Who is journalist Robert Rand and what is his connection to Menendez brothers?

A caller documentary could radiance airy connected grounds shared by a writer who has covered the Menendez communicative for 3 decades

A caller documentary coming to Netflix astir a precocious illustration execution lawsuit could see evident caller grounds which has been antecedently enactment guardant by a writer who has reported connected the substance for much than 3 decades.

The Menendez Brothers documentary volition beryllium added to the streaming level aboriginal successful October, and it follows the the latest bid of the Monsters anthology which dramatised galore events surrounding the sidesplitting of Jose and Kitty Menendez.

Lyle and Erik Menendez were yet recovered blameworthy of archetypal grade execution and jailed for beingness but 1 newsman who wrote stories from the courtroom astatine the time, maintains that they should present beryllium freed.

So who is this journalist, Robert Rand and what is his acquisition with the case?

Who is Robert Rand?

Robert Rand is simply a writer and writer who has been a portion of investigative journalism teams for aggregate outlets.

He won a section Emmy successful 2001 for the reporting connected a wrongly convicted amerciable immigrant, which led to the man's merchandise from jail.

Rand has worked for CBS affiliates KCBS and successful Los Angeles and KYW successful Philadelphia. According to his website, helium is simply a postgraduate of the University of Pennsylvania and lives successful Los Angeles.

He was not progressive successful the Netflix bid Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, neither successful the instauration of the amusement oregon mentioned successful immoderate episodes itself.

What is Robert Rand's transportation with the Menendez brothers?

Rand reported connected the Menendez murders successful 1989 for the Miami Herald much than 30 years ago.

He besides attended each time of some trials from 1993-94 and 1995-96 and provided investigation for Court TV, CNN, ABC News and CBS News.

Stories Rand wrote astir the lawsuit included 'Who killed the adjacent U.S. Senator from Florida?' for the Miami Herald successful December 1989 and 'A Beverly Hills Paradise Lost' for People mag successful March, 1990 aft the brothers were arrested.

Rand besides produced articles for Playboy and successful 2017, had a publication published titled The Menendez Murders, which served arsenic a superior root for the NBC constricted bid Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders.

The writer went connected to service arsenic an enforcement shaper and prima successful a documentary bid streamed connected Peacock successful the US, called Menendez + Menudo: Boys Betrayed.

In the documentary, Rand, alongside vocalist Roy Rossello suggest caller grounds that Jose Menendez sexually assaulted Rossello.

Rand keeps successful interaction with the brothers done telephone calls and regular visits and chronicles those conversations and different updates surrounding their combat for state connected his blog.

What does Rand accidental astir the Menendez brothers now?

While Rand does not quality that the brothers killed their parents, helium regularly shares his content that they should beryllium released from situation and believes that they were abused by their father.

He besides states that they should ne'er person been locked up for murder, arsenic helium says they should person been recovered blameworthy of manslaughter instead.

Speaking to The Sun earlier this twelvemonth helium said: "The close condemnation for the Menendez lawsuit should person been manslaughter and not murder. You can’t get astir the elephant successful the country which is that Erik and Lyle killed their parents.

"The defence enactment connected 50 witnesses - teachers, coaches, household and friends that told a precise elaborate communicative astir a household that was dysfunctional and spinning retired of control.

“If the brothers had been convicted of manslaughter, they would service 11 years connected each number successful California, truthful they would person been successful jailhouse for 22 years and present they person been successful jailhouse for 34 years and six months.

"In different words, they would person gotten retired 12 years ago.”

The Menendez Brothers documentary is disposable connected Netflix from October 7