“Decades Later, Menendez Family Champions Convicted Killers: ‘A Tragic Story of Parental Betrayal’ Revealed in Shocking Press Conference”
In the handwritten note, sent to his cousin Andy Cano, Erik said he suffered serious abuse at the hand of his dad.
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Erik wrote: “I’ve been trying to avoid dad. It’s still happening Andy but it’s worse for me now. I never know when it’s going to happen and it’s driving me crazy. Every night I stay up thinking he might come in.
“I need to put it out of my mind. I know what you said before but I’m afraid. You just don’t know Dad like I do. He’s crazy!”
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While Cano testified that Erik spoke about his father’s abuse when he was 13, prosecutors managed to keep his testimony from being heard at the brothers’ retrial.
The famous brothers were convicted of murdering their parents in 1996 after their first trial was declared a mistrial.
