Erik and Lyle Menendez are not only receiving support from big celebrities like kim kardashian … they also have their family by their side, who are holding a press conference to press for the brothers’ release.
According to multiple reports, about two dozen members of the Menendez family will hold a press conference in Los Angeles on Wednesday afternoon to pressure the Los Angeles County district attorney. George Gascón to officially recommend the resentencing of the notorious killers.
Among the key pieces of new evidence the family is expected to discuss is a letter written by Erik just months before the murders… in which he allegedly told his cousin, Andy Canoabout the abuse he and Lyle faced at the hands of their father.
Cano’s mother reportedly found Erik’s letter about nine years ago. During the trial, Andy testified that Erik told him about his father’s alleged abuse when he was just 13 years old. Cano passed away in 2003.
As we have already said, at the beginning of this month public prosecutor Gascón gave a press conference saying that his office was reevaluating evidence in the Menendez case …and the district attorney said he had heard about the allegations of abuse made by band member Menudo Roy Rosselló.
Erik and Lyle have been in prison since 1990. They testified about the abuse they faced during their first trial, which ended in a hung jury – but a judge refused to allow such testimony in the retrial. They are serving life sentences without the possibility of parole.
The family clearly hopes that this new evidence can overturn their sentences.