Key points

The Menendez brothers' petition for a new trial based on additional evidence was denied.

FBI Director Kash Patel says there is "no credible evidence" of Epstein trafficking young girls to others.

We look away from the damaging impact of child sexual abuse because of the feelings it evokes.

On September 15, Judge William Ryan of Los Angeles Superior Court denied the Menendez brothers’ petition for a new trial. Their lawyers argued that two critical pieces of evidence were not heard by the jury that convicted them. One of these was a letter Erik had written to his cousin, describing the years of sexual abuse by his father, José Menendez. The other was a declaration from Roy Rosselló, a former member of the boy band Menudo, that he had been sexually abused by José Menendez.

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