Exploring barriers to the disclosure of abuse, which include shame, internalized myths about masculinity, and stigma around male victimhood

Biopics and true crime have gained traction after Netflix docuseries like “Baby Reindeer” and “Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile,” each retelling tragedies in hopes of broadening public awareness of the victims’ stories.

Family members of Erik and Lyle Menendez called for their release from prison, saying they were sexually abused by their father and “vilified” by a society that was not ready to hear that boys could be raped.

Family of convicted murderers Erik and Lyle Menendez spoke in their defense asking for new evidence to be considered.

Members of Erik and Lyle Menendez's family gathered outside the Los Angeles District Attorney's office on Wednesday, October 16, to urge that the brothers' case be reconsidered after they were sentenced to life without parole in prison in 1996 for the 1989 murder of their parents.

Dozens of relatives of Erik and Lyle Menendez ramped up public support for the brothers on Wednesday with a press conference in Los Angeles. The brothers have spent decades in prison for murdering their parents.

Thirty-five years after Lyle and Erik Menendez killed their parents, Jose and Kitty, with 16 shotgun blasts as the couple watched TV in the den of their Beverly Hills mansion, the brothers are back in the headlines.