Robert Rand is an Emmy Awardโwinning journalist who worksย in TV, print, and digital media. He began covering the Menendezย brothers case for the Miami Herald the day after the killings on Augustย 21, 1989. He was in court daily for both trials and provided analysisย for Court TV, ABC, and CBS News.ย In March 1991, Playboy published Rand’s article “The Killing ofย Jose Menendez.” The 14,000-word story was the longest article everย published by Playboy. Rand’s print work includes stories contributedย to People, The Guardian, Stern, Grazia, and Tropic, theย Sundayย magazineย of the Miami Herald. He covered the William Kennedy Smith rape trialย for Paris Match.
In July 2016, Rand was hired by Wolf Films as a consultant workingย on the development of the NBC eight-hour limited series Law & Orderย True Crime: The Menendez Murders, which aired in the fall of 2017.ย Rand’s unpublished manuscript of The Menendez Murders provided theย primary source material for the series.
Rand has appeared as the primary interview in dozens of documentariesย about the Menendez case, including ABC 20/20‘s “Truth andย Lies: The Menendez Brothers” and Dateline NBC‘s “Unthinkable: Theย Menendez Murders,” which both aired in 2017.
Rand was awarded a Los Angeles Emmy Award for two years of storiesย at KCOP-TV in L.A. about an illegal immigrant who was wronglyย convicted. The stories resulted in the overturning of a ten-year-old convictionย and the release of the man from jail. He was a member of the Special Assignment investigative reporting group at CBS 2 in L.A. andย the I-Team at KYW TV (Philadelphia) that won a Columbia-DuPontย Silver Baton Award for a year-long series about wealthy property taxย dodgers.