@menendez_brother_support: MARCH 12, 1990 | LYLE AND ERIK MENENDEZ: FIRST COURT APPEARANCE On March 12, 1990, Lyle and Erik Menendez appeared before the Beverly Hills Municipal Court in California, at the beginning of a judicial process that would span years and become one of the most widely known criminal cases in the United States. José Menendez, an entertainment industry executive, and his wife, Mary Louise “Kitty” Menendez, were found dead at their Beverly Hills home on August 20, 1989. In the months that followed, the investigation focused on their two sons. Lyle, 22, had been arrested on March 8, 1990. Erik, 19, returned from Israel and surrendered to authorities on March 11. The following day, formal criminal charges were filed against both brothers in connection with their parents’ deaths. This footage preserves images of that early court appearance. It shows the brothers in the courtroom, dressed in suits, during the initial stages of the proceedings, before later hearings brought the case’s principal evidentiary and legal controversies into focus. The date also marks an important distinction in the case timeline: although the formal felony complaint was filed on March 12, the brothers’ arraignments and pleas of not guilty took place on March 26 and 27, respectively, after the initially scheduled appearance was postponed. This audiovisual record therefore serves as a documentary reference to the first days of the judicial proceedings against Lyle and Erik Menendez. 📍 Beverly Hills Municipal Court, California 📅 March 12, 1990 🎥 Archival footage published by Robert Rand on MenendezMurders.com. #LyleMenendez #ErikMenendez #MenendezBrothers #MenendezCase #CourtFootage

forever_90s_fan :

Erik felt so bad when they mentioned his moms name 🥲

martha7794 :

I see it,i feel it,i know it they are coming home in February 💯

⭐🪽 :

You can see how nervous they were

alandamccallum :

case should have been thrown out based on. the judge not being able pronounce names

Monikita 😇☺️ :

Que pena 🙁

Blue Shë :

Mireya Delsan :

libertad y justicia para los hermanos menendez 💚

GIOVANaMaRTINEZ6593 :

que terminen su condena , nada quita lo que hicieron.

sandrahernandez8261 :

Solo los Hermanos Menéndez sabían realmente lo que había pasado!😳

chiaraaa_lam :

Por beneficios económicos…

Benedettuccia :

Libertad!!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

danna :

liberen a mis niños

𝑳𝒂𝒏𝒂 𝑰𝒔𝒂𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆 :

"José Menendez, a human being..." i'm getting mad

Victorian Loop :

These courts officials sound so detached, uninformed, of the case they are trying, they completely overlook their childhood abuses, but then spend the whole trial making them expose all of the abuse they went through despite fact they admitted to the crime anyway.

you :

Who shot the mom and who shot the dad

Pau :

como que por fines económicos? Y como que seres humanos los padres? 😡😡😡 esos eran monstruos, abusadores de estos chicos desde niños, como no les creen. Ellos se defendieron. Que injusticia, no hay derecho. Libertad para ellos

Anne :

Was the judge drunk?

MiriamC1974 :

[Conmovedor][Conmovedor][Conmovedor]

FabriCh :

🙏

patriciapg72 :

😔😔😔

Cindy :

They kill an abuses parents freedom both of them asshole