A court filing argues that newly discovered evidence supports claims by brothers erik and lyle menendez that their slain father, jose, was sexually abusive. The menendez brothers — who were convicted of killing their parents in their beverly hills mansion — claim that new evidence leaves no doubt their father sexually abused them before his. After 34 years behind bars, erik and lyle menendez may soon see freedom as new evidence emerges about the sexual abuse they allegedly endured at the hands of their father, jose menendez In the initial trial, which ended in a mistrial, the menendez brothers cited sexual and physical abuse by their father, leading them to commit the murders on august 20, 1989 at the family home in beverly hills. Two pieces of evidence that erik and lyle menendez were sexually abused by their father are “not credible,” and corroborating information about their father’s alleged abuse is “extremely lacking,” los angeles county district attorney nathan hochman said. Why the menendez brothers’ allegations of sexual abuse are being taken seriously more than three decades after they killed their parents update
The california department of corrections announced on may 19 that a parole hearing set for june 13 had been postponed to aug Erik and lyle menendez were resentenced to 50 years to life in prison on may 13.
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