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A large chunk of Erik Menendez’s share ultimately went to legal fees, Abramson said Tuesday.Ībramson did not detail how the bulk of the estate has been spent. The brothers also split a $600,000 insurance policy, with Lyle Menendez using some of his share to make a down payment on a chicken-wing restaurant that has since been sold. But she said she later decided the real value was far less, although she did not fix a new figure.Īmong the key assets of the estate were the Beverly Hills home, which was sold, and another house in Calabasas, where Jose Menendez’s mother still lives.

The brothers’ aunt, Marta Cano, 51, of West Palm Beach, Fla.-Jose Menendez’s sister-testified that she was the one who first made that estimate for the family. More than once in the trial, witnesses have estimated the original value of the Menendez estate at $14 million. In a hearing without jurors present, Abramson acknowledged that her strategy for attacking Andersen’s credibility by portraying him as a money-grubber was risky-presumably because a discussion of the depleted estate could lead jurors to speculate on how much has been spent on the defense.īut Abramson decided it was worth the risk, saying: “All you can do is roll the dice.” He first took the stand last week, portraying Jose and Kitty Menendez as caring, devoted parents, and was called back after the Thanksgiving holiday for cross-examination. The testimony about the family fortune came earlier in the day with the reappearance of Andersen, the only family member to testify for the prosecution.

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But on cross-examination, Abramson produced phone records documenting a series of calls between her house and the Menendez home.įarrell said she did not remember those calls. Prosecutors sought to show that the Menendez parents hardly had plans of murder, but defense attorneys sought to undercut Farrell’s believability-as they have with most prosecution rebuttal witnesses.įarrell said she had no contact with Kitty Menendez from Aug. and see if it’s not too late,” Farrell testified. Kitty Menendez was disappointed and said, “Even if you get in late, call. It was only that afternoon, Farrell said, that she called from Santa Barbara, where she was spending the weekend, and told her friend that she would not be back in time.

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