Erik
Menendez

is
sharing
insight
into
the
guilt
he’s
carried
for
the
last
30
years.

In
Netflix’s


The
Menendez
Brothers,
Erik—who
along
with
his
brother


Lyle
Menendez,
killed
his
parents


José
Menendez

and


Mary
Louise
“Kitty”
Menendez

in
1989—shared
why
he
feels
responsible
for
the
murders
and
his
brother’s
subsequent
arrest. 

“I
went
to
the
only
person
who
had
ever
helped
me,
that
ever
protected
me,”
Erik,
53,
explained
in
the
documentary,
released
on
Netflix
Oct.
7.
“Ultimately,
this
happened
because
of
me,
because
I
went
to
him.”

The
Richard
J.
Donovan
Correctional
Facility
inmate—who
was
18
when
he
and
Lyle,
then-21,
killed
their
parents—also
feels
partially
to
blame
for
their
being
caught. 

“And
then
afterward,
let’s
be
honest,
he
was
arrested
because
of
me,”
Erik—who
confessed
the
murders
to
his
therapist


L.
Jerome
Oziel—added.
“Because
I
told
Dr.
Oziel
because
I
couldn’t
live
with
what
I
did.
I
couldn’t
live
with
it,
I
wanted
to
die.
In
a
way
I
did
not
protect
Lyle,
I
got
him
into
every
aspect
of
this
tragedy,
every
aspect
of
this
tragedy
is
my
fault.”