What happened to Menendez brothers' psychiatrist Dr Jerome Oziel and his life now

After Erik and Lyle Menendez murdered their parents, they initially told police that they believed it was the result of a mob hit.

However, as depicted in the Netflix series Monsters, they first confessed to what really happened during therapy sessions with their psychiatrist, portrayed by actor Dallas Roberts.

Episodes of the show depict the brothers first attending sessions with the doctor due to a court order after they were caught burgling homes. The series even shows them attending sessions with the very parents they would eventually murder, Jose and Kitty Menendez.

Netflix plans to follow up the Monsters series, which recreates these events, with a documentary titled The Menendez Brothers in October that aims to examine all the key figures involved in the case. But who is the psychiatrist Dr Jerome Oziel, what role did he play in the trial proceedings and where is he now?

Dr Jerome Oziel was a psychologist who, at the time of the murders, resided in a large house in Sherman Oaks, a neighbourhood in Los Angeles, with his wife, also a psychologist, and their two daughters reports the Daily Star.

He obtained a doctorate in clinical psychology from Arizona State University in 1972 and eventually established a private practice in Beverly Hills, while also lecturing at a nearby university. The LA Times reported at the time that he would only see patients three or four days a week, with a waiting list for his services, charging $150 for a 45-minute session.

He even made appearances on television as a specialist in human behaviour and was the psychiatrist that the Menendez brothers sought for therapy sessions after they were apprehended for housebreaking in 1988. Upon meeting the Menendez family, he did not disclose that