{"id":96302,"date":"2023-04-20T03:41:11","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T03:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/20\/ex-menudo-singer-says-he-was-raped-by-father-of-the-menendez-brothers-national\/"},"modified":"2023-04-20T03:41:11","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T03:41:11","slug":"ex-menudo-singer-says-he-was-raped-by-father-of-the-menendez-brothers-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/20\/ex-menudo-singer-says-he-was-raped-by-father-of-the-menendez-brothers-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Menudo singer says he was raped by father of the Menendez brothers &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Former Menudo singer Roy Rossell\u00f3 claims he was sexually abused by <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/lyle-and-erik-menendez\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jos\u00e9 Menendez<\/a>, saying that the daddy of convicted killers <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/6447843\/history-of-the-90s-podcast-the-menendez-brothers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lyle and Erik Menendez<\/a> \u2013 generally often known as the Menendez Brothers \u2013 sexually assaulted him when he was a teen.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net\/70c8fc80\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Rossell\u00f3 makes the startling claims in an upcoming three-part docuseries that may start airing on NBCUniversal\u2019s streaming service, Peacock, on May 2.<\/p>\n<p>The assertion first aired Tuesday, when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/video\/check-out-the-first-trailer-for-hbo-series-menudo-forever-young-141854277803\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC\u2019s Today present<\/a> outlined among the findings reported by the docuseries\u2019 journalists Robert Rand and Nery Ynclan.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"readmore\">\n<p class=\"c-readmore\" data-sophi-feature=\"article-world\" data-gnca-ab-test=\"article-world\" data-gnca-ab-variation=\"control\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"c-readmore__label\">Read extra: <\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"c-readmore__link\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9635691\/cheerleaders-shot-getting-into-wrong-car-texas-suspect-arrested\/\" data-track-region=\"content-read-more\" title=\"2 cheerleaders shot after getting into the wrong car in Texas, suspect arrested\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t2 cheerleaders shot after entering into the flawed automobile in Texas, suspect arrested\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI know what he did to me in his house,\u201d Rossell\u00f3 is heard saying in a clip from <em>Menendez + Menudo: Boys Betrayed<\/em>. He alleges that Jos\u00e9 Menendez, who was an govt at RCA Records on the time, sexually assaulted him when he was a younger member of the favored Nineteen Eighties boy band.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues beneath commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>He claimed the abuse occurred in Menendez\u2019s New Jersey dwelling when Rossell\u00f3 was 14 years outdated, and alleges he was drugged earlier than the alleged molestation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s the man here that raped me,\u201d Rossell\u00f3 says within the clip, pointing at what seems to be a photograph of Menendez. \u201cThis guy. That\u2019s the pedophile.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"caption\">\n<figure class=\"c-figure c-figure--alignnone c-figure--expandable c-figure--contained c-figure--containedPortrait\">\n<div class=\"c-figure__inner\"><figcaption class=\"c-figure__caption c-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-caption__desc\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tSinger Roy Rossello of the pop group Menudo poses for a portrait circa 1985 in New York City, N.Y.\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"c-caption__cite\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tMichael Ochs archives \/ Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/cite><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Menendez was affiliated with Menudo as a result of he had signed the group to RCA Records.<\/p>\n<p>In the trailer, one other individual is seen saying that \u201cJos\u00e9 Menendez was obsessed with the band Menudo.\u201d The docuseries then asserts that Rossell\u00f3\u2019s claims might need modified issues in the course of the Menendez brothers\u2019 trial for the murders of their dad and mom in 1989.<\/p>\n<h2>The Menendez murders<\/h2>\n<p>On Aug. 20, 1989, Jos\u00e9 and Mary Louise (who glided by the identify Kitty) Menendez had been <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/6447843\/history-of-the-90s-podcast-the-menendez-brothers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">brutally murdered<\/a> inside their Beverly Hills Mansion.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues beneath commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"readmore\">\n<p class=\"c-readmore\" data-sophi-feature=\"article-world\" data-gnca-ab-test=\"article-world\" data-gnca-ab-variation=\"control\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"c-readmore__label\">Read extra: <\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"c-readmore__link\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9635174\/kaylin-gillis-death-20-year-old-wrong-driveway-kevin-monahan\/\" data-track-region=\"content-read-more\" title=\"New details emerge in death of 20-year-old who drove down wrong driveway\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tNew particulars emerge in demise of 20-year-old who drove down flawed driveway\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The scene was so ugly that early hypothesis centered on the opportunity of a mob hit. According to Biography.com, the dad and mom had been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biography.com\/crime\/menendez-brothers-murder-case-facts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rendered almost unidentifiable<\/a> by 15 rounds from two 12-gauge shotguns.<\/p>\n<p>But quickly the main target shifted to the couple\u2019s sons, who had been 18 and 21-years-old on the time. At first, they maintained to police they\u2019d stopped by their dad and mom\u2019 home the night time of the killings to retrieve Erik\u2019s ID whereas on the best way to a film, and found their slain dad and mom.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"caption\">\n<figure class=\"c-figure c-figure--alignnone c-figure--contained\">\n<div class=\"c-figure__inner\">\n<div class=\"c-figure__imageWrapper c-imageContainer\" style=\"max-height:506px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-figure__image\" alt=\"In this Oct. 20, 1995, file photo, Lyle Menendez looks up during testimony in his and brother Erik's retrial for the shotgun slayings of their parents in Los Angeles, Calif.\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/papm105-1020_1995_001000_high.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=12&amp;h=12&amp;crop=1\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/papm105-1020_1995_001000_high.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, \" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/papm105-1020_1995_001000_high.