Monsters – ‘Menendez Brothers Story’: The 2nd season of Netflix’s biographical crime-drama TV series ‘Monsters’ has covered the story of the Menendez brothers who killed their parents while they were sitting on the couch of their house in Beverly Hills with a shotgun. Joseph Lyle Menendez who was 21 years old and Erik Galen Menendez who was 18 years old at the time they shot their parents 6 times back in 1989.
Who was Dr. Oziel?
When this incident came into the news headlines, the whole of America was shocked as this was the extreme of all the crimes that happened in American history. Jose Enrique Menendez (father) and Mary Louise Kitty Andersen (mother) were killed by their two sons on the night of 20th August 1989 and left no evidence against them. Authorities were still investigating to find more clues about the killer and as days passed, the younger brother, Erik wasn’t able to bear the load of killing their parents and wanted to talk to someone.
He met his therapist Dr. Oziel with whom he started having confession sessions. Erik’s elder brother Lyle was upset about Erik talking to someone about this as he felt it was a perfect crime with no evidence. He even threatens Dr. Oziel not to tell anyone else it won’t be good for him. Understanding the complexity of the situation, for his safety he started recording the session while Erik admitted to killing his parents with Lyle.
Who was Judalon Smyth? Where is she now?
Dr. Oziel thought of informing someone about these audio recordings and the confession for his safety and he shared this info with his patient and former lover Judalon Smyth. She and Dr. Oziel met each other in 1989 when she used to have a tape-duplicating business. When Erik confessed to the killings with his brother Lyle, Judalon Smyth used to stay in the same house with Dr. Oziel but when they broke up in 1990, Judalon went to the police informing them about the audio recording of the Menendez brothers’ confession session where they admit to the killings.
Later in 2015, she took part in a true-crime docuseries named ‘Murder Made Me Famous’ where she replied to the comments she had received back then for not keeping the secret Dr. Oziel shared with her. As per the recent update, she has a LinkedIn page as ‘Judalon Smyth, Technician at AAA EMT Services’. But she has not been active recently so it is unclear if she is still working n AAA EMT Services or not.
Who is Leslie Grossman?
In the Netflix series, ‘Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story’ which was released on 19th Sept 2024, Leslie Grossman has played the role of ‘Judalon Smyth’, the former lover and patient of Dr. Oziel. Leslie Erin Grossman is an American actress born on 25th Oct 1971 in Los Angeles, California, US. She has played her character in 5 episodes out of 9. Before this, she worked in numerous TV series and films starting in 1998.
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