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Rosie O'Donnell reveals murderous brother Lyle Menendez was the first straight man she could love and trust
Rosie O'Donnell shared new details about the depth of her relationship with convicted murderer Lyle Menendez.
They made a frantic call to police claiming they returned home from the theatre to find their parents had been slaughtered, prompting fears within one of America's wealthiest communities that a murderer was on the run. The brothers’ bid for a resentencing was supported last year by then-LA District Attorney George Gascon who filed a petition asking Judge Jesic to rescind the original sentence and impose a lighter one, citing the boys’ ages - 18 and 21- at the time of the killings, and allegations that they were victims of sexual abuse by their father. He accused Deputy District Attorney Habib Balian of presenting a ‘dog and pony show’ and trying to ‘relitigate’ the original Menendez trial from more than 30 years ago when the shocking photos of the slaughtered bodies of parents Jose and Kitty Mendendez were shown to the jury.
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