Former Menudo member alleges Menendez brothers' father raped him [View all]
Boy band Menudo returned to the spotlight last year with a documentary series, in which members alleged years of abuse by the people in power around them. Now, former Menudo member Roy Rosselló is levying rape allegations against Jose Menendez, whose murder by his two sons gripped the nation three decades ago.
A jury convicted Erik and Lyle Menendez in 1996 of murdering their parents, Mary Louise "Kitty" and music executive Jose Menendez, in 1989.
The brothers were found guilty in spite of their defense of committing the act out of fear after years of sexual molestation at the hands of their father. They received a sentence of life in prison without parole.
Now, almost 30 years later, Rosselló, a former member of Menudo – the group that brought Ricky Martin his start – is alleging that their father drugged and raped him in an upcoming documentary series called "Menendez + Menudo: Boys Betrayed," set to stream May 2 on Peacock.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2023/04/18/menudo-member-alleges-father-lyle-erik-menendez-rape/11688524002/
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Wow! Growing up in the 80s as I did, Menudo was HUGE in the teenybopper set. I was never a fan, but I saw their faces everywhere while perusing music periodicals on the newsstands.
This is terrible to learn about those boys and what they went through.
Maybe the Menendez brothers' sentences need to be reconsidered?
Just horrible!
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