Less than a month after the release of Netflix miniseries Monsters: The Lyle & Erik Menendez Story a new court hearing for Erik and Lyle Menendez has been announced in LA.
Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón said there has been new evidence discovered that the brothers were allegedly molested by their father, Jose Menendez.
“We have been given evidence. We have been given a photocopy of a letter that allegedly was sent by one of the brothers to another family member talking about him being the victim of molestation,” Gascón said. “We’ve also got evidence that was provided by the defense, by his lawyers, that one of the members of the Menudo band alleged that he was molested by the father.
“None of this information has been confirmed,” he said. “We are not at this point ready to say that we either believe or do not believe that information, but we’re here to tell you is that we have a moral and an ethical obligation to review what is being presented to us and make a determination based on a resentencing side, whether they deserve to be resentenced — even though they were clearly the murderers — because they have been in prison for years and they have paid back their dues to society. If there was evidence that was not presented to the court at that time, and had that evidence been presented, perhaps a jury would have come to a different conclusion.”
Erik and Lyle were sentenced to life in prison in 1996 for murdering their father and mother, Jose and Kitty Menendez, at their Beverly Hills mansion in 1989.
The brothers claimed they feared for their lives after a lifetime of abuse and alleged sexual abuse by their father.
Documentary special The Menendez Brothers will also drop on Monday.
The hearing takes place on November 29, twenty eight years after their conviction.
Source: Variety
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