Their first phone call lasted three hours.
A prison sentence was the start of a beautiful friendship forRosie O’DonnellandLyle Menendez.
The actress alleged that she and her siblings had indeed been molested by their father.

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O’Donnell said yes, and her first phone conversation with the prisoner lasted three hours.
He was eventually paired with a Labrador mix, and O’Donnell “noticed the change in Clay immediately.”
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Lyle Menendez on trial.Kim Kulish/Sygma via Getty
“It’s time.
I believe them,” she said.
“They were horribly abused by their parents… Free the Menendez brothers.”

On the whole, it’s not something I like to talk about.
Of course, it changes everyone."


Rosie O’Donnell in 2024.Stefanie Keenan/Getty

Erik Menendez (left) and his brother Lyle (right) at a pre-trial hearing in 1992.VINCE BUCCI/AFP via Getty