Menendez Family Steps Up Pressure at Press Conference, Asking Los Angeles D.A. to Free Brothers
variety.comGene Maddaus Senior Media Writer The family of Lyle and Erik Menendez held a press conference Wednesday to urge D.A. George Gascón to help free the brothers, who have served 34 years in prison for murdering their parents.
The brothers’ defense team has argued that new evidence shows they were victims of sexual abuse by their father, Jose Menendez.
Anamaria Baralt, a cousin of the men, argued that they were “victims of a culture that was not ready to listen.” “Lyle and Erik deserve a chance to heal,” she said. “Our family deserves a chance to heal with them.” Gascón is considering the new evidence, which includes a letter from Erik Menendez to another cousin, sent before the murders in which he relates his father’s abuse.
Roy Rossello, a member of the boy band Menudo, has also come forward to accuse Jose Menendez of sexually assaulting him when he was 13 or 14.
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