Within the wake of the success of Netflix’s Monsters sequence, the Menendez brothers have been granted a brand new courtroom listening to.
Erik and Lyle Menendez might have their criticisms concerning the newest season of Ryan Murphy’s Monsters, however the Netflix sequence has definitely generated renewed curiosity of their case. To that finish, a new courtroom listening to has been set for November twenty ninth, which is able to decide whether or not the Menendez brothers needs to be resentenced in gentle of recent proof.
Los Angeles District Lawyer George Gascón made the announcement. “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. 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,” Gascón mentioned. “We aren’t at this level able to say that we both imagine or don’t imagine that info, however we’re right here to inform you is that we’ve an ethical and an moral obligation to evaluation what’s being introduced to us and make a willpower primarily based on a resentencing aspect, whether or not they need to be resentenced, despite the fact that they have been clearly the murderers, as a result of they’ve been in jail for 35 years they usually have paid again their dues to society, or whether or not behaviors is suitable. If there was proof that was not introduced to the courtroom at the moment, and had that proof been introduced, maybe a jury would have come to a special conclusion.“
It stays to be seen if this new listening to will convey a few change within the sentencing for the Menendez brothers, however we haven’t heard the final of this case.
Erik Menendez took to social media (by means of his spouse Tammi) to slam Monsters co-creator Ryan Murphy for together with “ruinous character portrayals” of each him and his brother. Murphy hit again, saying that they need to be sending him flowers for giving them a lot consideration once more. “I’ll tell you my thoughts about the Menendez brothers. The Menendez brothers should be sending me flowers. They haven’t had so much attention in 30 years. And it’s gotten the attention of not only this country, but all over the world. There’s sort of an outpouring of interest in their lives and in the case,” Murphy mentioned. “I do know for a proven fact that many individuals have supplied to assist them due to the curiosity of my present and what we did. There is no such thing as a world that we stay in the place the Menendez brothers or their wives or attorneys would say, ‘You know what, that was a wonderful, accurate depiction of our clients.’ That was by no means going to occur, and I wasn’t excited about that taking place.“
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story is at present streaming on Netflix and you’ll try a evaluation from our personal Alex Maidy proper right here.
