Barbara Walters - Menendez Brothers

00:00:00 Barbara Walters interview with the Menendez brothers (1996)
00:30:44 Episode of American Scandals (2015)
*episode includes exclusive footage from the 1996 interview that was not aired originally.

The letter Erik Menendez wrote to his cousin (dated December 1988) surfaced years after Andy Cano had died (Cano died in 2003) and therefore there was never a ruling on its admissibility in either trial. Walters made a mistake when she said there was a ruling by judge Weisberg on the admissibility of the letter.

The letter: https://imgur.com/a/t7PcM3n

Excerpts from the letter:
“Mom isn’t doing too good. It’s like she’s here physically, but mentally she’s just like gone, if you know what I mean. She freaks out over nothing. I feel bad for her. I don’t know why she puts up with dad’s shit.”

“At times, I wish I could talk to her about things, you know? Some day…Especially dad and I but the way she worships him and tells him everything, I so afraid she’ll tell him whatever I say. I just can’t risk it.”

“I think if I really do well in tennis, mom and dad will ease [off] some just in time for me to start college at Brown or Berekley [sic] Anyways I’m playing great and we really like out new coach Mark.”

"It’s still happening Andy but it’s worse for me now. I can’t explain it. He’s so overweight that I can’t stand to see him. 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! He warned me a hundred times about telling anyone especially Lyle.”

"Am I serious whimpus? I don’t know I’ll make it through this. I can handle it, Andy. I need to stop thinking about it.”