1:52 PM PT — Whereas the Menendez household stood behind Erik and Lyle immediately, folks within the crowd have been cut 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 below Marsy’s Legislation, the relations can go to courtroom to be heard … and, they are going to all reiterate their perception that Erik and Lyle ought to 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 mistaken of their family rising up. She provides that if Erik and Lyle have been ladies, they’d’ve obtained a a lot shorter sentence.
1:21 PM PT — Brian A. Andersen Jr. — Kitty‘s nephew — says he is recognized the Menendez bros his complete life … saying he would 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 in another way. 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 simply accept boys might be sexually assaulted within the Nineties — now, the world is aware of in another way, and their sentence must be amended.
1:12 PM PT — Jose Menendez‘s niece, Anamaria Baralt, has learn a press release 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 not 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 dwell.
Rosie O’Donnell is scheduled to talk in help of the Menendez brothers … and practically two dozen relations have traveled from throughout the nation to strain L.A. County District Lawyer George Gascón to formally suggest resentencing the infamous killers.
Erik and Lyle’s protection lawyer, Mark Geragos, can also be set to present 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 predicted to debate here’s a letter Erik wrote simply months earlier than the brothers killed their dad and mom … by which Erik allegedly tells his cousin, Andy Cano, concerning 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 throughout the Menendez brothers’ trial, Andy testified Erik had instructed 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 lawyer mentioned he’d heard about different abuse claims towards 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 — they usually’re serving life sentences with out the opportunity of parole.
It will likely be fascinating 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
