Dr Oziel: What we know about the Menendez brothers therapist and psychologist

JEROME Oziel was the Menendez brothers’ therapist and was a cardinal witnesser successful the proceedings that followed the execution of Erik and Lyle’s parents.

The therapist was 1 of the archetypal radical that Erik Menendez confessed to, successful a determination that began a bid of events involving Jerome, his mistress and a shocking arrest. 

The twists and turns of the lawsuit were dramatized successful Ryan Murphy’s Netflix bid Monsters and explored successful the documentary The Menendez Brothers. 

Here’s everything you request to cognize astir Jerome Oziel. 

The Menendez household therapist 

Jerome Oziel earned his doctorate successful objective science successful 1972 astatine Arizona State University and opened up a backstage signifier successful Beverly Hills. 

He became an adept successful phobias, but began to specialise successful sex-related disorders.

The therapist met Lyle and Erik successful 1988 and became their therapist aft they committed a bid of burglaries. 

Months aft the brothers killed their parents successful August 1989, Erik scheduled a gathering with Jerome and confessed to the murder. 

Due to confidentiality practices betwixt therapists and their clients, Jerome did not spell to the constabulary but helium began to grounds their sessions.

The Menendez brothers’ crime

On August 20, 1989, the Menendez brothers murdered their parents successful a sidesplitting truthful brutal that constabulary initially thought it had been astatine the hands of the Mob. 

The brothers had killed Kitty and José Menendez with shotguns and aboriginal claimed that this was successful effect to years of alleged intersexual maltreatment from their father. 

After the murder, they lived a lavish lifestyle utilizing their inheritance. 

However, Erik’s confession to Jerome caused this manner to unravel.

A daze arrest

Jerome told his mistress, Judalon Smyth, everything Erik had confided successful him. 

After Jerome divided up with her, Judalon went to the constabulary and admitted everything she knew including details astir the therapist’s recordings. 

A ineligible conflict ensued implicit whether the tapes were admissible in court and 2 of the recordings became integral parts of the case. 

Jerome became a superior witnesser for the prosecution and the brothers were sentenced to beingness successful prison without parole. 

After the trial

Jerome mislaid his licence aft the trial, aft the California Board of Psychology said that helium had wrongfully shared accusation with Judalon.

It was besides alleged that Judalon was a lawsuit of his and that him having a intersexual narration with her amounted to intersexual misconduct. 

He surrendered his licence but clarified to Bustle successful 2017 that this was not due to the fact that of the accusations leveled against him. 

Jerome said: “I did not surrender my licence owed to the accusation, which implies I gave up my signifier due to the fact that I did things alleged successful the archetypal accusation.

“I had phased retired of my signifier due to the fact that I had a large concern connection that was highly lucrative and moved to beryllium the CEO of a ample concern successful different authorities a twelvemonth and a fractional anterior to the surrender. … No bureau ever recovered I did a happening that was improper oregon wrong.”

Jerome present goes by “Jerry” and lives successful Albuquerque, New Mexico.

He chose not to instrumentality portion successful the Netflix documentary exploring Erik and Lyle’s crime.