Joan VanderMolen talks about disturbing memories and why, even though Erik and Lyle murdered her sister, she believes they’ve been victims of both their late parents and the legal system.
In an exclusive interview with Vanity Fair, VanderMolen reveals intimate details of how she and her sister grew up, and while one can never truly know what goes on in another person’s mind, her revelations about their father offer the closest we may ever come to understanding why Kitty didn’t leave Jose Menendez, even though Erik and Lyle testified to years of sexual and physical abuse.
What happened? We had a table that fit all of us, and Erik simply refused to eat unless he had lemon. And my dad could not fathom what the problem was. No matter what my dad did or said it didn’t change: He had to have lemon. And it turns out that he was being assaulted by his dad, and I don’t know how to phrase it other than by being vulgar, but would cum in his mouth and make Erik swallow it. I could cry hearing that. I feel the same way. And to this day Erik has to have his lemon.
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