1:52 PM PT — Whereas the Menendez household stood behind Erik and Lyle immediately, folks within the crowd have been break up … some holding indicators advocating for launch, others wanting them to stay behind bars.
1:30 PM PT — Bryan Freedman, the lawyer representing the prolonged Menendez fam, says the household is heading to the Corridor of Justice in L.A.. As victims of the murders underneath Marsy’s Legislation, the members of the family can go to courtroom to be heard … and, they’ll all reiterate their perception that Erik and Lyle must be launched from jail.
1:25 PM PT — Kitty‘s niece — Karen VanderMolen — says she’s all the time believed Erik and Lyle’s story … feeling one thing was incorrect of their family rising up. She provides that if Erik and Lyle have been ladies, they might’ve obtained a a lot shorter sentence.
1:21 PM PT — Brian A. Andersen Jr. — Kitty‘s nephew — says he is identified the Menendez bros his entire life … saying he does not assume his cousins are the villains the media has made them appear.
Had the trial been held immediately — he says — the alleged sexual abuse they handled would not have been dismissed out of hand, and the trial would’ve ended a lot otherwise. Brian says if Erik and Lyle are launched, he’d fortunately welcome them into his house with an enormous hug and a spot to sleep.
1:17 PM PT — Joan Andersen VanderMolen — Kitty Menendez’s 92-year-old sister — says it took a few years for her to come back to phrases along with her sister’s homicide … however, the alleged abuse the Menendez Brothers suffered has modified her view.
Joan says Erik and Lyle have been let down by the individuals who have been supposed to guard them — together with Kitty. She says the world wasn’t prepared to just accept boys could possibly be sexually assaulted within the Nineteen Nineties — now, the world is aware of otherwise, and their sentence must be amended.
1:12 PM PT — Jose Menendez‘s niece, Anamaria Baralt, has learn an announcement from her mother — Jose’s sister — saying she will’t make it due to well being challenges … however, she’s throwing her help behind Erik and Lyle and asking for the brothers’ launch. She needs to hug them no less than as soon as extra in her lifetime, she says within the letter.
1:07 PM PT — Mark Geragos has talked about Roy Rosselló‘s testimony and Erik’s letter to his cousin Andy in addition to the Menendezs’ work behind bars to rehabilitate … saying they’re hoping for the D.A. to resentence the brothers.
The household of Erik and Lyle Menendez is pushing for his or her launch from jail, holding a press convention outdoors a Los Angeles courthouse … and TMZ is streaming reside.
Rosie O’Donnell is scheduled to talk in help of the Menendez brothers … and practically two dozen members of the family have traveled from throughout the nation to stress L.A. County District Legal professional George Gascón to formally suggest resentencing the infamous killers.
Erik and Lyle’s protection legal professional, Mark Geragos, can also be set to provide remarks … and three of the Menendez brothers’ cousins, plus an aunt, are going to seize the mic too.
Among the many key items of latest proof the household is anticipated to debate here’s a letter Erik wrote simply months earlier than the brothers killed their dad and mom … during which Erik allegedly tells his cousin, Andy Cano, in regards to the abuse he and Lyle confronted by the hands of their father, Jose Menendez.
Andy’s mom reportedly discovered Erik’s letter about 9 years in the past … and through the Menendez brothers’ trial, Andy testified Erik had informed him about his dad’s alleged abuse when he was solely 13 years previous. Andy died in 2003, so he clearly will not be on the press convention.
As we reported, earlier this month D.A. Gascón introduced his workplace was reevaluating proof within the Menendez case … and the district legal professional stated he’d heard about different abuse claims in opposition to Jose, made by Menudo bandmember Roy Rosselló.
Erik and Lyle have been behind bars since 1990 … they testified about being abused by their father throughout their first trial, which resulted in a hung jury — however a choose refused to permit such testimony within the retrial — and so they’re serving life sentences with out the potential for parole.
It will likely be attention-grabbing to see what the household has to say right here … they’re clearly hoping this new proof will overturn Erik and Lyle’s sentences.
Initially Revealed — 12:45 PM PT