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=450 450w,https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/papm105-1020_1995_001000_high.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all 720w,\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 520px) 720px,450px\" width=\"650\" height=\"506\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figure__caption c-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-caption__desc\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tIn this Oct. 20, 1995, file picture, Lyle Menendez appears up throughout testimony in his and brother Erik\u2019s retrial for the shotgun slayings of their dad and mom in Los Angeles, Calif.\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"c-caption__cite\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tSteve Grayson \/ UPI through AP, Pool, File)\t\t\t\t<\/cite><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>However, Erik ultimately confided to his therapist that he and his brother had been liable for the killings and after the therapist shared the knowledge along with his spouse, the confession ultimately made its technique to police.<\/p>\n<section id=\"content-dynamic-trending-stories\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--tile u-hide-tablet-landscape\" aria-label=\"Dynamic trending stories section\">\n<p>\n\t\t<span class=\"l-inlineStories__title c-heading c-heading--strikethrough\">Trending Now<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9634904\/freeland-disney-plus-comment-reaction\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230418160436-643eff95d68ea527d6126aecjpeg.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" data-title=\"\">Freeland accused of being \u2018smug\u2019, \u2018clueless\u2019 after Disney+ remark<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9635043\/aaron-carter-cause-death-drowning-drugs\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1370262420.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" data-title=\"\">Aaron Carter reason behind demise revealed in coroner\u2019s report<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues beneath commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Lyle and Erik had been ultimately arrested for the murders and their trial kicked off an period of high-profile, televised felony trials that captured the general public\u2019s creativeness via the \u201890s.<\/p>\n<p>Despite defence arguments that Jos\u00e9 had sexually molested his two sons for years and that they killed their dad and mom out of concern, they had been convicted of first-degree homicide and sentenced to life with out parole. They served the primary a part of their sentences in separate jail, till they had been reunited in 2018 and allowed to serve their sentences in the identical facility.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"readmore\">\n<p class=\"c-readmore\" data-sophi-feature=\"article-world\" data-gnca-ab-test=\"article-world\" data-gnca-ab-variation=\"control\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"c-readmore__label\">Read extra: <\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"c-readmore__link\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/3832777\/edie-falco-law-order-menendez-murders-interview\/\" data-track-region=\"content-read-more\" title=\"Edie Falco talks \u2018Law &amp; Order True Crime: Menendez Murders\u2019 and that curly wig\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tEdie Falco talks \u2018Law &amp; Order True Crime: Menendez Murders\u2019 and that curly wig\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<section id=\"sophi_article_widget\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--text \" aria-label=\"More on World\" data-sophi-feature=\"article-world\" data-gnca-ab-test=\"article-world\" data-gnca-ab-variation=\"test\">\n<\/section>\n<p>In current years, many have questioned whether or not there might need been a <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/3832777\/edie-falco-law-order-menendez-murders-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">completely different final result for the Menendez brothers<\/a> in the event that they stood trial right this moment, given society\u2019s modified understanding of sexual abuse and household violence.<\/p>\n<p>The brothers\u2019 prior appeals for a brand new trial have been denied.<\/p>\n<h2>Menudo\u2019s earlier allegations<\/h2>\n<p>Rossell\u00f3 beforehand accused Menudo supervisor Edgardo D\u00edaz of sexually abusing him when he was a youngster.<\/p>\n<p>In a four-part miniseries for HBO Max, which aired in 2022, different members of the band additionally stated they had been bodily, verbally, sexually and psychologically <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2022\/06\/23\/menudo-forever-young-documentary-alleges-rape-physical-abuse\/7715174001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">abused as a part of Menudo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues beneath commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>No one has ever been criminally charged in reference to the allegations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"false\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_3767414_6440b349e866a\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"3767414\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" data-displayinline=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/embed\/3767414\/#autoplay&amp;stickyiframe=miniplayer_3767414_6440b349e866a\" data-displayinline-sticky=\"true\">\n<div class=\"c-video__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__placeholder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Trailer: Law &amp; Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/1004\/439\/menendez1.jpg?w=1040&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, \" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/1004\/439\/menendez1.jpg?w=450#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 450w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/1004\/439\/menendez1.jpg?w=720#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 720w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/1004\/439\/menendez1.jpg?w=1040#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 1040w,\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1040px) 1040px,(min-width: 720px) 720px,450px\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__overlay\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"c-video__duration\">0:30<\/time><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__title\">Trailer: Law &amp; Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2023 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script defer src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;appId=318812448281278&#038;version=v3.3\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Former Menudo singer Roy Rossell\u00f3 claims he was sexually abused by Jos\u00e9 Menendez, saying that the daddy of convicted killers Lyle and Erik Menendez \u2013 generally often known as the Menendez Brothers \u2013 sexually assaulted him when he was a teen. Rossell\u00f3 makes the startling claims in an upcoming three-part docuseries that may start [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":96304,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-96302","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96302\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}