they had patient-doctor confidentiality) is any type of sexual abuse.
It was admitted at trial because they threatened to kill the therapist, nullifying the privilege.