A 1989 murder case involving Lyle and Erik Menendez goes viral on TikTok and users incriminate the verdict. But why has this case, which is more than three decades old, become such a talking point in the app?
On August 20, 1989, Lyle and Erik Menendez shot their parents in their Beverly Hills home. Initially, the brothers said they weren’t involved in Kitty and José’s deaths, but in the months that followed they spent around $ 700,000 on cars and travel, which raised suspicions of being part of their parents’ murders.
After a brother confessed to his psychiatrist, the two were finally arrested in 1990, and after that began a long process that received widespread public attention.
They claimed they murdered their parents as a result of longstanding sexual abuse that they described emotionally in court. While the first trial ended in two frozen juries, they were later convicted and given life imprisonment without parole.
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Why is the Menendez case so popular on TikTok?
While real crime videos are a popular genre on TikTok, one of the most talked about cases on the platform is that of the Menendez brothers. Even though it happened in 1989, people are still divided over the verdict and it has become a hot topic on the app.
Many argue that the men did not deserve life sentences and that the murders were “justified” because of the abuse they allegedly suffered.
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There are full reports with thousands of followers devoting themselves to releasing clips from the lengthy court case, and even some being musically edited by the Menendez brothers.
These videos often generate millions of views and hundreds and thousands of likes, inundated with comments from people who think they should be freed, and it becomes a hugely important case on TikTok despite what happened decades ago.
The brothers remain in jail to this day, and their story continues to gather pace online.
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