Lyle Menendez Helped Rosie O’Donnell Learn to Trust a Straight Man

Rosie Odonil She opens up to her unlikely relationship with the convicted killer Liel Mindez.
“I have started to contact me on a regular basis from the tablet phone they have,” Odonil, 63, said. New York Times In an interview published on Saturday, April 12.
Lael, 57 years old, and his brother Eric Mendendez They were convicted of first -degree killing on the charge of killing their parents in 1989, Joe and Kitty Mainndes. They were sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of conditional release. (The brothers are currently Searching for discontent This, if approved, can make them eligible for a conditional release immediately. A session is scheduled for April 17 and 18.)
In 1996, while appearing on Larry King livesTell the host O’Donnell Larry King She believed that the brother’s defense-that they had been abused and harassed as children by their parents and their decision to kill their parents was the act of self-defense.
Soon after, Odonil said she had received a message from Lyle. The previous talk show, the previous talk shows, said to Times In the letter Lille, “She thanked her for her support and mentioned his belief that she” knew “from a personal place that what he was saying was true.”
According to Odonil, her belief in defending the brothers came from a personal place – claiming that “she and her brothers have been harassed by their father.”
“At that point, I did not venture anywhere near this in my family or in my treatment,” she said TimesAdding that she did not respond to a night message at the beginning.
It was not even watched a 2022 documentary on the brothers and discussed their case on Tiktok that it re -connected and created a fixed connection with the Lyle. Tell Odonil Times Night wife, Rebecca SinideShe contacted her “to find out if she was interested in talking to him.”

Liel Mindez with his lawyer, Gil Lansing
Ted Sokma/SygmaO’Donnell said yes, and he went to tell the port that the first phone conversation lasted up to three hours.
While her friends initially said, “They expressed their concern” about her new friendship, she was told Times It is simply “ignoring” the fact that “he is a murderer” and instead I went to visit Layl in prison.
According to Odonel, “he spent two weeks to move daily to prison,” where she learned of the Layl program and his colleagues in the guests, they participated in training dogs with old warriors and disabled children.
Ultimately – after her Odonel’s night encouraged a dog for her son, Clay, through the program – she was associated with a Labrador mixture that was trained by a prisoner who was convicted of armed theft.
“I noticed the difference in Clay immediately,” Odonil told her son’s reaction to the dog shortly after interconnection at home. “I was shocked when I discovered that the stories I heard from other mothers of autism were correct.”
As a result, Odonel filmed a documentary highlighting the program, entitled “Announced” Unleashing hope: the power of service dogs for autismAnd that will be released on Holo on April 22.
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